महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-26, verse-37

शिलाशितेन च विभो क्षुरप्रेण महायशाः ।
शिरश्चिच्छेद प्रहसंस्तप्तकुण्डलभूषणम् ॥३७॥

37. śilāśitena ca vibho kṣurapreṇa mahāyaśāḥ ,
śiraściccheda prahasaṁstaptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇam.

37. śilāśitena ca vibho kṣurapreṇa mahāyaśāḥ
siraḥ ciccheda prahasan taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇam

37. vibho mahāyaśāḥ ca śilāśitena kṣurapreṇa
taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇam śiraḥ ciccheda prahasan

37. O lord, the highly glorious one, smiling, severed the head adorned with refined earrings using a razor-sharp arrow honed on a stone.

Words meanings summery:

• शिलाशितेन (śilāśitena) - sharpened on a stone, honed on a rock

• च (ca) - and, also

• विभो (vibho) - O king Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O lord, O powerful one, O pervasive one)

• क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-sharp arrow, with a hoof-arrow

• महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - Arjuna (of great glory, highly illustrious)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off, severed, chopped off

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing aloud, smiling, deriding

• तप्तकुण्डलभूषणम् (taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇam) - adorned with blazing earrings, adorned with refined gold earrings

Words meanings and morphology

शिलाशितेन (śilāśitena) - sharpened on a stone, honed on a rock

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śilāśita

śilāśita - sharpened on a stone

Past Passive Participle

Compound of śilā (stone) and śita (sharpened)

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (śilā+śita)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• śita – sharpened, whetted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From the root śo
  Root: śo (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विभो (vibho) - O king Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O lord, O powerful one, O pervasive one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - lord, master, omnipresent

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-sharp arrow, with a hoof-arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣurapra

kṣurapra - razor-headed arrow, razor

महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - Arjuna (of great glory, highly illustrious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyaśas

mahāyaśas - having great glory, very famous

Bahuvrīhi compound of mahat and yaśas

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+yaśas)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• yaśas – glory, fame, renown
  noun (neuter)

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, summit

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off, severed, chopped off

(verb)

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

Root: chid (class 7)

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing aloud, smiling, deriding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

From root has with pra

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

तप्तकुण्डलभूषणम् (taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇam) - adorned with blazing earrings, adorned with refined gold earrings

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇa

taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇa - decorated with heated or refined earrings

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (taptakuṇḍala+bhūṣaṇa)

• taptakuṇḍala – refined or glowing earrings
  noun (neuter)
  Karmadhāraya compound of tapta and kuṇḍala
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, decoration
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhūṣ (class 1)

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