वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-32, verse-40

बाहुविक्षेपकरणां समुद्यम्य महागदाम् ।
गारुडं वेगमास्थाय आपपातैव सो ऽर्जुनः ॥४०॥

40. bāhuvikṣepakaraṇāṃ samudyamya mahāgadām ,
gāruḍaṃ vegamāsthāya āpapātaiva so'rjunaḥ.

40. bāhuvikṣepakaraṇām samudyamya mahāgadām
gāruḍam vegam āsthāya āpapāta eva saḥ arjunaḥ

40. saḥ arjunaḥ bāhuvikṣepakaraṇām mahāgadām
samudyamya gāruḍam vegam āsthāya eva āpapāta

40. Arjuna, having raised his great mace with a powerful swinging motion and having adopted the speed of Garuḍa, indeed rushed forward.

Words meanings summery:

• बाहुविक्षेपकरणाम् (bāhuvikṣepakaraṇām) - referring to the mace, which is swung with a powerful arm motion (having an arm-swinging motion, characterized by arm-swinging)

• समुद्यम्य (samudyamya) - having raised, having lifted, having undertaken

• महागदाम् (mahāgadām) - great mace

• गारुडम् (gāruḍam) - of Garuḍa, relating to Garuḍa

• वेगम् (vegam) - speed, velocity, impulse

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken, having adopted

• आपपात (āpapāta) - rushed, fell upon, attacked

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सः (saḥ) - referring to Arjuna (he, that)

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - the Pandava prince Arjuna (Arjuna)

Words meanings and morphology

बाहुविक्षेपकरणाम् (bāhuvikṣepakaraṇām) - referring to the mace, which is swung with a powerful arm motion (having an arm-swinging motion, characterized by arm-swinging)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bāhuvikṣepakaraṇā

bāhuvikṣepakaraṇā - arm-swinging motion, act of swinging the arm

Compound type : tatpurusha (bāhu+vikṣepa+karaṇā)

• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)
• vikṣepa – throwing, flinging, motion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣip (class 6)
• karaṇā – act of making, doing, performance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

समुद्यम्य (samudyamya) - having raised, having lifted, having undertaken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: yam (class 1)

महागदाम् (mahāgadām) - great mace

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāgadā

mahāgadā - great mace

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+gadā)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)

गारुडम् (gāruḍam) - of Garuḍa, relating to Garuḍa

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gāruḍa

gāruḍa - relating to Garuḍa

वेगम् (vegam) - speed, velocity, impulse

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken, having adopted

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

आपपात (āpapāta) - rushed, fell upon, attacked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of āpat

perfect

reduplicated perfect form

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - referring to Arjuna (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - the Pandava prince Arjuna (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (proper name), white, clear

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