महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-8, chapter-36, verse-37
शरशक्तिसमाकीर्णे क्रव्यादगणसंकुले ।
व्यचरन्त गणैः शूराः ख्यापयन्तः स्वपौरुषम् ॥३७॥
व्यचरन्त गणैः शूराः ख्यापयन्तः स्वपौरुषम् ॥३७॥
37. śaraśaktisamākīrṇe kravyādagaṇasaṁkule ,
vyacaranta gaṇaiḥ śūrāḥ khyāpayantaḥ svapauruṣam.
vyacaranta gaṇaiḥ śūrāḥ khyāpayantaḥ svapauruṣam.
37.
śaraśaktisamākīrṇe kravyādagaṇasaṃkule vi
acaranta gaṇaiḥ śūrāḥ khyāpayantaḥ svapauruṣam
acaranta gaṇaiḥ śūrāḥ khyāpayantaḥ svapauruṣam
37.
śūrāḥ śaraśaktisamākīrṇe kravyādagaṇasaṃkule
(kṣetre) gaṇaiḥ khyāpayantaḥ svapauruṣam vi acaranta
(kṣetre) gaṇaiḥ khyāpayantaḥ svapauruṣam vi acaranta
37.
The brave warriors, amidst a battlefield strewn with arrows and spears and teeming with hosts of flesh-eaters, moved about with their contingents, making known their own valor.
Words meanings summery:
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- शरशक्तिसमाकीर्णे (śaraśaktisamākīrṇe) - strewn with arrows and spears
- क्रव्यादगणसंकुले (kravyādagaṇasaṁkule) - crowded with hosts of flesh-eaters
- वि (vi) - apart, asunder, away, intensely
- अचरन्त (acaranta) - they roamed, they moved about
- गणैः (gaṇaiḥ) - with troops, with groups
- शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, brave men, warriors
- ख्यापयन्तः (khyāpayantaḥ) - making known, proclaiming, displaying
- स्वपौरुषम् (svapauruṣam) - their own valor/manliness
Words meanings and morphology
शरशक्तिसमाकीर्णे (śaraśaktisamākīrṇe) - strewn with arrows and spears
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of śaraśaktisamākīrṇa
śaraśaktisamākīrṇa - strewn/filled with arrows and spears
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+śakti+samākīrṇa)
- śara – arrow
noun (masculine) - śakti – spear, dart; power, energy (śakti)
noun (feminine) - samākīrṇa – strewn, covered, filled with
adjective
Past Passive Participle
formed from root √kṛ (to scatter) with upasargas sam and ā, and suffix -ṇa
Prefixes: sam+ā
Root: kṛ (class 6)
Note: Qualifies an implied 'battlefield' (raṇe/yuddhe).
क्रव्यादगणसंकुले (kravyādagaṇasaṁkule) - crowded with hosts of flesh-eaters
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of kravyādagaṇasaṃkula
kravyādagaṇasaṁkula - crowded/thronged with hosts of flesh-eaters
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kravyādagaṇa+saṃkula)
- kravyādagaṇa – host/group of flesh-eaters
noun (masculine) - saṃkula – crowded, filled, thronged
adjective
Past Passive Particple
formed from root √kul (to be confused, crowd) with upasarga sam and suffix -a
Prefix: sam
Root: kul (class 1)
Note: Qualifies an implied 'battlefield' (raṇe/yuddhe).
वि (vi) - apart, asunder, away, intensely
(indeclinable)
अचरन्त (acaranta) - they roamed, they moved about
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of car
imperfect tense
Root verb car, imperfect third person plural
Prefix: vi
Root: car (class 1)
Note: The prefix 'vi' is listed separately as per instruction for external sandhi.
गणैः (gaṇaiḥ) - with troops, with groups
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of gaṇa
gaṇa - group, multitude, troop, host
शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, brave men, warriors
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra
śūra - brave, valiant, hero, warrior
Note: Subject of 'vyacaranta'.
ख्यापयन्तः (khyāpayantaḥ) - making known, proclaiming, displaying
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of khyāpayat
khyāpayat - making known, proclaiming
Present Active Participle (causative)
causative stem of root √khyā (to perceive, to tell), Present Active Participle suffix -ant
Root: khyā (class 2)
Note: Qualifies 'śūrāḥ'.
स्वपौरुषम् (svapauruṣam) - their own valor/manliness
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of svapauruṣa
svapauruṣa - one's own valor/manliness/heroism
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+pauruṣa)
- sva – own, one's own
pronoun - pauruṣa – manliness, valor, heroism, virility (puruṣa)
noun (neuter)
derived from puruṣa
Note: Object of 'khyāpayantaḥ'.