महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-164, verse-146

तस्य रूपं बभौ राजन्भारद्वाजं जिघांसतः ।
यथा रूपं परं विष्णोर्हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधे ॥१४६॥

146. tasya rūpaṁ babhau rājanbhāradvājaṁ jighāṁsataḥ ,
yathā rūpaṁ paraṁ viṣṇorhiraṇyakaśiporvadhe.

146. tasya rūpaṃ babhau rājan bhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsataḥ
yathā rūpaṃ paraṃ viṣṇoḥ hiraṇyakaśipoḥ vadhe

146. rājan bhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsataḥ tasya rūpaṃ babhau
yathā hiraṇyakaśipoḥ vadhe viṣṇoḥ paraṃ rūpaṃ

146. O king, his form, intent on killing Bhāradvāja, shone brilliantly, just like the supreme form of Viṣṇu when he slew Hiraṇyakaśipu.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the unnamed warrior, Dhṛṣṭadyumna) (his, of him, of that)

• रूपं (rūpaṁ) - the form/appearance (of the warrior) (form, appearance, shape, beauty)

• बभौ (babhau) - shone brilliantly (shone, appeared, was splendid)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

• भारद्वाजं (bhāradvājaṁ) - Bhāradvāja (referring to Droṇa) (Bhāradvāja, a descendant of Bharadvāja (Drona))

• जिघांसतः (jighāṁsataḥ) - intent on killing (desiring to kill, wishing to slay)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

• रूपं (rūpaṁ) - the form (of Viṣṇu) (form, appearance, shape, beauty)

• परं (paraṁ) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)

• विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Viṣṇu

• हिरण्यकशिपोः (hiraṇyakaśipoḥ) - of Hiraṇyakaśipu (of Hiraṇyakaśipu (a Daitya king))

• वधे (vadhe) - at the slaying (of Hiraṇyakaśipu) (in the killing, at the slaying, in the destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the unnamed warrior, Dhṛṣṭadyumna) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the agent whose form is described.

रूपं (rūpaṁ) - the form/appearance (of the warrior) (form, appearance, shape, beauty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, figure, beauty

बभौ (babhau) - shone brilliantly (shone, appeared, was splendid)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhā

perfect active

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: bhā (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Used as an address, likely to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Mahābhārata context.

भारद्वाजं (bhāradvājaṁ) - Bhāradvāja (referring to Droṇa) (Bhāradvāja, a descendant of Bharadvāja (Drona))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāradvāja

bhāradvāja - descendant of Bharadvāja, son of Drona, epithet of Drona

Note: Refers to Droṇa, son of Bharadvāja.

जिघांसतः (jighāṁsataḥ) - intent on killing (desiring to kill, wishing to slay)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jighāṃsat

jighāṁsat - desiring to kill, intending to slay

present active participle (desiderative)

Derived from desiderative of root han (to strike/kill). Present active participle, genitive singular.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `tasya`.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

रूपं (rūpaṁ) - the form (of Viṣṇu) (form, appearance, shape, beauty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, figure, beauty

परं (paraṁ) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, another, beyond

Note: Qualifies `rūpaṃ`.

विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - the preserver deity in the Hindu Trimurti, the all-pervading one

Root: viṣ (class 2)

हिरण्यकशिपोः (hiraṇyakaśipoḥ) - of Hiraṇyakaśipu (of Hiraṇyakaśipu (a Daitya king))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hiraṇyakaśipu

hiraṇyakaśipu - a powerful Daitya king, slain by Narasimha, an avatāra of Viṣṇu

Note: Used in relation to `vadhe`.

वधे (vadhe) - at the slaying (of Hiraṇyakaśipu) (in the killing, at the slaying, in the destruction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, destruction, striking

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the event of Hiraṇyakaśipu's slaying.