महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-25, verse-16

ततो यतन्तमपरमभिवीक्ष्य सुतं तव ।
भल्लेन युधि विव्याध भीमो दुर्विषहं रणे ।
स पपात हतो वाहात्पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥१६॥

16. tato yatantamaparamabhivīkṣya sutaṁ tava ,
bhallena yudhi vivyādha bhīmo durviṣahaṁ raṇe ,
sa papāta hato vāhātpaśyatāṁ sarvadhanvinām.

16. tataḥ yatantam aparam abhīvīkṣya
sutam tava bhallena yudhi vivyādha
bhīmaḥ durviṣahaṃ raṇe sa papāta
hataḥ vāhāt paśyatām sarva-dhanvinām

16. tataḥ abhīvīkṣya yatantam aparam
sutam tava raṇe yudhi bhīmaḥ bhallena
durviṣaham vivyādha saḥ hataḥ
vāhāt paśyatām sarva-dhanvinām papāta

16. Then, seeing another son of yours striving in the battle, Bhima pierced the formidable Durviṣaha with a razor-sharp bhalla arrow. Struck dead, he fell from his chariot while all the archers watched.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from there)

• यतन्तम् (yatantam) - striving, endeavoring, exerting oneself

• अपरम् (aparam) - another, other

• अभीवीक्ष्य (abhīvīkṣya) - having gazed upon, having observed, having seen

• सुतम् (sutam) - son

• तव (tava) - your, of yours

• भल्लेन (bhallena) - by a razor-headed arrow, by a specific type of broad-headed arrow

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck, wounded

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima

• दुर्विषहम् (durviṣaham) - Durviṣaha (Durvisaha, hard to endure, irresistible)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• पपात (papāta) - fell, dropped

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, struck down

• वाहात् (vāhāt) - from the chariot (from the vehicle, from the chariot, from the mount)

• पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those seeing, of those watching

• सर्व-धन्विनाम् (sarva-dhanvinām) - of all bowmen, of all archers

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from there)

(indeclinable)

यतन्तम् (yatantam) - striving, endeavoring, exerting oneself

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatant

yatant - striving, endeavoring

present active participle

from the root yat

Root: yat (class 1)

अपरम् (aparam) - another, other

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

अभीवीक्ष्य (abhīvīkṣya) - having gazed upon, having observed, having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from abhi + vi + īkṣ

Prefixes: abhi+vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

सुतम् (sutam) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, offspring

Root: su (class 5)

तव (tava) - your, of yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

भल्लेन (bhallena) - by a razor-headed arrow, by a specific type of broad-headed arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhalla

bhalla - a razor-headed arrow, arrow

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck, wounded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vyadh

Root: vyadh (class 4)

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhima, terrible, formidable

दुर्विषहम् (durviṣaham) - Durviṣaha (Durvisaha, hard to endure, irresistible)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of durviṣaha

durviṣaha - Durvisaha, hard to bear, formidable

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, fight, joy

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

पपात (papāta) - fell, dropped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, beaten

Past Passive Participle

from the root han

Root: han (class 2)

वाहात् (vāhāt) - from the chariot (from the vehicle, from the chariot, from the mount)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vāha

vāha - vehicle, chariot, draught animal, horse

Root: vah (class 1)

पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those seeing, of those watching

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, beholding

present active participle

from the root dṛś (paś)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सर्व-धन्विनाम् (sarva-dhanvinām) - of all bowmen, of all archers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva-dhanvin

sarva-dhanvin - all archers

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+dhanvin)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective (masculine)
• dhanvin – archer, bowman
  noun (masculine)

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