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8,14

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-14, verse-25

आश्चर्यमिति गोविन्दो ब्रुवन्नश्वानचोदयत् ।
हंसांसगौरास्ते सेनां हंसाः सर इवाविशन् ॥२५॥
25. āścaryamiti govindo bruvannaśvānacodayat ,
haṁsāṁsagaurāste senāṁ haṁsāḥ sara ivāviśan.
25. āścaryam iti govindaḥ bruvan aśvān acodayat
haṃsāṃsagaurāḥ te senām haṃsāḥ saraḥ iva āviśan
25. govindaḥ āścaryam iti bruvan aśvān acodayat.
haṃsāṃsagaurāḥ te haṃsāḥ saraḥ iva senām āviśan.
25. Exclaiming, 'This is wondrous!', Govinda (Krishna) urged his horses forward. Those horses, white like swans on their shoulders, plunged into the enemy army just as swans enter a lake.

Words meanings summery:

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  • आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - a wonder, a marvel, amazing
  • इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)
  • गोविन्दः (govindaḥ) - Govinda (Krishna)
  • ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - saying, speaking
  • अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses
  • अचोदयत् (acodayat) - urged, impelled, drove
  • हंसांसगौराः (haṁsāṁsagaurāḥ) - horses that were white on their shoulders, resembling swans (white/pale like swans on their shoulders)
  • ते (te) - those horses (those, they)
  • सेनाम् (senām) - the army, host
  • हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans
  • सरः (saraḥ) - a lake, a pond
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • आविशन् (āviśan) - entered, penetrated

Words meanings and morphology

आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - a wonder, a marvel, amazing
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of āścarya
āścarya - wonder, surprise, marvel, astonishment
इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)
(indeclinable)
गोविन्दः (govindaḥ) - Govinda (Krishna)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of govinda
govinda - Govinda (a name for Krishna, lit. 'finder of cows' or 'protector of cows')
ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - saying, speaking
(nominal form)
Nominative, masculine, singular of brū
brū - to speak, to say, to declare
Root: brū (class 2)
Note: Present active participle, modifying Govinda.
अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of aśva
aśva - horse
अचोदयत् (acodayat) - urged, impelled, drove
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of cud
Root: cud (class 10)
Note: This is the imperfect tense of the causative form 'codayati'.
हंसांसगौराः (haṁsāṁsagaurāḥ) - horses that were white on their shoulders, resembling swans (white/pale like swans on their shoulders)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of haṃsāṃsagaura
haṁsāṁsagaura - having shoulders white like swans
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (haṃsa+aṃsa+gaura)
  • haṃsa – swan, gander
    noun (masculine)
  • aṃsa – shoulder, part, share
    noun (masculine)
  • gaura – white, fair, pale, yellowish-white
    adjective (masculine)
ते (te) - those horses (those, they)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
सेनाम् (senām) - the army, host
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of senā
senā - army, host, troop
हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of haṃsa
haṁsa - swan, gander, a kind of mythical bird
सरः (saraḥ) - a lake, a pond
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of saras
saras - lake, pond, pool
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
आविशन् (āviśan) - entered, penetrated
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of viś
Prefix: ā
Root: viś (class 6)