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8,15

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-15, verse-19

एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रहरेति च ताडितः ।
कर्णिना द्रोणतनयं विव्याध मलयध्वजः ॥१९॥
19. evamuktastathetyuktvā prahareti ca tāḍitaḥ ,
karṇinā droṇatanayaṁ vivyādha malayadhvajaḥ.
19. evam uktaḥ tathā iti uktvā prahara iti ca tāḍitaḥ
karṇinā droṇatanayam vivyādha malayadhvajaḥ
19. malayadhvajaḥ evam uktaḥ tathā iti uktvā prahara
iti ca tāḍitaḥ karṇinā droṇatanayam vivyādha
19. Thus addressed, saying 'So be it' and 'Strike!', and though himself struck by arrows, Malayadhvaja pierced Drona's son (Aśvatthāmā) with his shafted arrows.

Words meanings summery:

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  • एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner
  • उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (Malayadhvaja) having been addressed (said, spoken, addressed)
  • तथा (tathā) - so, thus, so be it
  • इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)
  • उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken
  • प्रहर (prahara) - strike! attack!
  • इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - (Malayadhvaja) having been struck (by arrows) (struck, beaten, assailed)
  • कर्णिना (karṇinā) - by (fletched/shafted) arrows (as an instrument of striking) (by (an arrow with) a head/shaft, by a fletched arrow; or by Karṇin (a warrior))
  • द्रोणतनयम् (droṇatanayam) - Aśvatthāmā (Drona's son, son of Drona)
  • विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck
  • मलयध्वजः (malayadhvajaḥ) - Name of a king, the Pandya king. (Malayadhvaja)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner
(indeclinable)
उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (Malayadhvaja) having been addressed (said, spoken, addressed)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta
ukta - said, spoken, declared, addressed
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root vac (to speak) which changes to uc- in past passive participle.
Root: vac (class 2)
तथा (tathā) - so, thus, so be it
(indeclinable)
Note: Often used with 'iti' to introduce a quotation meaning 'so be it' or 'yes'.
इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)
(indeclinable)
उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
Formed from root vac (to speak) + ktvā suffix. vac changes to uc-.
Root: vac (class 2)
प्रहर (prahara) - strike! attack!
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pra-hṛ
Prefix: pra
Root: hṛ (class 1)
Note: Imperative form of pra-hṛ.
इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - (Malayadhvaja) having been struck (by arrows) (struck, beaten, assailed)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tāḍita
tāḍita - struck, beaten, smitten, assailed
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root tāḍ (to strike) with kta suffix.
Root: tāḍ (class 10)
Note: Refers to Malayadhvaja being struck.
कर्णिना (karṇinā) - by (fletched/shafted) arrows (as an instrument of striking) (by (an arrow with) a head/shaft, by a fletched arrow; or by Karṇin (a warrior))
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of karṇin
karṇin - having ears, having a shaft, furnished with a head or point (said of an arrow); a warrior named Karṇin
Derived from karṇa (ear, handle, shaft) with -in suffix.
Note: Here likely describing arrows as an instrument ('by means of arrows with points/shafts').
द्रोणतनयम् (droṇatanayam) - Aśvatthāmā (Drona's son, son of Drona)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇatanaya
droṇatanaya - son of Droṇa
Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (droṇa+tanaya)
  • droṇa – Drona (name of the teacher of the Kauravas and Pandavas)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • tanaya – son
    noun (masculine)
    Derived from root tan (to stretch, to procreate).
    Root: tan (class 8)
Note: Refers to Aśvatthāmā.
विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vyadh
Root: vyadh (class 4)
Note: Reduplicated perfect form of root vyadh.
मलयध्वजः (malayadhvajaḥ) - Name of a king, the Pandya king. (Malayadhvaja)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of malayadhvaja
malayadhvaja - Malayadhvaja (name of a king, father of Meenakshi, possibly a Pandya king)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (malaya+dhvaja)
  • malaya – Malaya mountains (a mountain range in South India)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • dhvaja – banner, flag, emblem
    noun (masculine)
Note: The subject of the verb vivyādha.