महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-27, verse-17

निर्बिभेद च नाराचैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।
विनिर्भिद्याकरोच्चैव सिंहनादमरिंदम ॥१७॥

17. nirbibheda ca nārācaiḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ,
vinirbhidyākaroccaiva siṁhanādamariṁdama.

17. nirbibheda ca nārācaiḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ
vinirbhidya akarot ca eva siṃhanādam ariṃdama

17. ariṃdama ca nārācaiḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ
nirbibheda vinirbhidya ca eva siṃhanādam akarot

17. O subduer of enemies, he pierced them with hundreds and thousands of arrows, and having pierced them, he roared like a lion.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्बिभेद (nirbibheda) - he pierced the enemy (he pierced, he split)

• च (ca) - and

• नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows, with arrows

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• अथ (atha) - then, and then

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

• विनिर्भिद्य (vinirbhidya) - having pierced thoroughly, having split completely

• अकरोत् (akarot) - he emitted, he uttered (he made, he did)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely

• सिंहनादम् (siṁhanādam) - lion roar

• अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - O subduer of enemies

Words meanings and morphology

निर्बिभेद (nirbibheda) - he pierced the enemy (he pierced, he split)

(verb)

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

perfect tense, third person singular

Prefix: nis

Root: bhid (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - iron arrow, arrow

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(adverb)

अथ (atha) - then, and then

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(adverb)

विनिर्भिद्य (vinirbhidya) - having pierced thoroughly, having split completely

(indeclinable)

gerund / absolutive

with prefixes vi and nis

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: absolutive form

अकरोत् (akarot) - he emitted, he uttered (he made, he did)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

imperfect tense, third person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

सिंहनादम् (siṁhanādam) - lion roar

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of siṃhanāda

siṁhanāda - lion roar, war cry

Compound type : tatpurusha (siṃha+nāda)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• nāda – sound, roar, cry
  noun (masculine)

अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - O subduer of enemies

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ariṃdama

ariṁdama - subduer of enemies, conqueror of foes

Compound type : upapada (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• dama – subduing, taming
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: dam (class 1)

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