महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-33

शृणु कुन्ति कथां चेमां शारदण्डायनीं प्रति ।
या वीरपत्नी गुरुभिर्नियुक्तापत्यजन्मनि ॥३३॥

33. śṛṇu kunti kathāṁ cemāṁ śāradaṇḍāyanīṁ prati ,
yā vīrapatnī gurubhirniyuktāpatyajanmani.

33. śṛṇu kunti kathām ca imām śāradaṇḍāyanīm prati
yā vīrapatnī gurubhiḥ niyuktā apatyajanmani

33. O Kunti, listen to this story concerning Śāradaṇḍāyanī, a heroic wife who was appointed by her elders for the birth of offspring.

33. שמעי, קוּנְטִי, את הסיפור הזה על שָׁארַדַנְדָאיַנִי, אשת גיבור, שמוריה הורו לה להביא צאצא לעולם.

Words meanings summery:

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• कुन्ति (kunti) - O Kunti

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale

• च (ca) - and, also

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

• शारदण्डायनीम् (śāradaṇḍāyanīm) - concerning Śāradaṇḍāyanī

• प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, about

• या (yā) - who (feminine)

• वीरपत्नी (vīrapatnī) - wife of a hero, heroic wife

• गुरुभिः (gurubhiḥ) - by elders, by superiors, by preceptors

• नियुक्ता (niyuktā) - appointed, enjoined, engaged (feminine)

• अपत्यजन्मनि (apatyajanmani) - for the birth of offspring, concerning the procreation of children

Words meanings and morphology

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

कुन्ति (kunti) - O Kunti

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kunti (name of a princess, mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, speech

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

शारदण्डायनीम् (śāradaṇḍāyanīm) - concerning Śāradaṇḍāyanī

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śāradaṇḍāyanī

śāradaṇḍāyanī - name of a woman

प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, about

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

वीरपत्नी (vīrapatnī) - wife of a hero, heroic wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vīrapatnī

vīrapatnī - wife of a hero, heroic wife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+patnī)

• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• patnī – wife, mistress
  noun (feminine)

गुरुभिः (gurubhiḥ) - by elders, by superiors, by preceptors

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, elder, heavy, important

नियुक्ता (niyuktā) - appointed, enjoined, engaged (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niyukta

niyukta - appointed, engaged, employed, fixed, assigned

Past Passive Participle

from ni-√yuj (to appoint, engage)

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

अपत्यजन्मनि (apatyajanmani) - for the birth of offspring, concerning the procreation of children

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of apatyajanman

apatyajanman - birth of offspring, progeny

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apatya+janman)

• apatya – offspring, progeny, child
  noun (neuter)
• janman – birth, origin, existence, life
  noun (neuter)
  Agent Noun
  from root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

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