महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-89, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
एवं बहुविधं सैन्यमेवं प्रविचितं वरम् ।
व्यूढमेवं यथान्यायमेवं बहु च संजय ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
evaṁ bahuvidhaṁ sainyamevaṁ pravicitaṁ varam ,
vyūḍhamevaṁ yathānyāyamevaṁ bahu ca saṁjaya.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca evam bahuvidham sainyam evam pravicitam
varam vyūḍham evam yathānyāyam evam bahu ca sañjaya

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca sañjaya evam bahuvidham evam pravicitam
varam evam yathānyāyam vyūḍham ca evam bahu sainyam

1. Dhritarashtra said: O Sanjaya, in this way, this army is manifold, thus well-chosen and excellent; in this way, it is properly arrayed, and thus it is very numerous.

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra (name of a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• बहुविधम् (bahuvidham) - manifold, of many kinds, diverse

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host, military force

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• प्रविचितम् (pravicitam) - well-chosen, selected, distinguished

• वरम् (varam) - excellent, best, finest

• व्यूढम् (vyūḍham) - arrayed, arranged in battle formation

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - properly, according to rule/justice, systematically

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• बहु (bahu) - much, many, numerous

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sanjaya

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (name of a king, father of the Kauravas)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

बहुविधम् (bahuvidham) - manifold, of many kinds, diverse

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahuvidha

bahuvidha - of many kinds, manifold, diverse

Compound of bahu and vidha

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – much, many, numerous
  adjective
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies sainyam

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host, military force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host, military force

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

प्रविचितम् (pravicitam) - well-chosen, selected, distinguished

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravicita

pravicita - well-chosen, selected, distinguished

past passive participle

Derived from root ci- with pra- and vi- prefixes

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Modifies sainyam

वरम् (varam) - excellent, best, finest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - excellent, best, finest, boon

Note: Modifies sainyam

व्यूढम् (vyūḍham) - arrayed, arranged in battle formation

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyūḍha

vyūḍha - arrayed, arranged in battle formation, extended

past passive participle

Derived from root vah- with vi- and ud- prefixes

Prefixes: vi+ud

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Modifies sainyam

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - properly, according to rule/justice, systematically

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• nyāya – rule, method, justice, system
  noun (masculine)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

बहु (bahu) - much, many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Modifies sainyam

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sanjaya (name of Dhritarashtra's charioteer and confidant)

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