Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1/Verse 9

Chapter 1/Verse 9

अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः ।

नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥१-९॥

anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ ।

nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ ॥1-9॥


Many other heroes, all of them are well-armed and skillful in battle, abandoning existence for my sake.


anye (stem form: anya) (adjective declined like a 3rd person pronoun) (masculine, nominative, plural) = others

ca (indeclinable) = and

bahavas (stem form: bahu) (masculine, nominative, plural) = many

śūrās (stem form: śūra) (masculine, nominative, plural) = heroes

madarthe (stem form: madartha) (mad + arthe) (tatpurūṣa compound, masculine, locative, singular) = for the sake of me

tyaktajīvitās (stem form: tyaktajīvita) (tyakta + jīvitās) (karmadhāraya compound, transitive past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = existence abandoned

nānāśastrapraharaṇās (stem form: nānāśastrapraharaṇa) (nānā + śastra + praharaṇās) (karmadhāraya compound, masculine, nominative, plural) = various assailing weapons (well-armed)

sarve (stem form: sarva) (adjective declined like a 3rd person pronoun) (masculine, nominative, plural) = all of them

yuddhaviśāradās (stem form: yuddhaviśārada) (yuddha + viśāradās) (tatpurūṣa compound, masculine, nominative, plural) = skillful in battle

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