महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-15

तौ गदानिहतैर्गात्रैः क्षणेन रुधिरोक्षितौ ।
प्रेक्षणीयतरावास्तां पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ ॥१५॥

15. tau gadānihatairgātraiḥ kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau ,
prekṣaṇīyatarāvāstāṁ puṣpitāviva kiṁśukau.

15. tau gadānihataiḥ gātraīs kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau
prekṣaṇīyatarāv āstām puṣpitāv iva kiṃśukau

15. tau gadānihataiḥ gātraiḥ kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau
puṣpitau kiṃśukau iva prekṣaṇīyatarau āstām

15. Struck by each other's maces and drenched in blood within a moment, those two appeared exceedingly striking, resembling two flowering kiṃśuka trees.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - Shalya and Bhima (those two)

• गदानिहतैः (gadānihataiḥ) - struck by maces

• गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - by limbs, with bodies

• क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment, instantly

• रुधिरोक्षितौ (rudhirokṣitau) - drenched in blood, smeared with blood

• प्रेक्षणीयतरौ (prekṣaṇīyatarau) - more striking, extremely worth seeing

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - they were

• पुष्पितौ (puṣpitau) - flowering, blossoming

• इव (iva) - like, as

• किंशुकौ (kiṁśukau) - two flowering Butea monosperma trees, known for their bright red flowers (two kiṃśuka trees)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - Shalya and Bhima (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गदानिहतैः (gadānihataiḥ) - struck by maces

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gadānihata

gadānihata - struck by a mace

Past Passive Participle

tatpurusha compound of gadā and nihata

Compound type : tatpurusha (gadā+nihata)

• gadā – mace
  noun (feminine)
• nihata – struck, killed, beaten
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  ni + han
  Prefix: ni
  Root: han (class 2)

गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - by limbs, with bodies

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body

क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment, instantly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant

रुधिरोक्षितौ (rudhirokṣitau) - drenched in blood, smeared with blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rudhirokṣita

rudhirokṣita - drenched in blood

Past Passive Participle

tatpurusha compound of rudhira and okṣita

Compound type : tatpurusha (rudhira+okṣita)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• okṣita – sprinkled, soaked, drenched
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ukṣ
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)

प्रेक्षणीयतरौ (prekṣaṇīyatarau) - more striking, extremely worth seeing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prekṣaṇīyata

prekṣaṇīyata - worth seeing, striking

Gerundive with comparative suffix

from prekṣaṇīya with comparative suffix tara

Prefix: pra

Root: kīkṣ

आस्ताम् (āstām) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (hyaṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पुष्पितौ (puṣpitau) - flowering, blossoming

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puṣpita

puṣpita - flowering, full of blossoms

Past Passive Participle (denominative)

from puṣpa

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

किंशुकौ (kiṁśukau) - two flowering Butea monosperma trees, known for their bright red flowers (two kiṃśuka trees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kiṃśuka

kiṁśuka - the kiṃśuka tree (Butea frondosa)

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