महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-11, verse-7

क्षन्तुमर्हसि मे ब्रह्मञ्शापोऽयं विनिवर्त्यताम् ।
सोऽथ मामब्रवीद्दृष्ट्वा भृशमुद्विग्नचेतसम् ॥७॥

7. kṣantumarhasi me brahmañśāpo'yaṁ vinivartyatām ,
so'tha māmabravīddṛṣṭvā bhṛśamudvignacetasam.

7. kṣantum arhasi me brahman śāpaḥ ayam vinivartyatām
saḥ atha mām abravīt dṛṣṭvā bhṛśam udvignacetasam

7. O Brahmin, please forgive me; let this curse be withdrawn. Then, seeing my mind greatly agitated, he spoke to me.

7. הו בְּרַהְמִין, סלח לי, וזו הקללה תוסר. ואז, כשראה אותי נסער מאוד ברוחי, אמר לי

Words meanings summery:

• क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive (to forgive, to pardon)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, please (you are able, you ought, you deserve)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (O Brahmin, O holy one)

• शापः (śāpaḥ) - curse

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• विनिवर्त्यताम् (vinivartyatām) - let it be revoked/withdrawn (let it be revoked, let it be turned back)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the Brahmin) (he, that)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• माम् (mām) - me (the speaker, Ruru) (me)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he spoke, he said)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, intensely, exceedingly)

• उद्विग्नचेतसम् (udvignacetasam) - whose mind was greatly agitated (whose mind is agitated)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive (to forgive, to pardon)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive from root kṣam

Root: kṣam (class 1)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, please (you are able, you ought, you deserve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Alternative form for mahyam (dative) or mama (genitive). Here dative is more fitting.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (O Brahmin, O holy one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, holy man, creator God Brahmā

Root: bṛh

Note: Null ending for vocative singular of -an stem nouns.

शापः (śāpaḥ) - curse

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation

Root: śap

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to śāpaḥ.

विनिवर्त्यताम् (vinivartyatām) - let it be revoked/withdrawn (let it be revoked, let it be turned back)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vinivṛt

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Refers to śāpaḥ.

सः (saḥ) - he (the Brahmin) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me (the speaker, Ruru) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: With augment 'a-'

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

gerund from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, intensely, exceedingly)

(indeclinable)

उद्विग्नचेतसम् (udvignacetasam) - whose mind was greatly agitated (whose mind is agitated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udvignacetas

udvignacetas - one whose mind is agitated

Compound type : bahuvrihi (udvigna+cetas)

• udvigna – agitated, disturbed, distressed
  adjective
  past participle
  past passive participle of root vij with ut
  Prefix: ut
  Root: vij (class 6)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit

Note: Modifies mām.

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