महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-57, verse-34

अवक्षेपं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्तव विशां पते ।
अपासर्पत्ततः स्थानात्सा मोघा न्यपतद्भुवि ॥३४॥

34. avakṣepaṁ tu taṁ dṛṣṭvā putrastava viśāṁ pate ,
apāsarpattataḥ sthānātsā moghā nyapatadbhuvi.

34. avakṣepam tu tam dṛṣṭvā putraḥ tava viśām pate
apāsarpat tataḥ sthānāt sā moghā nyapatat bhuvi

34. tu,
viśām pate,
tam avakṣepam dṛṣṭvā,
tava putraḥ tataḥ sthānāt apāsarpat; sā moghā bhuvi nyapatat.

34. But, O lord of people, upon seeing that hurled mace, your son (Duryodhana) moved away from that spot. Thus, it (the mace) fell uselessly to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• अवक्षेपम् (avakṣepam) - the hurling (of the mace) (throw, hurling, casting down)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• तम् (tam) - that (throw) (that, him)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - your son (Duryodhana) (son)

• तव (tava) - your

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

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

• अपासर्पत् (apāsarpat) - moved away (moved away, dodged, retreated)

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that (from there, from that)

• स्थानात् (sthānāt) - from that place (from place, from position)

• सा (sā) - she (the mace) (she, that)

• मोघा (moghā) - useless, futile (in vain, futile, useless)

• न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - fell down

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

Words meanings and morphology

अवक्षेपम् (avakṣepam) - the hurling (of the mace) (throw, hurling, casting down)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avakṣepa

avakṣepa - throwing down, hurling

Derived from ava-kṣip (to throw down)

Prefix: ava

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Object of `dṛṣṭvā`.

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

तम् (tam) - that (throw) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, her, it

Note: Modifies 'avakṣepam'.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - your son (Duryodhana) (son)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

Note: Subject of 'apāsarpat'.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

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

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Part of the compound vocative 'viśām pate'.

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

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

Note: Part of the compound vocative 'viśām pate'.

अपासर्पत् (apāsarpat) - moved away (moved away, dodged, retreated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of apāsarp

Root sṛp (to creep, move) with prefix apā

Prefix: apā

Root: sṛp (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - from that (from there, from that)

(indeclinable)

Ablative derivative of tad

Note: Adverb modifying 'apāsarpat' in relation to 'sthānāt'.

स्थानात् (sthānāt) - from that place (from place, from position)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, spot

Root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used with 'tataḥ'.

सा (sā) - she (the mace) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, her, it

Note: Refers to `gadā` (mace), implicitly feminine.

मोघा (moghā) - useless, futile (in vain, futile, useless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mogha

mogha - futile, useless, vain

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'sā' (mace).

न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - fell down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of nyapat

Root pat (to fall) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

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

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land