महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-113, verse-43

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
सा तथोक्ता तथेत्युक्त्वा तेन भर्त्रा वराङ्गना ।
अभिवाद्याभ्यनुज्ञाता प्रदक्षिणमवर्तत ॥४३॥

43. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
sā tathoktā tathetyuktvā tena bhartrā varāṅganā ,
abhivādyābhyanujñātā pradakṣiṇamavartata.

43. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca sā tathā uktā tathā iti uktvā tena
bhartrā varāṅganā abhivādya abhyanujñātā pradakṣiṇam avartata

43. Vaiśampāyana said: That excellent woman, thus addressed by her husband, replied 'So be it.' After saluting him and receiving his permission, she circumambulated him clockwise.

43. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, כשנאמר לה כך, אמרה האישה הנאה אכן כן, השתחוותה לבעלה, קיבלה ממנו רשות והקיפה אותו בהקפה ימנית.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - The narrator of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya. (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सा (sā) - Refers to Kunti. (she, that (feminine))

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• उक्ता (uktā) - spoken, said, addressed

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• तेन (tena) - By her husband, Pāṇḍu. (by him, by that (masculine/neuter instrumental))

• भर्त्रा (bhartrā) - By her husband, Pāṇḍu. (by a husband, by a supporter)

• वराङ्गना (varāṅganā) - Refers to Kunti. (excellent woman, beautiful woman)

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having bowed

• अभ्यनुज्ञाता (abhyanujñātā) - permitted, allowed, given leave

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise, towards the right, circumambulation

• अवर्तत (avartata) - she turned, she revolved

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - The narrator of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya. (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaiśampāyana

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect

Root vac, perfect 3rd person singular active.

Root: vac (class 2)

सा (sā) - Refers to Kunti. (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

उक्ता (uktā) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

vac + kta (strong form)

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

Root: i (class 2)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

vac + ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

तेन (tena) - By her husband, Pāṇḍu. (by him, by that (masculine/neuter instrumental))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

भर्त्रा (bhartrā) - By her husband, Pāṇḍu. (by a husband, by a supporter)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, lord

agent noun

bhṛ + tṛc

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वराङ्गना (varāṅganā) - Refers to Kunti. (excellent woman, beautiful woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varāṅganā

varāṅganā - excellent woman, beautiful woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vara+aṅganā)

• vara – excellent, best, boon
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)
• aṅganā – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
  aṅga + ana (from root an)
  Root: an (class 2)

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having bowed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

abhi + vad + lyap

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

अभ्यनुज्ञाता (abhyanujñātā) - permitted, allowed, given leave

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhyanujñāta

abhyanujñāta - permitted, allowed, given leave

Past Passive Participle

abhi + anu + jñā + kta

Prefixes: abhi+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise, towards the right, circumambulation

(indeclinable)

Used as an adverb here.

अवर्तत (avartata) - she turned, she revolved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Imperfect

Root vṛt, imperfect 3rd person singular middle.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

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