महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-169, verse-24

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यः स भूरिश्रवाश्छिन्ने भुजे प्रायगतस्त्वया ।
वार्यमाणेन निहतस्ततः पापतरं नु किम् ॥२४॥

24. yaḥ sa bhūriśravāśchinne bhuje prāyagatastvayā ,
vāryamāṇena nihatastataḥ pāpataraṁ nu kim.

24. yaḥ saḥ bhūriśravāḥ chinne bhuje prāyagataḥ
tvayā vāryamāṇena nihataḥ tataḥ pāpataram nu kim

24. yaḥ saḥ bhūriśravāḥ chinne bhuje prāyagataḥ
tvayā vāryamāṇena nihataḥ tataḥ kim nu pāpataram

24. He who was Bhurishravas, with his arm severed and having undertaken a fast unto death, was killed by you, even while you were being restrained. What, then, could be more sinful than that?

Words meanings summery:

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यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

सः (saḥ) - he, that

भूरिश्रवाः (bhūriśravāḥ) - A specific character from the Mahabharata. (Bhurishravas (a Kuru warrior in the Mahabharata))

छिन्ने (chinne) - in the cut, severed, broken

भुजे (bhuje) - in the arm, on the arm

प्रायगतः (prāyagataḥ) - having undertaken a fast unto death, gone to a fast

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

वार्यमाणेन (vāryamāṇena) - by the one being restrained, by the one being prevented

निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, slain, struck down

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, thereupon, therefore, than that

पापतरम् (pāpataram) - more sinful, worse, more evil

नु (nu) - indeed, then, now, surely (particle of interrogation or emphasis)

किम् (kim) - what?, which?, why?

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भूरिश्रवाः (bhūriśravāḥ) - A specific character from the Mahabharata. (Bhurishravas (a Kuru warrior in the Mahabharata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūriśravas

bhūriśravas - much-famed, having abundant fame/wealth; name of a Kuru warrior

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhūri+śravas)

bhūri – much, abundant, great, ample
adjective
śravas – fame, glory, renown; food, wealth
noun (neuter)

छिन्ने (chinne) - in the cut, severed, broken

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, broken, torn

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root chid

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

भुजे (bhuje) - in the arm, on the arm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhuja

bhuja - arm, hand, branch

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

प्रायगतः (prāyagataḥ) - having undertaken a fast unto death, gone to a fast

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāyagata

prāyagata - one who has gone (gata) to a religious fast unto death (prāya), undertaking a fast unto death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāya+gata)

prāya – religious fast unto death, vow of self-starvation
noun (masculine)
gata – gone, arrived, attained, gone to
adjective
Past Passive Participle
Formed from root gam
Root: gam (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वार्यमाणेन (vāryamāṇena) - by the one being restrained, by the one being prevented

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāryamāṇa

vāryamāṇa - being restrained, being prevented, being stopped

Present Passive Participle

Formed from root vṛ (to stop, restrain) with suffix -māṇa

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'tvayā' (by you, being restrained).