महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-7, chapter-167, verse-3
शिखराणि व्यदीर्यन्त गिरीणां तत्र भारत ।
अपसव्यं मृगाश्चैव पाण्डुपुत्रान्प्रचक्रिरे ॥३॥
अपसव्यं मृगाश्चैव पाण्डुपुत्रान्प्रचक्रिरे ॥३॥
3. śikharāṇi vyadīryanta girīṇāṁ tatra bhārata ,
apasavyaṁ mṛgāścaiva pāṇḍuputrānpracakrire.
apasavyaṁ mṛgāścaiva pāṇḍuputrānpracakrire.
3.
śikharāṇi vyadīryanta girīṇām tatra bhārata
apasavyam mṛgāḥ ca eva pāṇḍuputrān pracakrire
apasavyam mṛgāḥ ca eva pāṇḍuputrān pracakrire
3.
bhārata tatra girīṇām śikharāṇi vyadīryanta
ca eva mṛgāḥ pāṇḍuputrān apasavyam pracakrire
ca eva mṛgāḥ pāṇḍuputrān apasavyam pracakrire
3.
O Bhārata, the peaks of the mountains were rent there. And indeed, the animals circumambulated the sons of Pāṇḍu by turning to their left, which is an inauspicious sign.
Words meanings summery:
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- शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - peaks, summits
- व्यदीर्यन्त (vyadīryanta) - were rent, were torn apart, split asunder
- गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of the mountains
- तत्र (tatra) - there, then
- भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata)
- अपसव्यम् (apasavyam) - towards the left, inauspiciously, counter-clockwise
- मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - animals, deer
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
- पाण्डुपुत्रान् (pāṇḍuputrān) - the sons of Pāṇḍu
- प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - circumambulated (performed, made, went around, circumambulated)
Words meanings and morphology
शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - peaks, summits
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of śikhara
śikhara - peak, summit, crest
व्यदीर्यन्त (vyadīryanta) - were rent, were torn apart, split asunder
(verb)
3rd person , plural, passive, imperfect (luṅ) of dṝ
Imperfect Passive
from vi-dṝ, 3rd person plural, middle/passive
Prefix: vi
Root: dṝ (class 9)
Note: From vi + root dṝ. The 'ya' indicates passive voice.
गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of the mountains
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of giri
giri - mountain, hill
तत्र (tatra) - there, then
(indeclinable)
भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata
bhārata - descendant of Bharata, Indian, belonging to Bharata
Note: Commonly used to address King Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Mahābhārata.
अपसव्यम् (apasavyam) - towards the left, inauspiciously, counter-clockwise
(indeclinable)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apa+savya)
- apa – away, off, down
indeclinable - savya – right, left (ambiguous, but context often clarifies)
adjective (neuter)
Note: Used adverbially.
मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - animals, deer
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga
mṛga - wild animal, deer, game
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
(indeclinable)
पाण्डुपुत्रान् (pāṇḍuputrān) - the sons of Pāṇḍu
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍuputra
pāṇḍuputra - son of Pāṇḍu
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+putra)
- pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king)
proper noun (masculine) - putra – son
noun (masculine)
प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - circumambulated (performed, made, went around, circumambulated)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ
Perfect Middle
from pra-kṛ, 3rd person plural, middle
Prefix: pra
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: With 'apasavyam', it means to circumambulate in an inauspicious direction.