महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-20

अथाभ्येत्य पदान्यष्टौ संनिपातोऽभवत्तयोः ।
उद्यम्य लोहदण्डाभ्यामतिमानुषकर्मणोः ॥२०॥

20. athābhyetya padānyaṣṭau saṁnipāto'bhavattayoḥ ,
udyamya lohadaṇḍābhyāmatimānuṣakarmaṇoḥ.

20. atha abhyetya padāni aṣṭau sannipātaḥ abhavat
tayoḥ udyamya lohadaṇḍābhyām atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ

20. atha tayoḥ abhyetya aṣṭau padāni udyamya
lohadaṇḍābhyām atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ sannipātaḥ abhavat

20. Then, having approached each other by eight steps and raising their iron-like maces, those two warriors of superhuman deeds clashed.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereafter)

• अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having approached each other (having approached, having gone towards)

• पदानि (padāni) - steps (steps, feet, places)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• सन्निपातः (sannipātaḥ) - clash (clash, encounter, coming together, collision)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - took place, happened (became, was, happened)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two

• उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised (having raised, having lifted up, having exerted)

• लोहदण्डाभ्याम् (lohadaṇḍābhyām) - with their iron-like maces (by/with two iron sticks, by/with two iron maces)

• अतिमानुषकर्मणः (atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ) - of those two whose deeds are superhuman (of one who performs superhuman deeds, of superhuman actions)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having approached each other (having approached, having gone towards)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

abhi + i + ya

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

पदानि (padāni) - steps (steps, feet, places)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pada

pada - step, foot, place

Root: pad (class 4)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aṣṭan

aṣṭan - eight

सन्निपातः (sannipātaḥ) - clash (clash, encounter, coming together, collision)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sannipāta

sannipāta - clash, encounter, collision

sam + ni + pat

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

अभवत् (abhavat) - took place, happened (became, was, happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised (having raised, having lifted up, having exerted)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

ud + yam + ya

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

लोहदण्डाभ्याम् (lohadaṇḍābhyām) - with their iron-like maces (by/with two iron sticks, by/with two iron maces)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of lohadaṇḍa

lohadaṇḍa - iron staff, iron mace

Compound type : karmadhāraya (loha+daṇḍa)

• loha – iron, metal
  noun (neuter)
• daṇḍa – staff, stick, mace
  noun (masculine)

अतिमानुषकर्मणः (atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ) - of those two whose deeds are superhuman (of one who performs superhuman deeds, of superhuman actions)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of atimānuṣakarman

atimānuṣakarman - performing superhuman deeds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (atimānuṣa+karman)

• atimānuṣa – superhuman
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – deed, action, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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