योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-32

अभ्यस्ता बहवस्तेन मिथः प्रेरितपर्वताः ।
भीमाः समरसंरम्भाः सममस्मत्पितामहः ॥ ३२ ॥

abhyastā bahavastena mithaḥ preritaparvatāḥ ,
bhīmāḥ samarasaṃrambhāḥ samamasmatpitāmahaḥ 32

32. abhyastāḥ bahavaḥ tena mithaḥ prerita-parvatāḥ
bhīmāḥ samara-saṃrambhāḥ samam asmat-pitāmahaḥ

32. bahavaḥ bhīmāḥ mithaḥ prerita-parvatāḥ samara-saṃrambhāḥ tena abhyastāḥ,
asmat-pitāmahaḥ samam (abhyastāḥ).

32. Many formidable battle maneuvers, resembling mutually hurled mountains, were mastered by him, and similarly by our grandfather (Bhishma).

32. הוא ניהל קרבות אימתניים רבים, שבהם הוטלו הרים הדדית, יחד עם אבי-אבינו.

Words meanings summery:

• अभ्यस्ताः (abhyastāḥ) - practiced, mastered

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, secretly

• प्रेरित-पर्वताः (prerita-parvatāḥ) - having mountains impelled/hurled

• भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible, formidable, dreadful

• समर-संरम्भाः (samara-saṁrambhāḥ) - battle furies, furious battle engagements, battle preparations

• समम् (samam) - equally, similarly, together with

• अस्मत्-पितामहः (asmat-pitāmahaḥ) - our grandfather (Bhishma) (our grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

अभ्यस्ताः (abhyastāḥ) - practiced, mastered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhya-sta

abhya-sta - practiced, mastered, learned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'as' (to throw, cast, practice) with prefix 'abhi' and suffix 'kta'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: as (class 4)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, secretly

(indeclinable)

प्रेरित-पर्वताः (prerita-parvatāḥ) - having mountains impelled/hurled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prerita-parvata

prerita-parvata - having mountains impelled/hurled (describing the intensity)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prerita+parvata)

• prerita – impelled, hurled, moved forward
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'īr' (to move, to send) with prefix 'pra' and suffix 'kta'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: īr (class 2)
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible, formidable, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable, dreadful, fearsome

समर-संरम्भाः (samara-saṁrambhāḥ) - battle furies, furious battle engagements, battle preparations

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samara-saṃrambha

samara-saṁrambha - battle fury, battle preparation, furious battle engagement

Compound type : tatpurusha (samara+saṃrambha)

• samara – battle, war, combat
  noun (masculine)
• saṃrambha – fury, rage, excitement, preparation, intense effort
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'rabh' with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rabh (class 1)

समम् (samam) - equally, similarly, together with

(indeclinable)

अस्मत्-पितामहः (asmat-pitāmahaḥ) - our grandfather (Bhishma) (our grandfather)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asmat-pitāmaha

asmat-pitāmaha - our grandfather

Compound type : tatpurusha (asmad+pitāmaha)

• asmad – us, our (first person plural pronoun stem)
  pronoun
• pitāmaha – grandfather
  noun (masculine)

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