महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-27, verse-8

अश्वैर्विपरिधावद्भिः शरच्छन्नैर्विशां पते ।
तत्र तत्र कृतो मार्गो विकर्षद्भिर्हतान्बहून् ॥८॥

8. aśvairviparidhāvadbhiḥ śaracchannairviśāṁ pate ,
tatra tatra kṛto mārgo vikarṣadbhirhatānbahūn.

8. aśvair viparidhāvadbhiḥ śara-channair viśām pate
tatra tatra kṛto mārgo vikarṣadbhir hatān bahūn

8. viśām pate tatra tatra viparidhāvadbhiḥ śara-channair
aśvair vikarṣadbhiḥ hatān bahūn mārgaḥ kṛtaḥ

8. O lord of men, as horses running wildly in all directions and covered with arrows dragged away many slain soldiers here and there, a path was thus cleared.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्वैह् (aśvaih) - by horses, with horses

• विपरिधावद्भिः (viparidhāvadbhiḥ) - running wildly about, galloping around

• शरच्छन्नैः (śaracchannaiḥ) - covered with arrows, shrouded by arrows

• विशाम् (viśām) - of people, of men, of subjects

• पते (pate) - O king (O lord, O master)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, here and there

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made, done, created, cleared

• मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, track

• विकर्षद्भिः (vikarṣadbhiḥ) - dragging away, pulling apart, drawing back

• हतान् (hatān) - slain, killed, dead

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वैह् (aśvaih) - by horses, with horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse, stallion

विपरिधावद्भिः (viparidhāvadbhiḥ) - running wildly about, galloping around

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viparidhāvat

viparidhāvat - running around, galloping about

Present active participle

From root dhāv with pari and vi

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: dhāv (class 1)

शरच्छन्नैः (śaracchannaiḥ) - covered with arrows, shrouded by arrows

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaracchanna

śaracchanna - covered with arrows

Past Passive Participle

Compound of śara and channa

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+channa)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• channa – covered, concealed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root chad
  Root: chad (class 10)

विशाम् (viśām) - of people, of men, of subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - settler, person, subject, man

पते (pate) - O king (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, here and there

(indeclinable)

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made, done, created, cleared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, track

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way

विकर्षद्भिः (vikarṣadbhiḥ) - dragging away, pulling apart, drawing back

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vikarṣat

vikarṣat - dragging, pulling away

Present active participle

From root kṛṣ with vi

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

हतान् (hatān) - slain, killed, dead

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck

Past Passive Participle

From root han

Root: han (class 2)

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

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