महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-27

ततस्तु तावकाः शूरा नानाशस्त्रसमायुताः ।
नानावादित्रशब्देन पाण्डुसेनामयोधयन् ॥२७॥

27. tatastu tāvakāḥ śūrā nānāśastrasamāyutāḥ ,
nānāvāditraśabdena pāṇḍusenāmayodhayan.

27. tatas tu tāvakāḥ śūrāḥ nānāśastrasamāyutāḥ
nānāvāditraśabdena pāṇḍusenām ayodhayan

27. tatas tu tāvakāḥ śūrāḥ nānāśastrasamāyutāḥ
nānāvāditraśabdena pāṇḍusenām ayodhayan

27. Then your valiant warriors, armed with various weapons and accompanied by the sound of diverse musical instruments, attacked the army of the Pandavas.

Words meanings summery:

• ततस् (tatas) - then, thereupon

• तु (tu) - but, and, then

• तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your warriors, your side (your, belonging to you)

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, valiant ones, brave warriors

• नानाशस्त्रसमायुताः (nānāśastrasamāyutāḥ) - equipped with various weapons, endowed with diverse arms

• नानावादित्रशब्देन (nānāvāditraśabdena) - by the sound of various musical instruments

• पाण्डुसेनाम् (pāṇḍusenām) - the army of the Pandavas

• अयोधयन् (ayodhayan) - they attacked, they fought against

Words meanings and morphology

ततस् (tatas) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, and, then

(indeclinable)

तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your warriors, your side (your, belonging to you)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - thy, yours

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, valiant ones, brave warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - hero, brave, valiant

नानाशस्त्रसमायुताः (nānāśastrasamāyutāḥ) - equipped with various weapons, endowed with diverse arms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānāśastrasamāyuta

nānāśastrasamāyuta - equipped with various weapons

Past Passive Participle

tatpurusha compound formed by samāyuta with nānāśastra

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānāśastra+samāyuta)

• nānāśastra – various weapons
  noun (neuter)
  dvandva or karmadhāraya compound
• samāyuta – joined together, equipped, endowed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root yu with sam and ā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: yu (class 6)

नानावादित्रशब्देन (nānāvāditraśabdena) - by the sound of various musical instruments

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nānāvāditraśabda

nānāvāditraśabda - sound of various musical instruments

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānāvāditra+śabda)

• nānāvāditra – various musical instruments
  noun (neuter)
  karmadhāraya compound
• śabda – sound, noise, cry
  noun (masculine)

पाण्डुसेनाम् (pāṇḍusenām) - the army of the Pandavas

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pāṇḍusenā

pāṇḍusenā - army of the Pandavas

tatpurusha compound of pāṇḍu and senā

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇḍu+senā)

• pāṇḍu – Pandu, name of a king
  proper noun (masculine)
• senā – army, host, troop
  noun (feminine)

अयोधयन् (ayodhayan) - they attacked, they fought against

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (hya) of yudh

causative active imperfect

causative stem yodh- in past imperfect third person plural

Root: yudh (class 4)

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