महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-23

तयोः समीपं संप्राप्य पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ ।
न चकार भयं प्राप्ते भये महति मारिष ॥२३॥

23. tayoḥ samīpaṁ saṁprāpya putraste bharatarṣabha ,
na cakāra bhayaṁ prāpte bhaye mahati māriṣa.

23. tayoḥ samīpam samprāpya putraḥ te bharatarṣabha
na cakāra bhayam prāpte bhaye mahati māriṣa

23. bharatarṣabha māriṣa,
te putraḥ tayoḥ samīpam samprāpya,
mahati bhaye prāpte (api),
bhayam na cakāra

23. O best of the Bhāratas (bharatarṣabha), O respected one (māriṣa), having approached the two of them, your son felt no fear (bhaya) even when a great danger (bhaya) had arrived.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the two (Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna) (of them two, by them two, from them two)

• समीपम् (samīpam) - proximity, near

• सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having reached, having approached, having obtained

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - your son (Duryodhana) (son)

• ते (te) - your (genitive/dative singular pronoun)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bhāratas (bharatarṣabha) (O best of Bharatas)

• न (na) - not, no

• चकार (cakāra) - he felt (fear) (he did, he made)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (bhaya) (fear, danger)

• प्राप्ते (prāpte) - when it (danger) had arrived (when it had arrived, when it had occurred)

• भये (bhaye) - in a danger (bhaya) (in the fear, in the danger)

• महति (mahati) - great, immense

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O venerable one, O respected one

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the two (Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna) (of them two, by them two, from them two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

Note: Also ablative dual.

समीपम् (samīpam) - proximity, near

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative.

सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having reached, having approached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root `āp` with prefixes `sam-` and `pra-`

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used to describe an action completed before the main verb.

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - your son (Duryodhana) (son)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

ते (te) - your (genitive/dative singular pronoun)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Also dative singular.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bhāratas (bharatarṣabha) (O best of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of the Bharatas, eminent Bharata

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a king
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चकार (cakāra) - he felt (fear) (he did, he made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect Mood (Lit), Parasmaipada

3rd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (bhaya) (fear, danger)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

प्राप्ते (prāpte) - when it (danger) had arrived (when it had arrived, when it had occurred)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - reached, attained, occurred

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `āp` with prefix `pra-`

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `bhaye`.

भये (bhaye) - in a danger (bhaya) (in the fear, in the danger)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

Note: Subject of the locative absolute construction.

महति (mahati) - great, immense

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, immense

Note: Agrees with `bhaye`.

मारिष (māriṣa) - O venerable one, O respected one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - venerable, respectable

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