महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-7, chapter-48, verse-16
विमृद्य तरुशृङ्गाणि संनिवृत्तमिवानिलम् ।
अस्तं गतमिवादित्यं तप्त्वा भारतवाहिनीम् ॥१६॥
अस्तं गतमिवादित्यं तप्त्वा भारतवाहिनीम् ॥१६॥
16. vimṛdya taruśṛṅgāṇi saṁnivṛttamivānilam ,
astaṁ gatamivādityaṁ taptvā bhāratavāhinīm.
astaṁ gatamivādityaṁ taptvā bhāratavāhinīm.
16.
vimṛdya taruśṛṅgāṇi saṃnivṛttam iva anilam
astam gatam iva ādityam taptvā bhāratavāhinīm
astam gatam iva ādityam taptvā bhāratavāhinīm
16.
anilam taruśṛṅgāṇi vimṛdya saṃnivṛttam iva
ādityam bhāratavāhinīm taptvā astam gatam iva
ādityam bhāratavāhinīm taptvā astam gatam iva
16.
(He was like) the wind that had subsided after crushing the treetops, and like the sun that had set after scorching the Bharata army.
Words meanings summery:
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- विमृद्य (vimṛdya) - having crushed, having trampled, having destroyed
- तरुशृङ्गाणि (taruśṛṅgāṇi) - tree tops, branches of trees
- संनिवृत्तम् (saṁnivṛttam) - Referring to the wind that has stopped its destructive activity. (subsided, ceased, returned, turned back)
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- अनिलम् (anilam) - wind, air
- अस्तम् (astam) - Refers to the setting of the sun. Used in conjunction with gatam. (setting, home, western mountain)
- गतम् (gatam) - Used with astam to mean 'set' (as the sun). (gone, arrived, reached)
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- आदित्यम् (ādityam) - Refers to the sun god, Sūrya. (sun, a son of Aditi)
- तप्त्वा (taptvā) - Having inflicted suffering or defeat on the army. (having heated, having scorched, having distressed)
- भारतवाहिनीम् (bhāratavāhinīm) - Refers to one of the armies in the Mahābhārata war, likely the enemy army from the perspective of the fallen hero. (Bharata's army, Indian army)
Words meanings and morphology
विमृद्य (vimṛdya) - having crushed, having trampled, having destroyed
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root mṛd (to crush) with prefix vi and suffix lyaP.
Prefix: vi
Root: mṛd (class 7)
तरुशृङ्गाणि (taruśṛṅgāṇi) - tree tops, branches of trees
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of taruśṛṅga
taruśṛṅga - tree top, branch of a tree
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taru+śṛṅga)
- taru – tree, plant
noun (masculine) - śṛṅga – horn, peak, summit, top
noun (neuter)
Note: Object of vimṛdya.
संनिवृत्तम् (saṁnivṛttam) - Referring to the wind that has stopped its destructive activity. (subsided, ceased, returned, turned back)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃnivṛtta
saṁnivṛtta - returned, subsided, ceased, abstained
Past Passive Participle
From root vṛt (to turn) with prefixes sam and ni.
Prefixes: sam+ni
Root: vṛt (class 1)
Note: Agrees with anilam.
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
अनिलम् (anilam) - wind, air
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of anila
anila - wind, air, god of wind
Root: an (class 2)
अस्तम् (astam) - Refers to the setting of the sun. Used in conjunction with gatam. (setting, home, western mountain)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of asta
asta - home, setting (of sun), western mountain
Root: as (class 2)
गतम् (gatam) - Used with astam to mean 'set' (as the sun). (gone, arrived, reached)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of gata
gata - gone, moved, passed, reached
Past Passive Participle
From root gam (to go) with suffix kta.
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Agrees with ādityam.
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
आदित्यम् (ādityam) - Refers to the sun god, Sūrya. (sun, a son of Aditi)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of āditya
āditya - sun, a son of Aditi, a god
तप्त्वा (taptvā) - Having inflicted suffering or defeat on the army. (having heated, having scorched, having distressed)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root tap (to heat, suffer, perform austerity) with suffix tvā.
Root: tap (class 1)
भारतवाहिनीम् (bhāratavāhinīm) - Refers to one of the armies in the Mahābhārata war, likely the enemy army from the perspective of the fallen hero. (Bharata's army, Indian army)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāratavāhinī
bhāratavāhinī - Bharata's army, Indian army
Feminine form of bhāratavāhin (carrying Bharatas).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhārata+vāhinī)
- bhārata – descendant of Bharata, related to India
adjective/noun (masculine) - vāhinī – army, river, carrier
noun (feminine)
Root: vah (class 1)
Note: Object of taptvā.