महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-7, chapter-48, verse-14
क्षोभयित्वा चमूं सर्वां नलिनीमिव कुञ्जरः ।
अशोभत हतो वीरो व्याधैर्वनगजो यथा ॥१४॥
अशोभत हतो वीरो व्याधैर्वनगजो यथा ॥१४॥
14. kṣobhayitvā camūṁ sarvāṁ nalinīmiva kuñjaraḥ ,
aśobhata hato vīro vyādhairvanagajo yathā.
aśobhata hato vīro vyādhairvanagajo yathā.
14.
kṣobhayitvā camūm sarvām nalinīm iva kuñjaraḥ
aśobhata hataḥ vīraḥ vyādhaiḥ vanagajaḥ yathā
aśobhata hataḥ vīraḥ vyādhaiḥ vanagajaḥ yathā
14.
vīraḥ sarvām camūm nalinīm iva kuñjaraḥ
kṣobhayitvā hataḥ aśobhata yathā vyādhaiḥ vanagajaḥ
kṣobhayitvā hataḥ aśobhata yathā vyādhaiḥ vanagajaḥ
14.
Having agitated the entire army, just as an elephant would stir up a lotus pond, the hero lay killed and inglorious, like a wild elephant felled by hunters.
Words meanings summery:
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- क्षोभयित्वा (kṣobhayitvā) - having agitated, having disturbed
- चमूम् (camūm) - army, host
- सर्वाम् (sarvām) - entire, all, whole
- नलिनीम् (nalinīm) - lotus pond, collection of lotuses
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- कुञ्जरः (kuñjaraḥ) - elephant
- अशोभत (aśobhata) - did not shine, was not glorious, appeared wretched/inglorious
- हतः (hataḥ) - killed, struck, slain
- वीरः (vīraḥ) - Refers to the hero whose death is being described. (hero, warrior, brave man)
- व्याधैः (vyādhaiḥ) - by hunters, by fowlers
- वनगजः (vanagajaḥ) - wild elephant, forest elephant
- यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner
Words meanings and morphology
क्षोभयित्वा (kṣobhayitvā) - having agitated, having disturbed
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
Formed from the causative stem of root kṣubh with suffix tvā.
Root: kṣubh (class 1)
चमूम् (camūm) - army, host
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of camū
camū - army, host, troop
सर्वाम् (sarvām) - entire, all, whole
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
Note: Agrees with camūm.
नलिनीम् (nalinīm) - lotus pond, collection of lotuses
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of nalinī
nalinī - lotus pond, collection of lotuses
Derived from nalina (lotus).
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
कुञ्जरः (kuñjaraḥ) - elephant
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kuñjara
kuñjara - elephant (lit. 'moving in the caves/mountain-hollows')
अशोभत (aśobhata) - did not shine, was not glorious, appeared wretched/inglorious
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of śobh
Imperfect Middle, 1st conjugation (bhū-ādi).
Root: śubh (class 1)
हतः (hataḥ) - killed, struck, slain
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of hata
hata - killed, struck, destroyed
Past Passive Participle
From root han (to strike, kill) with suffix kta.
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Agrees with vīraḥ.
वीरः (vīraḥ) - Refers to the hero whose death is being described. (hero, warrior, brave man)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra
vīra - hero, warrior, brave, powerful
Note: Subject of aśobhata and qualified by hataḥ.
व्याधैः (vyādhaiḥ) - by hunters, by fowlers
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of vyādha
vyādha - hunter, fowler, killer
From vi-ā-dhā (to pierce, to hit).
Prefixes: vi+ā
Root: dhā (class 3)
Note: Agent of killing (hataḥ).
वनगजः (vanagajaḥ) - wild elephant, forest elephant
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vanagaja
vanagaja - wild elephant, forest elephant
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gaja)
- vana – forest, wood
noun (neuter) - gaja – elephant
noun (masculine)
Note: Compared to the vīraḥ.
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner
(indeclinable)