महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-8, chapter-34, verse-3
कर्णोऽपि दृष्ट्वा द्रवतो धार्तराष्ट्रान्पराङ्मुखान् ।
हंसवर्णान्हयाग्र्यांस्तान्प्रैषीद्यत्र वृकोदरम् ॥३॥
हंसवर्णान्हयाग्र्यांस्तान्प्रैषीद्यत्र वृकोदरम् ॥३॥
3. karṇo'pi dṛṣṭvā dravato dhārtarāṣṭrānparāṅmukhān ,
haṁsavarṇānhayāgryāṁstānpraiṣīdyatra vṛkodaram.
haṁsavarṇānhayāgryāṁstānpraiṣīdyatra vṛkodaram.
3.
karṇaḥ api dṛṣṭvā dravataḥ dhārtarāṣṭrān parāṅmukhān
haṃsavarṇān haya agryān tān praīṣīt yatra vṛkodaram
haṃsavarṇān haya agryān tān praīṣīt yatra vṛkodaram
3.
karṇaḥ api dhārtarāṣṭrān parāṅmukhān dravataḥ dṛṣṭvā
tān haṃsavarṇān haya agryān yatra vṛkodaram praīṣīt
tān haṃsavarṇān haya agryān yatra vṛkodaram praīṣīt
3.
Karna, upon seeing the sons of Dhritarashtra (Dhārtarāṣṭra) fleeing with their backs turned, also sent those excellent swan-colored horses to where Bhima (Vṛkodara) was.
Words meanings summery:
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- कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna (name of a prominent warrior)
- अपि (api) - also, even
- दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, upon seeing
- द्रवतः (dravataḥ) - fleeing, running
- धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - the sons of Dhritarashtra, the Kauravas
- पराङ्मुखान् (parāṅmukhān) - with faces averted, turned away, fleeing
- हंसवर्णान् (haṁsavarṇān) - swan-colored
- हय (haya) - horses
- अग्र्यान् (agryān) - excellent, chief, foremost
- तान् (tān) - those
- प्रईषीत् (praīṣīt) - he dispatched, he sent forth
- यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place
- वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhima (epithet: wolf-bellied)
Words meanings and morphology
कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna (name of a prominent warrior)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa
karṇa - ear; name of a hero in the Mahabharata
अपि (api) - also, even
(indeclinable)
दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, upon seeing
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
Formed from root dṛś with suffix -tvā
Root: dṛś (class 1)
द्रवतः (dravataḥ) - fleeing, running
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of dravat
dravat - running, fleeing, flowing
Present Active Participle
From root dru + śatṛ suffix
Root: dru (class 1)
धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - the sons of Dhritarashtra, the Kauravas
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra
dhārtarāṣṭra - son of Dhritarashtra
Patronymic (taddhita affix -aṇ from Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
पराङ्मुखान् (parāṅmukhān) - with faces averted, turned away, fleeing
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of parāṅmukha
parāṅmukha - having the face turned away, averted, fleeing, hostile
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parāñc+mukha)
- parāñc – turned away, averted, western, posterior
adjective (masculine) - mukha – face, mouth, front, beginning
noun (neuter)
हंसवर्णान् (haṁsavarṇān) - swan-colored
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of haṃsavarṇa
haṁsavarṇa - having the color of a swan
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (haṃsa+varṇa)
- haṃsa – swan, goose, a mythical bird
noun (masculine) - varṇa – color, hue, outward appearance
noun (masculine)
हय (haya) - horses
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of haya
haya - horse
Note: Implied accusative plural to agree with 'agryān' and 'tān'
अग्र्यान् (agryān) - excellent, chief, foremost
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of agrya
agrya - foremost, chief, excellent, best
तान् (tān) - those
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Refers to the horses
प्रईषीत् (praīṣīt) - he dispatched, he sent forth
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of pra-iṣ
Prefix: pra
Root: iṣ (class 9)
यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place
(indeclinable)
वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhima (epithet: wolf-bellied)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara
vṛkodara - wolf-bellied; an epithet of Bhima, denoting his great appetite and strength
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)
- vṛka – wolf
noun (masculine) - udara – belly, stomach
noun (neuter)