महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-53, verse-20

वासुदेवसहायस्य गाण्डीवं धुन्वतो धनुः ।
कोऽर्जुनस्याग्रतस्तिष्ठेत्साक्षादपि शतक्रतुः ॥२०॥

20. vāsudevasahāyasya gāṇḍīvaṁ dhunvato dhanuḥ ,
ko'rjunasyāgratastiṣṭhetsākṣādapi śatakratuḥ.

20. vāsudevasahāyasya gāṇḍīvam dhunvataḥ dhanuḥ | kaḥ
arjunasya agrataḥ tiṣṭhet sākṣāt api śatakratuḥ

20. vāsudevasahāyasya gāṇḍīvam dhanuḥ dhunvataḥ
arjunasya agrataḥ sākṣāt api śatakratuḥ kaḥ tiṣṭhet

20. Who could stand before Arjuna, who is supported by Vasudeva (Krishna) and wields the Gandiva bow? Not even Indra (Śatakratu) himself could stand directly before him.

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवसहायस्य (vāsudevasahāyasya) - of Arjuna, who is supported by Vasudeva (Krishna) (of one whose helper is Vasudeva)

• गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gandiva (Arjuna's bow)

• धुन्वतः (dhunvataḥ) - wielding (the bow) (wielding, shaking)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front of, before

• तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - may stand, should stand

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra, one who performed a hundred rituals

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवसहायस्य (vāsudevasahāyasya) - of Arjuna, who is supported by Vasudeva (Krishna) (of one whose helper is Vasudeva)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsudevasahāya

vāsudevasahāya - having Vasudeva as helper/companion

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāsudeva+sahāya)

• vāsudeva – Vasudeva, Krishna
  proper noun (masculine)
• sahāya – helper, companion, friend
  noun (masculine)

गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gandiva (Arjuna's bow)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - Gandiva (the name of Arjuna's famous bow)

धुन्वतः (dhunvataḥ) - wielding (the bow) (wielding, shaking)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhunvat

dhunvat - shaking, wielding, agitating

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dhū'

Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'vāsudevasahāyasya' or implied 'Arjuna'.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanu

dhanu - bow

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a Pandava prince, son of Pandu and Kunti)

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front of, before

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - may stand, should stand

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of sthā

Root verb

Root: sthā (class 1)

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra, one who performed a hundred rituals

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatakratu

śatakratu - Indra (epithet meaning 'he of a hundred Vedic rituals')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• kratu – power, ritual, Vedic ritual, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)

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