महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-57, verse-66

अथाभिसृत्य प्रतिवार्य तानरीन्धनंजयस्याभि रथं महारथाः ।
शिखण्डिशैनेययमाः शितैः शरैर्विदारयन्तो व्यनदन्सुभैरवम् ॥६६॥

66. athābhisṛtya prativārya tānarī;ndhanaṁjayasyābhi rathaṁ mahārathāḥ ,
śikhaṇḍiśaineyayamāḥ śitaiḥ śarai;rvidārayanto vyanadansubhairavam.

66. atha abhisṛtyaprativārya tān arīn
dhanañjayasya abhi ratham mahārathāḥ
śikhaṇḍi-śaineya-yamāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
vidārayantaḥ vyanadan subhairavam

66. atha mahārathāḥ śikhaṇḍi-śaineya-yamāḥ
tān arīn prativārya abhisṛtya
dhanañjayasya ratham abhi śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
vidārayantaḥ subhairavam vyanadan

66. Then the great chariot warriors - Śikhaṇḍin, Sātyaki, and Yuyudhana - having blocked those enemies and advanced toward the chariot of Dhanañjaya, roared terribly while piercing them with sharp arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अभिसृत्य (abhisṛtya) - having approached, having gone towards

• प्रतिवार्य (prativārya) - having warded off, having stopped, having blocked

• तान् (tān) - those

• अरीन् (arīn) - enemies, foes

• धनञ्जयस्य (dhanañjayasya) - of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

• अभि (abhi) - towards, against, to

• रथम् (ratham) - chariot

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot warriors, maharathas

• शिखण्डि-शैनेय-यमाः (śikhaṇḍi-śaineya-yamāḥ) - Śikhaṇḍin, Sātyaki (descendant of Śīni), and Yuyudhana

• शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp, by whet

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• विदारयन्तः (vidārayantaḥ) - tearing apart, piercing, splitting

• व्यनदन् (vyanadan) - they shouted, they roared, they made noise

• सुभैरवम् (subhairavam) - very terribly, extremely fearfully

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अभिसृत्य (abhisṛtya) - having approached, having gone towards

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root sṛ with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: sṛ (class 1)

प्रतिवार्य (prativārya) - having warded off, having stopped, having blocked

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root vṛ (causative) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: vṛ (class 9)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अरीन् (arīn) - enemies, foes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ari

ari - enemy, foe

धनञ्जयस्य (dhanañjayasya) - of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhanañjaya

dhanañjaya - Dhanañjaya (epithet of Arjuna)

अभि (abhi) - towards, against, to

(indeclinable)

रथम् (ratham) - chariot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, carriage

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot warriors, maharathas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - great chariot warrior

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great
  adjective (masculine)
• ratha – chariot warrior
  noun (masculine)

शिखण्डि-शैनेय-यमाः (śikhaṇḍi-śaineya-yamāḥ) - Śikhaṇḍin, Sātyaki (descendant of Śīni), and Yuyudhana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śikhaṇḍi-śaineya-yama

śikhaṇḍi-śaineya-yama - Śikhaṇḍin, Śaineya, and Yama (or Yuyudhana)

Compound type : dvandva (śikhaṇḍin+śaineya+yama)

• śikhaṇḍin – Śikhaṇḍin
  proper noun (masculine)
• śaineya – Śaineya (Sātyaki)
  proper noun (masculine)
• yama – twin, pair, associate (here referring to Yuyudhana)
  proper noun (masculine)

शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp, by whet

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharp, whetted

Past Passive Participle

root śo

Root: śo (class 4)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

विदारयन्तः (vidārayantaḥ) - tearing apart, piercing, splitting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidārayat

vidārayat - tearing apart, piercing

Present Active Participle

root dṛ (causative) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: dṛ (class 9)

व्यनदन् (vyanadan) - they shouted, they roared, they made noise

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vinad

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

सुभैरवम् (subhairavam) - very terribly, extremely fearfully

(adverb)

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+bhairava)

• su – very, well
  adjective
• bhairava – terrible, fearful
  adjective (neuter)

Note: used adverbially

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