महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-27, verse-36

असिं दृष्ट्वा द्विधा छिन्नं प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् ।
प्राहिणोत्सहदेवाय सा मोघा न्यपतद्भुवि ॥३६॥

36. asiṁ dṛṣṭvā dvidhā chinnaṁ pragṛhya mahatīṁ gadām ,
prāhiṇotsahadevāya sā moghā nyapatadbhuvi.

36. asim dṛṣṭvā dvidhā chinnam pragṛhya mahatīm
gadām prāhiṇot sahadevāya sā moghā nyapatat bhuvi

36. dvidhā chinnam asim dṛṣṭvā mahatīm gadām pragṛhya
sahadevāya prāhiṇot sā moghā bhuvi nyapatat

36. Having seen his sword cut in two, he grasped a great mace and sent it towards Sahadeva; but that mace fell uselessly to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• असिम् (asim) - sword

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two parts, in two ways

• छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut, severed, broken

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken, having grasped

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, large, mighty

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

• प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he sent forth, he dispatched

• सहदेवाय (sahadevāya) - to Sahadeva

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• मोघा (moghā) - futile, useless, vain

• न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - it fell down

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

Words meanings and morphology

असिम् (asim) - sword

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asi

asi - sword, scimitar

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from the root dṛś with the suffix -tvā, forming an absolutive participle.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two parts, in two ways

(indeclinable)

छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut, severed, broken

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, broken, torn

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root chid (to cut, cleave) with the suffix -ta.

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'asim'.

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken, having grasped

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from the root grah (to seize, take) with the prefix pra- and suffix -ya, forming an absolutive participle.

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahatī

mahatī - great, large, mighty, eminent

Feminine form of 'mahat' (great).

Note: Qualifies 'gadām'.

गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club, cudgel

प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he sent forth, he dispatched

(verb)

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

imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person singular active of the root hi (to send, propel) with the prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: hi (class 5)

सहदेवाय (sahadevāya) - to Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (one of the Pāṇḍava brothers)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

मोघा (moghā) - futile, useless, vain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of moghā

mogha - futile, useless, vain, empty

Note: Qualifies 'sā' (the mace).

न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - it fell down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ni-pat

imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person singular active of the root pat (to fall) with the prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land