महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-13

रुधिरेणावसिक्ताङ्गा गैरिकप्रस्रवा इव ।
यथा भ्राजन्ति स्यन्दन्तः पर्वता धातुमण्डिताः ॥१३॥

13. rudhireṇāvasiktāṅgā gairikaprasravā iva ,
yathā bhrājanti syandantaḥ parvatā dhātumaṇḍitāḥ.

13. rudhireṇa avasiktāṅgāḥ gairikaprasravāḥ iva
yathā bhrājanti syandantaḥ parvatāḥ dhātumaṇḍitāḥ

13. rudhireṇa avasiktāṅgāḥ syandantaḥ parvatāḥ
gairikaprasravāḥ iva dhātumaṇḍitāḥ yathā bhrājanti

13. With their bodies drenched in blood, they shone just like mountains flowing with red chalk and adorned with minerals.

Words meanings summery:

• रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - by blood, with blood

• अवसिक्ताङ्गाः (avasiktāṅgāḥ) - having limbs drenched, whose bodies are soaked

• गैरिकप्रस्रवाः (gairikaprasravāḥ) - streams of red chalk, red chalk springs

• इव (iva) - like, as

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• भ्राजन्ति (bhrājanti) - they shine, they gleam, they look splendid

• स्यन्दन्तः (syandantaḥ) - flowing, trickling, oozing

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains, hills

• धातुमण्डिताः (dhātumaṇḍitāḥ) - adorned with minerals, decorated with ores

Words meanings and morphology

रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - by blood, with blood

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood

अवसिक्ताङ्गाः (avasiktāṅgāḥ) - having limbs drenched, whose bodies are soaked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avasiktāṅga

avasiktāṅga - having limbs drenched or soaked

Bahuvrihi compound

avasikta (drenched) + aṅga (limb, body)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (avasikta+aṅga)

• avasikta – drenched, soaked, sprinkled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  ava + siñc (root 6.10) + ta
  Prefix: ava
  Root: siñc (class 6)
• aṅga – limb, body
  noun (neuter)

गैरिकप्रस्रवाः (gairikaprasravāḥ) - streams of red chalk, red chalk springs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gairikaprasrava

gairikaprasrava - stream of red chalk, red chalk waterfall

Tatpurusha compound

gairika (red chalk) + prasrava (flowing stream)

Compound type : tatpurusha (gairika+prasrava)

• gairika – red chalk, mountain mineral
  noun (neuter)
• prasrava – flowing stream, gushing forth, spring
  noun (masculine)
  derived from pra-sru
  pra + sru (root 1.996)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sru (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

भ्राजन्ति (bhrājanti) - they shine, they gleam, they look splendid

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhrāj

Root: bhrāj (class 1)

स्यन्दन्तः (syandantaḥ) - flowing, trickling, oozing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of syandat

syand - to flow, to trickle, to ooze, to run

Present Active Participle

syand (root 1.776) + śat

Root: syand (class 1)

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains, hills

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

धातुमण्डिताः (dhātumaṇḍitāḥ) - adorned with minerals, decorated with ores

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhātumaṇḍita

dhātumaṇḍita - adorned with minerals or ores

Tatpurusha compound with a past passive participle

dhātu (mineral, ore) + maṇḍita (adorned, decorated)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhātu+maṇḍita)

• dhātu – mineral, ore, metallic element
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍita – adorned, decorated, ornamented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  maṇḍ (root 10.158) + ta
  Root: maṇḍ (class 10)

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