महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-8, chapter-33, verse-60
कचाकचि बभौ युद्धं दन्तादन्ति नखानखि ।
मुष्टियुद्धं नियुद्धं च देहपाप्मविनाशनम् ॥६०॥
मुष्टियुद्धं नियुद्धं च देहपाप्मविनाशनम् ॥६०॥
60. kacākaci babhau yuddhaṁ dantādanti nakhānakhi ,
muṣṭiyuddhaṁ niyuddhaṁ ca dehapāpmavināśanam.
muṣṭiyuddhaṁ niyuddhaṁ ca dehapāpmavināśanam.
60.
kacākaci babhau yuddham dantādanti nakhānakhi
muṣṭiyuddham niyuddham ca dehapāpmavināśanam
muṣṭiyuddham niyuddham ca dehapāpmavināśanam
60.
yuddham kacākaci dantādanti nakhānakhi muṣṭiyuddham
niyuddham ca dehapāpmavināśanam babhau
niyuddham ca dehapāpmavināśanam babhau
60.
The battle, characterized by hair-pulling, tooth-and-tooth combat, nail-and-nail fighting, fist-fighting, and wrestling, appeared splendid and was a destroyer of bodily impurities.
Words meanings summery:
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- कचाकचि (kacākaci) - hair-pulling (mutual, intense fight)
- बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared splendid
- युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, combat, fight
- दन्तादन्ति (dantādanti) - tooth-and-tooth (mutual, intense fight), biting
- नखानखि (nakhānakhi) - nail-and-nail (mutual, intense fight), scratching
- मुष्टियुद्धम् (muṣṭiyuddham) - fist-fighting, boxing
- नियुद्धम् (niyuddham) - close combat, wrestling, unarmed combat
- च (ca) - and
- देहपाप्मविनाशनम् (dehapāpmavināśanam) - destroyer of bodily impurities/sins, that which destroys bodily impurities
Words meanings and morphology
कचाकचि (kacākaci) - hair-pulling (mutual, intense fight)
(indeclinable)
Reduplicative adverbial compound indicating mutual action.
बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared splendid
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √bhā
Perfect
3rd person singular active, perfect tense (lit), from root bhā
Root: bhā (class 2)
युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, combat, fight
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha
yuddha - battle, fight, combat, war
Past Passive Participle (secondary noun)
From √yudh (to fight), past passive participle used as a neuter noun.
Root: yudh (class 4)
दन्तादन्ति (dantādanti) - tooth-and-tooth (mutual, intense fight), biting
(indeclinable)
Reduplicative adverbial compound indicating mutual action.
नखानखि (nakhānakhi) - nail-and-nail (mutual, intense fight), scratching
(indeclinable)
Reduplicative adverbial compound indicating mutual action.
मुष्टियुद्धम् (muṣṭiyuddham) - fist-fighting, boxing
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of muṣṭiyuddha
muṣṭiyuddha - fist-fight, boxing
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muṣṭi+yuddha)
- muṣṭi – fist, handful
noun (feminine) - yuddha – battle, fight, combat
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle (secondary noun)
From √yudh (to fight), past passive participle used as a neuter noun.
Root: yudh (class 4)
नियुद्धम् (niyuddham) - close combat, wrestling, unarmed combat
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of niyuddha
niyuddha - wrestling, close combat, unarmed fight
Past Passive Participle (secondary noun)
From ni-√yudh (to fight, wrestle), past passive participle used as a neuter noun.
Prefix: ni
Root: yudh (class 4)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
देहपाप्मविनाशनम् (dehapāpmavināśanam) - destroyer of bodily impurities/sins, that which destroys bodily impurities
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dehapāpmavināśana
dehapāpmavināśana - destroying the sins/impurities of the body
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+pāpman+vināśana)
- deha – body, corporeal frame
noun (masculine) - pāpman – sin, evil, impurity, misfortune
noun (neuter) - vināśana – destroying, destroyer, destruction
noun (neuter)
Derived from vi-√naś (to perish, to destroy)
Prefix: vi
Root: naś (class 4)