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9,20

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-20, verse-13

चरन्तौ विविधान्मार्गान्हार्दिक्यशिनिपुंगवौ ।
मुहुरन्तर्दधाते तौ बाणवृष्ट्या परस्परम् ॥१३॥
13. carantau vividhānmārgānhārdikyaśinipuṁgavau ,
muhurantardadhāte tau bāṇavṛṣṭyā parasparam.
13. carantau vividhān mārgān hārdikyaśinipuṅgavau
muhuḥ antardadhāte tau bāṇavr̥ṣṭyā parasparam
13. vividhān mārgān carantau hārdikyaśinipuṅgavau tau bāṇavr̥ṣṭyā parasparam muhuḥ antardadhāte.
13. The two bulls (puṅgavau) of the Hārdikya and Śini clans, moving through various paths, repeatedly obscured each other with a shower of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • चरन्तौ (carantau) - moving, roaming, traversing (dual)
  • विविधान् (vividhān) - various, manifold
  • मार्गान् (mārgān) - paths, ways
  • हार्दिक्यशिनिपुङ्गवौ (hārdikyaśinipuṅgavau) - Referring to Kṛtavarman (of the Hārdikya clan) and Sātyaki (of the Śini clan). (the two bulls (best) of the Hārdikya and Śini clans)
  • मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again
  • अन्तर्दधाते (antardadhāte) - They concealed each other from view or made each other disappear behind the arrow-rain. (they covered, they hid themselves, they made disappear)
  • तौ (tau) - Referring to Hārdikya and Śinipuṅgava. (those two)
  • बाणव्र्̥ष्ट्या (bāṇavr̥ṣṭyā) - with a shower of arrows
  • परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

Words meanings and morphology

चरन्तौ (carantau) - moving, roaming, traversing (dual)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, dual of carat
carat - moving, roaming, walking
Present Active Participle
from car (to move) + śatṛ
Root: car (class 1)
विविधान् (vividhān) - various, manifold
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha
vividha - various, manifold, diverse
Note: Agrees with mārgān.
मार्गान् (mārgān) - paths, ways
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of mārga
mārga - path, way, road, course
from root mṛj (to cleanse) or mṛg (to hunt)
Root: mṛj / mṛg (class 2)
Note: Object of carantau.
हार्दिक्यशिनिपुङ्गवौ (hārdikyaśinipuṅgavau) - Referring to Kṛtavarman (of the Hārdikya clan) and Sātyaki (of the Śini clan). (the two bulls (best) of the Hārdikya and Śini clans)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of hārdikyaśinipuṅgava
hārdikyaśinipuṅgava - a bull among Hārdikyas and Śinis (a foremost warrior from these clans)
Compound type : dvandva + tatpuruṣa (hārdikya+śini+puṅgava)
  • hārdikya – descendant of Hṛdika; Kṛtavarman
    proper noun (masculine)
    patronymic from Hṛdika
  • śini – name of a Yadava chief; descendant of Śini; Sātyaki
    proper noun (masculine)
  • puṅgava – bull; chief, excellent (used as a suffix for best among)
    noun (masculine)
मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again
(indeclinable)
अन्तर्दधाते (antardadhāte) - They concealed each other from view or made each other disappear behind the arrow-rain. (they covered, they hid themselves, they made disappear)
(verb)
3rd person , dual, middle, present (laṭ) of antar-dhā
root dhā (to place) with prefix antar
Prefix: antar
Root: dhā (class 3)
Note: The active form of dhā is dadhāti. The Atmanepada form dadhāte here is for antar-dhā.
तौ (tau) - Referring to Hārdikya and Śinipuṅgava. (those two)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, those
बाणव्र्̥ष्ट्या (bāṇavr̥ṣṭyā) - with a shower of arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of bāṇavr̥ṣṭi
bāṇavr̥ṣṭi - shower of arrows, rain of arrows
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+vr̥ṣṭi)
  • bāṇa – arrow
    noun (masculine)
  • vr̥ṣṭi – rain, shower
    noun (feminine)
    from root vṛṣ (to rain)
    Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of paraspara
paraspara - mutual, each other
from para + apara
Note: Functions adverbially.