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

स तुष्टमवृणोद्देवं वापी भवतु नः पुरे ।
शस्त्रैर्विनिहता यत्र क्षिप्ताः स्युर्बलवत्तराः ॥२४॥

24. sa tuṣṭamavṛṇoddevaṁ vāpī bhavatu naḥ pure ,
śastrairvinihatā yatra kṣiptāḥ syurbalavattarāḥ.

24. saḥ tuṣṭam avṛṇot devam vāpī bhavatu naḥ pure
śastraiḥ vinihatāḥ yatra kṣiptāḥ syuḥ balavattarāḥ

24. saḥ tuṣṭam devam avṛṇot naḥ pure vāpī bhavatu
yatra śastraiḥ vinihatāḥ kṣiptāḥ balavattarāḥ syuḥ

24. He then asked the pleased god, 'Let there be a pond in our city, where those slain by weapons, when thrown in, would become even mightier.'

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तुष्टम् (tuṣṭam) - pleased, satisfied

• अवृणोत् (avṛṇot) - he chose, he requested, he begged

• देवम् (devam) - god, deity

• वापी (vāpī) - pond, large well, reservoir

• भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be, may it happen

• नः (naḥ) - our, to us

• पुरे (pure) - in the city

• शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons

• विनिहताः (vinihatāḥ) - slain, killed, struck down

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• क्षिप्ताः (kṣiptāḥ) - thrown, cast, hurled

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they might be

• बलवत्तराः (balavattarāḥ) - mightier, stronger

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तुष्टम् (tuṣṭam) - pleased, satisfied

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tuṣṭa

tuṣṭa - pleased, satisfied, contented

Past Passive Participle

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

अवृणोत् (avṛṇot) - he chose, he requested, he begged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (laṅ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 5)

देवम् (devam) - god, deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Root: div (class 4)

वापी (vāpī) - pond, large well, reservoir

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāpī

vāpī - pond, reservoir, large well

भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be, may it happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

नः (naḥ) - our, to us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

पुरे (pure) - in the city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress

शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, instrument, treatise

Root: śas (class 2)

विनिहताः (vinihatāḥ) - slain, killed, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinihata

vinihata - slain, killed, struck down

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

क्षिप्ताः (kṣiptāḥ) - thrown, cast, hurled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣipta

kṣipta - thrown, cast, despatched

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣip (class 6)

स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they might be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

बलवत्तराः (balavattarāḥ) - mightier, stronger

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balavattara

balavattara - mightier, stronger (comparative degree)

comparative degree of 'balavat'