महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-26

क्षीबवद्विह्वलत्वात्तु निमेषात्पुनरुत्थितः ।
भीमसेनो गदापाणिः समाह्वयत मद्रपम् ॥२६॥

26. kṣībavadvihvalatvāttu nimeṣātpunarutthitaḥ ,
bhīmaseno gadāpāṇiḥ samāhvayata madrapam.

26. kṣībavat vihvalatvāt tu nimiṣāt punar utthitaḥ
bhīmasenaḥ gadāpāṇiḥ samāhvayata madrapam

26. tu kṣībavat vihvalatvāt nimiṣāt punar utthitaḥ
gadāpāṇiḥ bhīmasenaḥ madrapam samāhvayata

26. Recovering from his dizziness within a mere moment, as if intoxicated, the mighty Bhimasena stood up with his mace in hand and challenged the king of Madras once again.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षीबवत् (kṣībavat) - like one intoxicated, like a drunkard

• विह्वलत्वात् (vihvalatvāt) - because of being overwhelmed, due to staggering or bewilderment

• तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

• निमिषात् (nimiṣāt) - from the twinkling of an eye, within a moment

• पुनर् (punar) - again, back

• उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - arisen, stood up

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena

• गदापाणिः (gadāpāṇiḥ) - having a mace in hand, holding a mace

• समाह्वयत (samāhvayata) - challenged, called upon, summoned

• मद्रपम् (madrapam) - referring to Shalya, the king of the Madras region (the king of Madras, Shalya)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षीबवत् (kṣībavat) - like one intoxicated, like a drunkard

(adjective)

of kṣībavat

kṣībavat - like one intoxicated

formed with the taddhita suffix vat expressing likeness added to kṣība

Note: functioning adverbially

विह्वलत्वात् (vihvalatvāt) - because of being overwhelmed, due to staggering or bewilderment

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vihvalatva

vihvalatva - state of being overwhelmed, bewilderment, stagger

formed from vihvala with taddhita suffix tva

तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

(indeclinable)

निमिषात् (nimiṣāt) - from the twinkling of an eye, within a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nimiṣa

nimiṣa - twinkling of an eye, wink, moment

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 6)

पुनर् (punar) - again, back

(indeclinable)

उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - arisen, stood up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utthita

utthita - arisen, risen up, stood up

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā with ut

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīma+sena)

• bhīma – terrible, fearsome
  adjective (masculine)
• sena – army, host
  noun (masculine)

गदापाणिः (gadāpāṇiḥ) - having a mace in hand, holding a mace

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gadāpāṇi

gadāpāṇi - one who has a mace in hand

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gadā+pāṇi)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

समाह्वयत (samāhvayata) - challenged, called upon, summoned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of samāhvā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hvā (class 3)

मद्रपम् (madrapam) - referring to Shalya, the king of the Madras region (the king of Madras, Shalya)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of madrapa

madrapa - king of the Madras

Compound type : tatpurusha (madra+pa)

• madra – Madra (name of a country and people)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, lord, king
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

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