महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-44, verse-17

प्रतिरब्धस्ततः कर्णो रोषात्प्रस्फुरिताधरः ।
शिखण्डिनं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्भ्रुवोर्मध्ये व्यताडयत् ॥१७॥

17. pratirabdhastataḥ karṇo roṣātprasphuritādharaḥ ,
śikhaṇḍinaṁ tribhirbāṇairbhruvormadhye vyatāḍayat.

17. pratirabdhaḥ tataḥ karṇaḥ roṣāt prasphuritādharaḥ
śikhaṇḍinam tribhiḥ bāṇaiḥ bhruvoḥ madhye vyatāḍayat

17. tataḥ roṣāt prasphuritādharaḥ pratirabdhaḥ karṇaḥ
tribhiḥ bāṇaiḥ śikhaṇḍinam bhruvoḥ madhye vyatāḍayat

17. Then Karṇa, enraged and with trembling lips, struck Śikhaṇḍī between the eyebrows with three arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिरब्धः (pratirabdhaḥ) - aroused to action, having begun retaliation (began, retaliated, aroused)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa (a Kuru warrior) (Karṇa)

• रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger, out of rage

• प्रस्फुरिताधरः (prasphuritādharaḥ) - with a lip (or lips) that tremble with rage (with trembling lip)

• शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Śikhaṇḍī (a Pāṇḍava warrior) (Śikhaṇḍī)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• भ्रुवोः (bhruvoḥ) - of the eyebrows, between the eyebrows

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between

• व्यताडयत् (vyatāḍayat) - struck, hit

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिरब्धः (pratirabdhaḥ) - aroused to action, having begun retaliation (began, retaliated, aroused)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratirabdha

pratirabdha - begun, retaliated, aroused

Past Passive Participle

from root labh (to seize, obtain, begin) with upasargas prati and ā

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: modifies karṇaḥ

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa (a Kuru warrior) (Karṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (a proper name); ear

रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger, out of rage

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of roṣa

roṣa - anger, rage, wrath

Root: ruṣ (class 4)

Note: indicates cause or reason

प्रस्फुरिताधरः (prasphuritādharaḥ) - with a lip (or lips) that tremble with rage (with trembling lip)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasphuritādhara

prasphuritādhara - having a trembling lip

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prasphurita+adhara)

• prasphurita – trembling, quivering
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sphur (to throb, quiver) with upasarga pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sphur (class 6)
• adhara – lower lip, lip
  noun (masculine)

Note: modifies karṇaḥ

शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Śikhaṇḍī (a Pāṇḍava warrior) (Śikhaṇḍī)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Śikhaṇḍī (a proper name); crested, peacock

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

(numeral)

Note: modifies bāṇaiḥ

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

भ्रुवोः (bhruvoḥ) - of the eyebrows, between the eyebrows

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, dual of bhru

bhru - eyebrow

Note: refers to both eyebrows, used with madhye

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between

(indeclinable)

Note: used as a postposition with genitive bhruvoḥ

व्यताडयत् (vyatāḍayat) - struck, hit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of taḍ

Root: taḍ (class 10)

Note: causative form of root taḍ with upasargas vi and ā

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