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9,18

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-18, verse-47

रथाश्वद्विपहीनांस्तु तान्भीमो गदया बली ।
एकविंशतिसाहस्रान्पदातीनवपोथयत् ॥४७॥
47. rathāśvadvipahīnāṁstu tānbhīmo gadayā balī ,
ekaviṁśatisāhasrānpadātīnavapothayat.
47. rathāśvadvipahīnān tu tān bhīmaḥ gadayā
balī ekaviṃśatisāhasrān padātīn avapothayat
47. tu balī bhīmaḥ gadayā rathāśvadvipahīnān
ekaviṃśatisāhasrān tān padātīn avapothayat
47. But the mighty Bhīma, with his mace, crushed those twenty-one thousand foot soldiers who were deprived of their chariots, horses, and elephants.

Words meanings summery:

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  • रथाश्वद्विपहीनान् (rathāśvadvipahīnān) - devoid of chariots, horses, and elephants
  • तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
  • तान् (tān) - those
  • भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava hero)
  • गदया (gadayā) - with the mace, by means of the mace
  • बली (balī) - powerful, strong
  • एकविंशतिसाहस्रान् (ekaviṁśatisāhasrān) - twenty-one thousand
  • पदातीन् (padātīn) - foot soldiers, infantry
  • अवपोथयत् (avapothayat) - he crushed, he smote, he destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

रथाश्वद्विपहीनान् (rathāśvadvipahīnān) - devoid of chariots, horses, and elephants
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of rathāśvadvipahīna
rathāśvadvipahīna - devoid of chariots, horses, and elephants
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+aśva+dvipa+hīna)
  • ratha – chariot
    noun (masculine)
  • aśva – horse
    noun (masculine)
  • dvipa – elephant
    noun (masculine)
    Literally 'two-drinker', referring to an elephant's trunk for drinking and bathing.
  • hīna – deprived of, wanting, destitute of
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    From root √hā (to abandon, forsake).
    Root: hā (class 3)
Note: Qualifying padātīn
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
तान् (tān) - those
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Demonstrative pronoun.
Note: Qualifying padātīn
भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava hero)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma
bhīma - terrible, formidable; name of a Pāṇḍava brother
Note: Subject of avapothayat
गदया (gadayā) - with the mace, by means of the mace
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of gadā
gadā - mace, club
Note: Instrument of action
बली (balī) - powerful, strong
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of balin
balin - strong, powerful, mighty
From bala (strength) + suffix -in.
Note: Qualifying Bhīmaḥ
एकविंशतिसाहस्रान् (ekaviṁśatisāhasrān) - twenty-one thousand
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ekaviṃśatisāhasra
ekaviṁśatisāhasra - twenty-one thousand
Compound of eka (one), viṃśati (twenty), and sāhasra (thousand).
Compound type : dvigu-tatpuruṣa (eka+viṃśati+sāhasra)
  • eka – one
    numeral
  • viṃśati – twenty
    numeral (feminine)
  • sāhasra – consisting of a thousand, thousandfold
    adjective
    From sahasra (thousand) + suffix -a.
Note: Qualifying padātīn
पदातीन् (padātīn) - foot soldiers, infantry
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of padātin
padātin - foot soldier, infantryman
From padā (by foot) + atin (going).
Note: Direct object of avapothayat
अवपोथयत् (avapothayat) - he crushed, he smote, he destroyed
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of poth
Causative Imperfect active 3rd singular
From root √poth (class 10 or derived) with prefix ava-. Imperfect (laṅ) Tense, 3rd person singular active.
Prefix: ava
Root: poth (class 10)