महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-7, chapter-165, verse-83
गजान्रथान्समारुह्य परस्यापि हयाञ्जनाः ।
प्रकीर्णकेशा विध्वस्ता न द्वावेकत्र धावतः ॥८३॥
प्रकीर्णकेशा विध्वस्ता न द्वावेकत्र धावतः ॥८३॥
83. gajānrathānsamāruhya parasyāpi hayāñjanāḥ ,
prakīrṇakeśā vidhvastā na dvāvekatra dhāvataḥ.
prakīrṇakeśā vidhvastā na dvāvekatra dhāvataḥ.
83.
gajān rathān samāruhya parasya api hayān janāḥ
prakīrṇakeśāḥ vidhvastāḥ na dvau ekatra dhāvataḥ
prakīrṇakeśāḥ vidhvastāḥ na dvau ekatra dhāvataḥ
83.
janāḥ prakīrṇakeśāḥ vidhvastāḥ gajān rathān parasya api hayān samāruhya,
dvau ekatra na dhāvataḥ
dvau ekatra na dhāvataḥ
83.
The soldiers, utterly routed and with disheveled hair, mounted elephants, chariots, and even the enemy's horses. Not two of them fled together to a single place, indicating their complete disarray.
Words meanings summery:
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- गजान् (gajān) - elephants
- रथान् (rathān) - chariots
- समारुह्य (samāruhya) - having mounted, having ascended
- परस्य (parasya) - of the enemy (of the other, of the enemy)
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- हयान् (hayān) - horses
- जनाः (janāḥ) - soldiers (people, men, soldiers)
- प्रकीर्णकेशाः (prakīrṇakeśāḥ) - with scattered hair, having dishevelled hair
- विध्वस्ताः (vidhvastāḥ) - destroyed, routed, shattered
- न (na) - not, no
- द्वौ (dvau) - two
- एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together
- धावतः (dhāvataḥ) - they (two) run
Words meanings and morphology
गजान् (gajān) - elephants
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of gaja
gaja - elephant
रथान् (rathān) - chariots
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ratha
ratha - chariot
समारुह्य (samāruhya) - having mounted, having ascended
(indeclinable)
absolutive
formed with suffix -ya after prefix sam-ā- to root ruh
Prefixes: sam+ā
Root: ruh (class 1)
परस्य (parasya) - of the enemy (of the other, of the enemy)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of para
para - other, enemy, supreme
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
हयान् (hayān) - horses
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of haya
haya - horse
जनाः (janāḥ) - soldiers (people, men, soldiers)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jana
jana - person, man, people
Root: jan (class 1)
प्रकीर्णकेशाः (prakīrṇakeśāḥ) - with scattered hair, having dishevelled hair
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of prakīrṇakeśa
prakīrṇakeśa - having scattered hair
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prakīrṇa+keśa)
- prakīrṇa – scattered, spread out
adjective
Past Passive Participle
PPP of pra-kīr (to scatter)
Prefix: pra
Root: kīr (class 6) - keśa – hair
noun (masculine)
विध्वस्ताः (vidhvastāḥ) - destroyed, routed, shattered
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vidhvasta
vidhvasta - destroyed, routed, shattered
Past Passive Participle
PPP of vi-dhvaṃs (to scatter, destroy)
Prefix: vi
Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
द्वौ (dvau) - two
(numeral)
एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together
(indeclinable)
formed from eka + suffix -tra
धावतः (dhāvataḥ) - they (two) run
(verb)
3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of dhāv
Root: dhāv (class 1)