महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-111

अभीशून्हि त्रिलोकेशः संगृह्य प्रपितामहः ।
तानश्वांश्चोदयामास मनोमारुतरंहसः ॥१११॥

111. abhīśūnhi trilokeśaḥ saṁgṛhya prapitāmahaḥ ,
tānaśvāṁścodayāmāsa manomārutaraṁhasaḥ.

111. abhīśūn hi trilokeśaḥ saṃgṛhya prapitāmahaḥ
tān aśvān ca codayāmāsa manomārutaraṃhasaḥ

111. hi trilokeśaḥ prapitāmahaḥ abhīśūn saṃgṛhya
tān manomārutaraṃhasaḥ aśvān ca codayāmāsa

111. Indeed, the Lord of the three worlds, the great grandfather (Prapitāmaha), having grasped the reins, drove those horses, whose speed was like that of the mind and the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• अभीशून् (abhīśūn) - reins, bridle

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• त्रिलोकेशः (trilokeśaḥ) - the Lord of the three worlds (an epithet for Shiva or Brahma) (lord of the three worlds)

• संगृह्य (saṁgṛhya) - having grasped, having seized, having taken

• प्रपितामहः (prapitāmahaḥ) - the great grandfather (Prapitāmaha, an epithet for Brahma, or Shiva in some contexts) (great grandfather)

• तान् (tān) - those (horses) (those)

• अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses

• च (ca) - and, also

• चोदयामास (codayāmāsa) - he urged, he drove, he impelled

• मनोमारुतरंहसः (manomārutaraṁhasaḥ) - whose speed was like that of the mind and the wind (having the swiftness of mind and wind)

Words meanings and morphology

अभीशून् (abhīśūn) - reins, bridle

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhīśu

abhīśu - reins, bridle, ray of light

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

त्रिलोकेशः (trilokeśaḥ) - the Lord of the three worlds (an epithet for Shiva or Brahma) (lord of the three worlds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trilokeśa

trilokeśa - Lord of the three worlds

Compound of 'triloka' (three worlds) and 'īśa' (lord).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (triloka+īśa)

• triloka – three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'tri' (three) and 'loka' (world).
• īśa – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)

संगृह्य (saṁgṛhya) - having grasped, having seized, having taken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'grah' with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: grah (class 9)

प्रपितामहः (prapitāmahaḥ) - the great grandfather (Prapitāmaha, an epithet for Brahma, or Shiva in some contexts) (great grandfather)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prapitāmaha

prapitāmaha - great grandfather, progenitor (an epithet of Brahma)

Compound of 'pra' and 'pitāmaha'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pra+pitāmaha)

• pra – before, forward, very
  indeclinable
• pitāmaha – grandfather
  noun (masculine)

तान् (tān) - those (horses) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चोदयामास (codayāmāsa) - he urged, he drove, he impelled

(verb)

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

Causative perfect

Periphrastic perfect form of the causative of root 'cud'.

Root: cud (class 10)

मनोमारुतरंहसः (manomārutaraṁhasaḥ) - whose speed was like that of the mind and the wind (having the swiftness of mind and wind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of manomārutaraṃhas

manomārutaraṁhas - having the swiftness of mind and wind

Compound of 'manas' (mind), 'māruta' (wind), and 'raṃhas' (speed).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manas+māruta+raṃhas)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• māruta – wind, air, wind god
  noun (masculine)
• raṃhas – speed, swiftness, force, velocity
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'aśvān'.

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