महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-33

तावकानामनीकेषु पाण्डवा जितकाशिनः ।
व्यचरन्त महाराज प्रेक्षणीयाः समन्ततः ॥३३॥

33. tāvakānāmanīkeṣu pāṇḍavā jitakāśinaḥ ,
vyacaranta mahārāja prekṣaṇīyāḥ samantataḥ.

33. tāvakānām anīkeṣu pāṇḍavā jitakāśinaḥ
vyacaranta mahārāja prekṣaṇīyāḥ samantataḥ

33. mahārāja tāvakānām anīkeṣu jitakāśinaḥ
pāṇḍavāḥ samantataḥ prekṣaṇīyāḥ vyacaranta

33. O great king, radiant with victory, the Pandavas moved about on all sides amidst the ranks of your troops, a magnificent sight to behold.

Words meanings summery:

• तावकानाम् (tāvakānām) - of your troops (of your, of your people, of your army)

• अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in the ranks (in battles, in armies, in ranks)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (the descendants of Pandu, the Pandavas)

• जितकाशिनः (jitakāśinaḥ) - radiant with victory (shining with victory, victorious)

• व्यचरन्त (vyacaranta) - they moved about (they moved about, they roamed, they wandered)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• प्रेक्षणीयाः (prekṣaṇīyāḥ) - a sight to behold (to be looked at, wonderful, worth seeing, a sight)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides (from all sides, on all sides completely)

Words meanings and morphology

तावकानाम् (tāvakānām) - of your troops (of your, of your people, of your army)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - your, yours

possessive adjective derived from yuvat / tvad

अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in the ranks (in battles, in armies, in ranks)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - face, front, army, battle array, rank

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (the descendants of Pandu, the Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, a Pandava

जितकाशिनः (jitakāśinaḥ) - radiant with victory (shining with victory, victorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jitakāśin

jitakāśin - shining with victory, having a victorious appearance

compound of jita and kāśin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jita+kāśin)

• jita – won, conquered, victorious
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ji
  Root: ji (class 1)
• kāśin – shining, appearing, radiant
  adjective (masculine)
  from root kāś
  Root: kāś (class 1)

व्यचरन्त (vyacaranta) - they moved about (they moved about, they roamed, they wandered)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (hyaṅ) of vi-car

root car with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, sovereign

compound of mahat and rājan

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

प्रेक्षणीयाः (prekṣaṇīyāḥ) - a sight to behold (to be looked at, wonderful, worth seeing, a sight)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prekṣaṇīya

prekṣaṇīya - to be seen, worth seeing, wonderful

Gerundive

from root īkṣ with pra

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides (from all sides, on all sides completely)

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix tas added to samanta

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