महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-3

सशूलमिव हर्यक्षं वने मत्तमिव द्विपम् ।
जवेनाभ्यपतद्भीमः प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् ॥३॥

3. saśūlamiva haryakṣaṁ vane mattamiva dvipam ,
javenābhyapatadbhīmaḥ pragṛhya mahatīṁ gadām.

3. saśūlam iva haryakṣam vane mattam iva dvipam
javena abhyapatat bhīmaḥ pragṛhya mahatīm gadām

3. bhīmaḥ mahatīm gadām pragṛhya saśūlam haryakṣam
iva mattam dvipam iva vane javena abhyapatat

3. Bhīma, taking up his great mace, rushed at him swiftly in the forest, like a lion pierced with a spear or like an intoxicated elephant.

Words meanings summery:

• सशूलम् (saśūlam) - with a spear, bearing a spear

• इव (iva) - like, as

• हर्यक्षम् (haryakṣam) - lion (lion, monkey, bear)

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

• मत्तम् (mattam) - rutting and intoxicated with madness (intoxicated, rutting, mad, excited)

• इव (iva) - like, as

• द्विपम् (dvipam) - elephant

• जवेन (javena) - with speed, swiftly, rapidly

• अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - rushed towards, attacked, flew at

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (Bhīma (proper name), terrible, formidable)

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken up, having seized, having grasped

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, large, massive

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

Words meanings and morphology

सशूलम् (saśūlam) - with a spear, bearing a spear

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saśūla

saśūla - having a spear, pierced with a spear

bahuvrīhi compound of sa and śūla

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śūla)

• sa – with
  indeclinable
• śūla – spear, sharp stake, pain
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies haryakṣam

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Comparative particle

हर्यक्षम् (haryakṣam) - lion (lion, monkey, bear)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of haryakṣa

haryakṣa - lion

hari + akṣa

Compound type : tatpurusha (hari+akṣa)

• hari – yellow, tawny, lion, monkey
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣa – eye, axis
  noun (neuter)

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, water

मत्तम् (mattam) - rutting and intoxicated with madness (intoxicated, rutting, mad, excited)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, excited, mad

Past Passive Participle

from root mad

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies dvipam

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Comparative particle

द्विपम् (dvipam) - elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dvipa

dvipa - elephant

dvi + pa

जवेन (javena) - with speed, swiftly, rapidly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of java

java - speed, swiftness, haste

from root ju

Root: ju (class 1)

अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - rushed towards, attacked, flew at

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-pat

abhi + pat

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (Bhīma (proper name), terrible, formidable)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable, Bhīma

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken up, having seized, having grasped

(indeclinable)

absolutive

pra + grah with suffix ya

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Gerund / absolutive

महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, large, massive

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Note: Qualifies gadām

गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

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