महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-57, verse-56

तमभ्यधावद्विसृजञ्शरान्कृपस्तथैव भोजस्तव चात्मजः स्वयम् ।
जिघांसुभिस्तान्कुशलैः शरोत्तमान्महाहवे संजवितान्प्रयत्नतः ।
शरैः प्रचिच्छेद च पाण्डवस्त्वरन्पराभिनद्वक्षसि च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥५६॥

56. tamabhyadhāvadvisṛjañśarānkṛpa;stathaiva bhojastava cātmajaḥ svayam ,
jighāṁsubhistānkuśalaiḥ śarottamā;nmahāhave saṁjavitānprayatnataḥ ,
śaraiḥ praciccheda ca pāṇḍavastvara;nparābhinadvakṣasi ca tribhistribhiḥ.

56. tam abhyadhāvat visṛjan śarān kṛpas tathā eva bhojas tava
ca ātmajaḥ svayam jighāṃsubhis tān kuśalaiḥ śarottamān
mahāhave saṃjavitān prayatnataḥ śaraiḥ praciccheda ca
pāṇḍavas tvaran parābhinad vakṣasi ca tribhis tribhiḥ

56. kṛpaḥ tathā eva bhojaḥ tava ca ātmajaḥ svayam
jighāṃsubhiḥ kuśalaiḥ prayatnataḥ saṃjavitān śarottamān
śarān visṛjan tam abhyadhāvat pāṇḍavaḥ ca tvaran
śaraiḥ praciccheda ca tribhiḥ tribhiḥ vakṣasi parābhinat

56. Kṛpa, as well as Bhoja and your own son himself, rushed upon him, discharging excellent arrows shot with great effort by skilled warriors wishing to kill him. Moving swiftly, the son of Pandu shattered those arrows with his own and pierced each of them in the chest with three arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Arjuna (him, that)

• अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - rushed towards, ran at, attacked

• विसृजन् (visṛjan) - releasing, discharging, shooting

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, as well as

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely, even

• भोजः (bhojaḥ) - Kṛtavarman of the Bhoja clan (Bhoja)

• तव (tava) - your

• च (ca) - and

• आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - Duryodhana (your son) (son)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - personally, himself

• जिघांसुभिः (jighāṁsubhiḥ) - wishing to kill, desiring to slay

• तान् (tān) - those

• कुशलैः (kuśalaiḥ) - by skilled, by expert

• शरोत्तमान् (śarottamān) - best of arrows, excellent arrows

• महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle

• संजवितान् (saṁjavitān) - hurled, shot, propelled

• प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ) - with effort, earnestly, painstakingly

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• प्रचिच्छेद (praciccheda) - cut off, shattered, severed

• च (ca) - and

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pandu)

• त्वरन् (tvaran) - hurrying, moving swiftly

• पराभिनत् (parābhinat) - pierced, struck

• वक्षसि (vakṣasi) - in the chest, on the chest

• च (ca) - and

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Arjuna (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - rushed towards, ran at, attacked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-dhāv

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)

विसृजन् (visṛjan) - releasing, discharging, shooting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vi-sṛj

vi-sṛj - to release, to discharge, to emit

Present active participle

Formed from the root sṛj with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛpa

kṛpa - Kṛpa (proper name)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, as well as

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely, even

(indeclinable)

भोजः (bhojaḥ) - Kṛtavarman of the Bhoja clan (Bhoja)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhoja

bhoja - Bhoja

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - Duryodhana (your son) (son)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, born of oneself

ātman + ja (born from the self)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

स्वयम् (svayam) - personally, himself

(indeclinable)

जिघांसुभिः (jighāṁsubhiḥ) - wishing to kill, desiring to slay

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jighāṃsu

jighāṁsu - desirous of killing

Desiderative adjective

Formed from the desiderative stem of han (jighāṃs-)

Root: han (class 2)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुशलैः (kuśalaiḥ) - by skilled, by expert

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kuśala

kuśala - skilled, expert, proficient

शरोत्तमान् (śarottamān) - best of arrows, excellent arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śarottama

śarottama - best of arrows

śara + uttama (best arrows)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+uttama)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāhava

mahāhava - great battle

mahā + āhava (great battle)

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+āhava)

• mahā – great
  adjective
• āhava – battle, combat
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hve (class 1)

संजवितान् (saṁjavitān) - hurled, shot, propelled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃ-javi-ta

saṁ-javi-ta - sped, hurled, set in motion

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the causal or verbal root of java/jīv with sam

Prefix: sam

Root: jīv (class 1)

प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ) - with effort, earnestly, painstakingly

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prayatna

prayatna - effort, exertion

pra + yatna

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

प्रचिच्छेद (praciccheda) - cut off, shattered, severed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pra-chid

Perfect tense (liṭ) from chid with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: chid (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pandu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu

त्वरन् (tvaran) - hurrying, moving swiftly

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvar

tvar - to hurry, to make haste

Present active participle

From the root tvar (1ā)

Root: tvar (class 1)

पराभिनत् (parābhinat) - pierced, struck

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of parā-bhid

Imperfect tense (laṅ) from bhid with prefix parā

Prefix: parā

Root: bhid (class 7)

वक्षसि (vakṣasi) - in the chest, on the chest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vakṣas

vakṣas - chest, bosom

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

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