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8,19

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-19, verse-11

अथेतरान्महाराज यतमानान्महारथान् ।
पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिर्बाणैरेकैकं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥११॥
11. athetarānmahārāja yatamānānmahārathān ,
pañcabhiḥ pañcabhirbāṇairekaikaṁ pratyavārayat.
11. atha itarān mahārāja yatamānān mahārathān
pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ bāṇaiḥ ekaikaṃ pratyavārayat
11. atha mahārāja,
pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ bāṇaiḥ yatamānān itarān mahārathān ekaikaṃ pratyavārayat.
11. Then, O great king, he warded off those other great warriors (mahāratha) who were striving, striking each one with five arrows.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, therefore
  • इतरान् (itarān) - the other (warriors) (other, different)
  • महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king
  • यतमानान् (yatamānān) - (the warriors) who were exerting themselves (in battle) (striving, endeavoring, exerting oneself)
  • महारथान् (mahārathān) - great warriors, commanders of great chariots
  • पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by five, with five
  • पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - each with five (arrows) (by five, with five)
  • बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows
  • एकैकं (ekaikaṁ) - each one, individually
  • प्रत्यवारयत् (pratyavārayat) - he warded off, he stopped, he resisted

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, therefore
(indeclinable)
इतरान् (itarān) - the other (warriors) (other, different)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of itara
itara - other, another, different
Note: Accusative plural, qualifying `mahārathān`.
महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan
mahārājan - great king, emperor
`mahā` (great) + `rājan` (king).
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)
  • mahā – great, large, mighty
    adjective
    From `mahat`.
  • rājan – king, ruler
    noun (masculine)
    Root: rāj (class 1)
Note: Vocative singular.
यतमानान् (yatamānān) - (the warriors) who were exerting themselves (in battle) (striving, endeavoring, exerting oneself)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of yatamāna
yatamāna - striving, endeavoring, self-restrained (present middle participle of `yat`)
Present Middle Participle
From root `yat` (to strive) + suffix `śānac`.
Root: yat (class 1)
Note: Accusative plural, qualifying `mahārathān`.
महारथान् (mahārathān) - great warriors, commanders of great chariots
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāratha
mahāratha - great warrior, one who can fight ten thousand warriors from his chariot, a commander of a great chariot
`mahā` (great) + `ratha` (chariot).
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)
  • mahā – great, large, mighty
    adjective
    From `mahat`.
  • ratha – chariot, car
    noun (masculine)
    From root `rādh` or `ṛ`.
    Root: rādh (class 5)
Note: Accusative plural.
पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by five, with five
(numeral)
Note: Instrumental plural of `pañcan`.
पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - each with five (arrows) (by five, with five)
(numeral)
Note: Instrumental plural of `pañcan`.
बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa
bāṇa - arrow, reed
Root: bhāṇ
Note: Instrumental plural of `bāṇa`.
एकैकं (ekaikaṁ) - each one, individually
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ekaika
ekaika - each one, one by one, single, solitary
Reduplication of `eka` (one).
Compound type : reduplicative (eka+eka)
  • eka – one, single, alone
    numeral/pronoun (masculine)
Note: Accusative singular, acting adverbially or referring to "each one of them".
प्रत्यवारयत् (pratyavārayat) - he warded off, he stopped, he resisted
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pratyavāray
imperfect, third person singular, active
Causative of `pratyavṛ` (to turn back, resist), or just `prati` + `ava` + `vṛ` (to cover, check) in the causative. Root `vṛ` (to cover, to choose, to restrain) in ṇic (causative) form. `prati` (against) + `ava` (down) + `ārayat` (caused to stop/ward off).
Prefixes: prati+ava
Root: vṛ (class 10)
Note: Imperfect tense.