महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-2

तं दीप्तमिव कालाग्निं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम् ।
सशृङ्गमिव कैलासं सवज्रमिव वासवम् ॥२॥

2. taṁ dīptamiva kālāgniṁ pāśahastamivāntakam ,
saśṛṅgamiva kailāsaṁ savajramiva vāsavam.

2. tam dīptam iva kālāgnim pāśahastam iva antakam
saśṛṅgam iva kailāsam savajram iva vāsavam

2. tam iva dīptam kālāgnim,
iva pāśahastam antakam,
iva saśṛṅgam kailāsam,
iva savajram vāsavam

2. (Shalya looked) like blazing fire at the end of time, like Yama with the noose in his hand, like Kailāsa with its peaks, and like Indra holding the thunderbolt.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Shalya) (him, that)

• दीप्तम् (dīptam) - blazing, shining, glowing

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कालाग्निम् (kālāgnim) - fire of time, destructive fire at the end of the world

• पाशहस्तम् (pāśahastam) - having a noose in the hand

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अन्तकम् (antakam) - death, Yama

• सशृङ्गम् (saśṛṅgam) - having peaks, with summits

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कैलासम् (kailāsam) - Mount Kailāsa

• सवज्रम् (savajram) - holding a thunderbolt, equipped with a vajra

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वासवम् (vāsavam) - Indra

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Shalya) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

दीप्तम् (dīptam) - blazing, shining, glowing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīpta

dīpta - blazing, shining, radiant

Past Passive Participle

from the root dīp

Root: dīp (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कालाग्निम् (kālāgnim) - fire of time, destructive fire at the end of the world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kālāgni

kālāgni - fire of the end of time, destructive fire

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāla+agni)

• kāla – time, death
  noun (masculine)
• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)

पाशहस्तम् (pāśahastam) - having a noose in the hand

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāśahasta

pāśahasta - holding a noose in the hand

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāśa+hasta)

• pāśa – noose, snare
  noun (masculine)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अन्तकम् (antakam) - death, Yama

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - the destroyer, death, Yama

सशृङ्गम् (saśṛṅgam) - having peaks, with summits

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saśṛṅga

saśṛṅga - having peaks or horns

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śṛṅga)

• sa – with
  indeclinable
• śṛṅga – peak, summit, horn
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कैलासम् (kailāsam) - Mount Kailāsa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kailāsa

kailāsa - Kailāsa (proper name of a mountain)

सवज्रम् (savajram) - holding a thunderbolt, equipped with a vajra

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of savajra

savajra - armed with a thunderbolt

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vajra)

• sa – with
  indeclinable
• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वासवम् (vāsavam) - Indra

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Vāsava (epithet of Indra)

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