महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-8, chapter-38, verse-4
कृपेण शरवर्षाणि विप्रमुक्तानि संयुगे ।
सृञ्जयाः शातयामासुः शलभानां व्रजा इव ॥४॥
सृञ्जयाः शातयामासुः शलभानां व्रजा इव ॥४॥
4. kṛpeṇa śaravarṣāṇi vipramuktāni saṁyuge ,
sṛñjayāḥ śātayāmāsuḥ śalabhānāṁ vrajā iva.
sṛñjayāḥ śātayāmāsuḥ śalabhānāṁ vrajā iva.
4.
kṛpeṇa śaravarṣāṇi vipramuktāni saṃyuge
sṛñjayāḥ śātayāmāsuḥ śalabhānām vrajāḥ iva
sṛñjayāḥ śātayāmāsuḥ śalabhānām vrajāḥ iva
4.
saṃyuge kṛpeṇa vipramuktāni śaravarṣāṇi
sṛñjayāḥ śalabhānām vrajāḥ iva śātayāmāsuḥ
sṛñjayāḥ śalabhānām vrajāḥ iva śātayāmāsuḥ
4.
The Sṛñjayas destroyed the torrents of arrows unleashed by Kṛpa in battle, just as (one disperses) swarms of locusts.
Words meanings summery:
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- कृपेण (kṛpeṇa) - by Kṛpa
- शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows, torrents of arrows
- विप्रमुक्तानि (vipramuktāni) - discharged, released, let loose
- संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat
- सृञ्जयाः (sṛñjayāḥ) - the Sṛñjayas (a tribe)
- शातयामासुः (śātayāmāsuḥ) - they caused to fall, they destroyed, they annihilated
- शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of grasshoppers
- व्रजाः (vrajāḥ) - swarms, flocks, herds, multitudes
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to
Words meanings and morphology
कृपेण (kṛpeṇa) - by Kṛpa
(proper noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṛpa
kṛpa - Kṛpa (a name of a warrior, a Brahmin)
शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows, torrents of arrows
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of śaravarṣa
śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, rain of arrows
Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+varṣa)
- śara – arrow
noun (masculine)
Root: śṛ (class 1) - varṣa – rain, shower, torrent
noun (neuter)
Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
विप्रमुक्तानि (vipramuktāni) - discharged, released, let loose
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of vipramukta
vipramukta - discharged, released, cast off, freed
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'muc' (to release, free) with upasargas 'vi-' and 'pra-'.
Prefixes: vi+pra
Root: muc (class 6)
संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga
saṁyuga - battle, combat, conflict
Prefix: sam
Root: yuj (class 7)
सृञ्जयाः (sṛñjayāḥ) - the Sṛñjayas (a tribe)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sṛñjaya
sṛñjaya - Sṛñjaya (name of a king or a tribe associated with the Pāṇḍavas)
शातयामासुः (śātayāmāsuḥ) - they caused to fall, they destroyed, they annihilated
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of śātayāmāsuḥ
Causative perfect
Periphrastic perfect form of the causative of root 'śat' (to fall), formed with 'ām' and the perfect of 'as' (to be).
Root: śat (class 1)
शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts, of grasshoppers
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of śalabha
śalabha - locust, grasshopper, moth
व्रजाः (vrajāḥ) - swarms, flocks, herds, multitudes
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vraja
vraja - flock, herd, multitude, host, path, abode
Root: vraj (class 1)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to
(indeclinable)