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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-162, verse-48

अपसव्यं चकाराथ माद्रीपुत्रस्तवात्मजम् ।
किरञ्शरशतैर्हृष्टस्तत्र नादो महानभूत् ॥४८॥
48. apasavyaṁ cakārātha mādrīputrastavātmajam ,
kirañśaraśatairhṛṣṭastatra nādo mahānabhūt.
48. apasavyam cakāra atha mādrīputraḥ tava ātmajam
kiran śaraśataiḥ hṛṣṭaḥ tatra nādaḥ mahān abhūt
48. atha mādrīputraḥ hṛṣṭaḥ tava ātmajam apasavyam
śaraśataiḥ kiran cakāra tatra mahān nādaḥ abhūt
48. Then, the son of Madri, Nakula, delighted, maneuvered to your son Duryodhana's left side, showering him with hundreds of arrows. A great roar then arose there.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अपसव्यम् (apasavyam) - a left-sided battlefield maneuver (to the left, inauspiciously, counter-clockwise)
  • चकार (cakāra) - he did, he performed
  • अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now
  • माद्रीपुत्रः (mādrīputraḥ) - Nakula, the son of Madri (the son of Madri)
  • तव (tava) - your (singular)
  • आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - your son, Duryodhana (son, born of oneself)
  • किरन् (kiran) - showering with arrows (showering, scattering, strewing)
  • शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows
  • हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - eager for battle (delighted, joyful, excited)
  • तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, at that time
  • नादः (nādaḥ) - sound, roar, cry
  • महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty
  • अभूत् (abhūt) - was, came into being, arose

Words meanings and morphology

अपसव्यम् (apasavyam) - a left-sided battlefield maneuver (to the left, inauspiciously, counter-clockwise)
(indeclinable)
a- + savya
Note: Functions as an adverb here, 'to the left side'.
चकार (cakāra) - he did, he performed
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now
(indeclinable)
माद्रीपुत्रः (mādrīputraḥ) - Nakula, the son of Madri (the son of Madri)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of Mādrīputra
Mādrīputra - son of Madri
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (Mādrī+putra)
  • Mādrī – Madri (wife of Pandu and mother of Nakula and Sahadeva)
    proper noun (feminine)
  • putra – son
    noun (masculine)
तव (tava) - your (singular)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (singular)
आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - your son, Duryodhana (son, born of oneself)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja
ātmaja - self-born, son, daughter
ātman + ja (born from)
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)
  • ātman – self, soul, spirit, ego
    noun (masculine)
  • ja – born, produced from
    adjective
    suffix from root jan (to be born)
    Root: jan (class 4)
किरन् (kiran) - showering with arrows (showering, scattering, strewing)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kiran
kiran - showering, scattering
present active participle
from root kṛ (to scatter)
Root: kṛ (class 6)
शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaraśata
śaraśata - hundreds of arrows
Compound type : karmadhāraya (śara+śata)
  • śara – arrow
    noun (masculine)
  • śata – hundred
    noun (neuter)
हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - eager for battle (delighted, joyful, excited)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛṣṭa
hṛṣṭa - delighted, pleased, joyful, excited
past passive participle
from root hṛṣ
Root: hṛṣ (class 4)
तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, at that time
(indeclinable)
locative suffix -tra added to pronominal stem 'tad'
नादः (nādaḥ) - sound, roar, cry
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nāda
nāda - sound, roar, cry, noise
noun of action
from root nad + a
Root: nad (class 1)
महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, vast, mighty
अभूत् (abhūt) - was, came into being, arose
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)