महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-25, verse-6

ते कीर्यमाणा भीमेन पुत्रास्तव महारणे ।
भीमसेनमपासेधन्प्रवणादिव कुञ्जरम् ॥६॥

6. te kīryamāṇā bhīmena putrāstava mahāraṇe ,
bhīmasenamapāsedhanpravaṇādiva kuñjaram.

6. te kīryamāṇā bhīmena putrās tava mahāraṇe
bhīmasenam apāsedhan pravaṇād iva kuñjaram

6. tava putrāḥ mahāraṇe bhīmena kīryamāṇāḥ
pravaṇāt kuñjaram iva bhīmasenam apāsedhan

6. O king, being scattered by Bhīma in the great battle, your sons drove back Bhīmasena just as a steep slope repels an elephant.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• कीर्यमाणाः (kīryamāṇāḥ) - being scattered, being torn apart

• भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhīma

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - your sons (the Kauravas) (sons)

• तव (tava) - your

• महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena

• अपासेधन् (apāsedhan) - drove away, repelled, checked

• प्रवणात् (pravaṇāt) - from a steep slope, from a precipice

• इव (iva) - like, as

• कुञ्जरम् (kuñjaram) - elephant

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

कीर्यमाणाः (kīryamāṇāḥ) - being scattered, being torn apart

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kīryamāṇa

kīryamāṇa - being scattered, being dispersed

Present Passive Participle

Passive participle of the root kī (krī)

Root: kī (class 9)

भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhīma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma, terrible, formidable

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - your sons (the Kauravas) (sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāraṇa

mahāraṇa - great battle

Karmadhāraya compound of mahat and raṇa

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+raṇa)

• mahat – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• raṇa – battle, fight
  noun (masculine)

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena

Bahuvrīhi compound

अपासेधन् (apāsedhan) - drove away, repelled, checked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of apāsedh

From apa + ā + sidh

Prefixes: apa+ā

Root: sidh (class 1)

प्रवणात् (pravaṇāt) - from a steep slope, from a precipice

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pravaṇa

pravaṇa - slope, precipice, declivity

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

कुञ्जरम् (kuñjaram) - elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant

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