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9,13

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-13, verse-9

स रथः सर्वतो भाति चित्रपुङ्खैः शितैः शरैः ।
उल्काशतैः संप्रदीप्तं विमानमिव भूतले ॥९॥
9. sa rathaḥ sarvato bhāti citrapuṅkhaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ,
ulkāśataiḥ saṁpradīptaṁ vimānamiva bhūtale.
9. sa rathaḥ sarvataḥ bhāti citrapuṅkhaiḥ śitaiḥ
śaraiḥ ulkāśataiḥ sampradīptaṃ vimānam iva bhūtale
9. sa rathaḥ citrapuṅkhaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ sarvataḥ
bhāti ulkāśataiḥ sampradīptaṃ vimānam iva bhūtale
9. That chariot shines everywhere with its sharp arrows, adorned with colorful fletchings, like an aerial car intensely illumined by hundreds of meteors on the ground.

Words meanings summery:

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  • (sa) - that, he
  • रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot
  • सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, on all sides
  • भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears
  • चित्रपुङ्खैः (citrapuṅkhaiḥ) - with colorful shafts, with variegated fletchings
  • शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp, with whetted
  • शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows
  • उल्काशतैः (ulkāśataiḥ) - by hundreds of meteors, by hundreds of firebrands
  • सम्प्रदीप्तं (sampradīptaṁ) - intensely illumined, ablaze, brightly shining
  • विमानम् (vimānam) - aerial car, celestial palace
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • भूतले (bhūtale) - on the ground, on the earth's surface

Words meanings and morphology

(sa) - that, he
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ratha
ratha - chariot, car, vehicle
सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, on all sides
(indeclinable)
भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhā
Root: bhā (class 2)
चित्रपुङ्खैः (citrapuṅkhaiḥ) - with colorful shafts, with variegated fletchings
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of citrapuṅkha
citrapuṅkha - having colorful fletchings/shafts
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citra+puṅkha)
  • citra – colorful, variegated, bright, wonderful
    adjective (masculine)
  • puṅkha – fletching (of an arrow), tail-feather, shaft of an arrow
    noun (masculine)
शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp, with whetted
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śita
śita - sharp, keen, whetted
Past Passive Participle
From root śo- 'to sharpen'
Root: śo (class 4)
शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow, reed
उल्काशतैः (ulkāśataiḥ) - by hundreds of meteors, by hundreds of firebrands
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of ulkāśata
ulkāśata - hundred of meteors/firebrands
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ulkā+śata)
  • ulkā – meteor, firebrand, torch
    noun (feminine)
  • śata – hundred
    noun (neuter)
सम्प्रदीप्तं (sampradīptaṁ) - intensely illumined, ablaze, brightly shining
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sampradīpta
sampradīpta - intensely lit, ablaze, shining forth
Past Passive Participle
From root dīp- 'to shine, inflame' with prefixes sam- and pra-
Prefixes: sam+pra
Root: dīp (class 4)
विमानम् (vimānam) - aerial car, celestial palace
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vimāna
vimāna - aerial car, flying machine, celestial car, palace
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
भूतले (bhūtale) - on the ground, on the earth's surface
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of bhūtala
bhūtala - ground, earth's surface
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+tala)
  • bhū – earth, ground, land
    noun (feminine)
  • tala – surface, plane, level, flat ground
    noun (neuter)