महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-10

स दिष्ट्या समनुप्राप्तस्तव पार्थ रथान्तिकम् ।
जह्येनं वै महाबाहो यथा वृत्रं पुरंदरः ॥१०॥

10. sa diṣṭyā samanuprāptastava pārtha rathāntikam ,
jahyenaṁ vai mahābāho yathā vṛtraṁ puraṁdaraḥ.

10. saḥ diṣṭyā samanuprāptaḥ tava pārtha rathāntikam
jahi enam vai mahābāho yathā vṛtram purandaraḥ

10. pārtha mahābāho saḥ diṣṭyā tava rathāntikam
samanuprāptaḥ vai enam jahi yathā purandaraḥ vṛtram

10. O son of Pṛthā, O mighty-armed one, he has fortunately arrived near your chariot. Indeed, kill him just as Purandara (Indra) killed Vṛtra.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good fortune

• समनुप्राप्तः (samanuprāptaḥ) - arrived, reached

• तव (tava) - your

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā)

• रथान्तिकम् (rathāntikam) - near the chariot, chariot's vicinity

• जहि (jahi) - kill, strike down

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one (masculine accusative singular)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Arjuna, having mighty arms (O mighty-armed one)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra (a demon)

• पुरन्दरः (purandaraḥ) - Indra, the slayer of cities/fortresses (Purandara (Indra))

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good fortune

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

समनुप्राप्तः (samanuprāptaḥ) - arrived, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āp

āp - to obtain, reach, attain

Past Passive Participle

Root āp with prefixes sam, anu, pra

Prefixes: sam+anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī)

derived from Pṛthā

रथान्तिकम् (rathāntikam) - near the chariot, chariot's vicinity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rathāntika

rathāntika - chariot's proximity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+antika)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• antika – near, proximity, vicinity
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially as 'near the chariot'

जहि (jahi) - kill, strike down

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

एनम् (enam) - him, this one (masculine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Arjuna, having mighty arms (O mighty-armed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra (a demon)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛtra

vṛtra - Vṛtra (a Vedic demon, personification of drought, slain by Indra)

पुरन्दरः (purandaraḥ) - Indra, the slayer of cities/fortresses (Purandara (Indra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of purandara

purandara - destroyer of cities/fortresses (an epithet of Indra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pura+dara)

• pura – city, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• dara – destroyer, splitter
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root dṛ 'to split'
  Root: dṛ (class 1)

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