महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-7, chapter-32, verse-2
सर्वे विध्वस्तकवचास्तावका युधि निर्जिताः ।
रजस्वला भृशोद्विग्ना वीक्षमाणा दिशो दश ॥२॥
रजस्वला भृशोद्विग्ना वीक्षमाणा दिशो दश ॥२॥
2. sarve vidhvastakavacāstāvakā yudhi nirjitāḥ ,
rajasvalā bhṛśodvignā vīkṣamāṇā diśo daśa.
rajasvalā bhṛśodvignā vīkṣamāṇā diśo daśa.
2.
sarve vidhvastakavacāḥ tāvakāḥ yudhi nirjitāḥ
rajasvalāḥ bhṛśa udvignāḥ vīkṣamāṇāḥ diśaḥ daśa
rajasvalāḥ bhṛśa udvignāḥ vīkṣamāṇāḥ diśaḥ daśa
2.
sarve tāvakāḥ vidhvastakavacāḥ yudhi nirjitāḥ (te)
rajasvalāḥ bhṛśa udvignāḥ daśa diśaḥ vīkṣamāṇāḥ (āsan)
rajasvalāḥ bhṛśa udvignāḥ daśa diśaḥ vīkṣamāṇāḥ (āsan)
2.
All your warriors, with their armors shattered, were vanquished in battle. They were like women in their menses, extremely agitated, looking in all ten directions.
Words meanings summery:
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- सर्वे (sarve) - all (your warriors) (all, entire)
- विध्वस्तकवचाः (vidhvastakavacāḥ) - (your warriors) whose armors were shattered (whose armors are shattered)
- तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your warriors (Kauravas) (yours, your people, your warriors)
- युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight
- निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - (your warriors) were vanquished (vanquished, conquered, defeated)
- रजस्वलाः (rajasvalāḥ) - (like women) in their menses (implying weakness, vulnerability, and ritual defilement) (menstruating woman; defiled; covered with dust)
- भृश (bhṛśa) - exceedingly, greatly, intensely
- उद्विग्नाः (udvignāḥ) - extremely agitated (agitated, distressed, disturbed)
- वीक्षमाणाः (vīkṣamāṇāḥ) - looking (in all directions) (looking, gazing, observing)
- दिशः (diśaḥ) - the ten directions (directions, quarters)
- दश (daśa) - ten
Words meanings and morphology
सर्वे (sarve) - all (your warriors) (all, entire)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
Note: Agrees with 'tāvakāḥ'.
विध्वस्तकवचाः (vidhvastakavacāḥ) - (your warriors) whose armors were shattered (whose armors are shattered)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vidhvastakavaca
vidhvastakavaca - one whose armor is shattered/destroyed
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidhvasta+kavaca)
- vidhvasta – shattered, destroyed, ruined
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root dhvaṃs (to fall, perish) with prefix vi-.
Prefix: vi
Root: dhvaṃs (class 1) - kavaca – armor, cuirass
noun (masculine)
Note: Agrees with 'tāvakāḥ'.
तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your warriors (Kauravas) (yours, your people, your warriors)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tāvaka
tāvaka - your, belonging to you; your people, your relatives/warriors
Derivative of tvad (you).
Note: Subject of the sentence.
युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of yudh
yudh - battle, fight, war
निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - (your warriors) were vanquished (vanquished, conquered, defeated)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nirjita
nirjita - conquered, vanquished, overcome
Past Passive Participle
From root ji (to conquer) with prefix nir-.
Prefix: nir
Root: ji (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'tāvakāḥ'.
रजस्वलाः (rajasvalāḥ) - (like women) in their menses (implying weakness, vulnerability, and ritual defilement) (menstruating woman; defiled; covered with dust)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of rajasvalā
rajasvalā - a menstruating woman; defiled, impure; dust-laden
From rajas (dust, menstruation) + -vala (possessing).
Note: Implies a simile: 'like women in menses'.
भृश (bhṛśa) - exceedingly, greatly, intensely
(indeclinable)
Note: Modifies 'udvignāḥ'.
उद्विग्नाः (udvignāḥ) - extremely agitated (agitated, distressed, disturbed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of udvigna
udvigna - agitated, disturbed, distressed, fearful
Past Passive Participle
From root vij (to tremble, fear) with prefix ud-.
Prefix: ud
Root: vij (class 6)
Note: Agrees with implied 'they' (tāvakāḥ).
वीक्षमाणाः (vīkṣamāṇāḥ) - looking (in all directions) (looking, gazing, observing)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vīkṣamāṇa
vīkṣamāṇa - looking at, observing, seeing
Present Middle Participle
From root īkṣ (to see) with prefix vi- and middle participle suffix -māna.
Prefix: vi
Root: īkṣ (class 1)
Note: Agrees with implied 'they' (tāvakāḥ).
दिशः (diśaḥ) - the ten directions (directions, quarters)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of diś
diś - direction, quarter, region
Note: Object of 'vīkṣamāṇāḥ'.
दश (daśa) - ten
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with 'diśaḥ'.