महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-17

तथा भीमगदावेगैस्ताड्यमानो मुहुर्मुहुः ।
शल्यो न विव्यथे राजन्दन्तिनेवाहतो गिरिः ॥१७॥

17. tathā bhīmagadāvegaistāḍyamāno muhurmuhuḥ ,
śalyo na vivyathe rājandantinevāhato giriḥ.

17. tathā bhīmagadāvegaiḥ tāḍyamānaḥ muhur muhuḥ
śalyaḥ na vivyathe rājan dantinaiva āhataḥ giriḥ

17. rājan tathā muhur muhuḥ bhīmagadāvegaiḥ tāḍyamānaḥ
śalyaḥ na vivyathe dantinaiva āhataḥ giriḥ iva

17. O King, just as a mountain is not shaken when struck by an elephant, so too Shalya did not waver even though he was repeatedly struck by the fierce momentum of Bhima's mace.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• भीमगदावेगैः (bhīmagadāvegaiḥ) - by the fury of Bhima's mace, by the momentum of Bhima's mace

• ताड्यमानः (tāḍyamānaḥ) - being struck, being beaten, being afflicted

• मुहुर् (muhur) - repeatedly (again and again, repeatedly, for a moment)

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again and again, repeatedly

• शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Shalya (king of Madras)

• न (na) - not

• विव्यथे (vivyathe) - wavered, suffered distress (was distressed, suffered, was agitated, wavered)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• दन्तिना (dantinā) - by an elephant

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आहतः (āhataḥ) - struck, beaten, smitten

• गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain, hill

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

भीमगदावेगैः (bhīmagadāvegaiḥ) - by the fury of Bhima's mace, by the momentum of Bhima's mace

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhīmagadāvega

bhīmagadāvega - fury of Bhima's mace, momentum of Bhima's mace

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhīmagadā+vega)

• bhīmagadā – Bhima's mace
  noun (feminine)
• vega – speed, velocity, momentum, force, fury
  noun (masculine)

ताड्यमानः (tāḍyamānaḥ) - being struck, being beaten, being afflicted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāḍyamāna

tāḍyamāna - being struck, being beaten

Present Passive Participle

From the root taḍ (10 U) with passive affixya and present participle ending

Root: taḍ (class 10)

मुहुर् (muhur) - repeatedly (again and again, repeatedly, for a moment)

(indeclinable)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again and again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Shalya (king of Madras)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Shalya, a dart, spearhead, bone

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

विव्यथे (vivyathe) - wavered, suffered distress (was distressed, suffered, was agitated, wavered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of vyath

Perfect (līṭ)

Root vyath (1 Ā) in perfect tense

Root: vyath (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

दन्तिना (dantinā) - by an elephant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dantin

dantin - elephant, having teeth or tusks

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आहतः (āhataḥ) - struck, beaten, smitten

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āhata

āhata - struck, beaten, hit

Past Passive Participle

From root han (2 P) with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: han (class 2)

गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain, hill

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

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