महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-114, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
संवत्सराहिते गर्भे गान्धार्या जनमेजय ।
आह्वयामास वै कुन्ती गर्भार्थं धर्ममच्युतम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
saṁvatsarāhite garbhe gāndhāryā janamejaya ,
āhvayāmāsa vai kuntī garbhārthaṁ dharmamacyutam.

1. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca saṃvatsarāhite garbhe gāndhāryā
janamejaya āhvayāmāsa vai kuntī garbhārtham dharmam acyutam

1. Vaiśampāyana said: O Janamejaya, when a year had passed with Gāndhārī having conceived, Kuntī indeed invoked the unwavering deity Dharma (dharma) for the purpose of conceiving.

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, כשהעובר של גָאנְדְהָארִי היה כבר בן שנה, הו ג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה, זימנה קוּנְטִי את דְהַרְמַה אַצ׳ְיוּטַה (הבלתי נופל) כדי שיוולד לה עובר.

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• संवत्सराहिते (saṁvatsarāhite) - Referring to the womb after a year of conception. (in which a year has elapsed, when a year had passed)

• गर्भे (garbhe) - In Gāndhārī's womb. (in the womb, in the embryo, in the interior)

• गान्धार्या (gāndhāryā) - Referring to the mother of the Kauravas. (of Gāndhārī, by Gāndhārī)

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - The audience of Vaiśampāyana. (O Janamejaya)

• आह्वयामास (āhvayāmāsa) - she invoked, she called

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

• कुन्ती (kuntī) - The mother of the Pāṇḍavas. (Kuntī)

• गर्भार्थम् (garbhārtham) - for the sake of conception, for pregnancy

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - The deity Dharma, personified. (righteousness, duty, natural law)

• अच्युतम् (acyutam) - An epithet for the deity Dharma. (unwavering, imperishable, firm)

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)

संवत्सराहिते (saṁvatsarāhite) - Referring to the womb after a year of conception. (in which a year has elapsed, when a year had passed)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃvatsarāhita

saṁvatsarāhita - in which a year has elapsed, having a year placed/conceived

Compound of saṃvatsara (year) and āhita (placed/elapsed).

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃvatsara+āhita)

• saṃvatsara – year
  noun (masculine)
• āhita – placed, deposited, conceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  ā + dhā + kta
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

गर्भे (garbhe) - In Gāndhārī's womb. (in the womb, in the embryo, in the interior)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - womb, embryo, interior, fetus

Root: gṛbh (class 9)

गान्धार्या (gāndhāryā) - Referring to the mother of the Kauravas. (of Gāndhārī, by Gāndhārī)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gāndhārī

gāndhārī - Gāndhārī (proper name)

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - The audience of Vaiśampāyana. (O Janamejaya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya

आह्वयामास (āhvayāmāsa) - she invoked, she called

(verb)

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

Perfect

ā + hve, perfect 3rd person singular active (periphrastic perfect with ām-ās).

Prefix: ā

Root: hve (class 1)

Note: Periphrastic perfect.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

(indeclinable)

कुन्ती (kuntī) - The mother of the Pāṇḍavas. (Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kuntī

गर्भार्थम् (garbhārtham) - for the sake of conception, for pregnancy

(indeclinable)

Accusative of 'artha' (purpose) compounded with 'garbha' (womb/conception).

Compound type : tatpurusha (garbha+artha)

• garbha – womb, embryo, conception
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛbh (class 9)
• artha – purpose, meaning, sake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛdh (class 5)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - The deity Dharma, personified. (righteousness, duty, natural law)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, virtue

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अच्युतम् (acyutam) - An epithet for the deity Dharma. (unwavering, imperishable, firm)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of acyuta

acyuta - unwavering, imperishable, firm, never falling

Past Passive Participle (negative)

a (neg) + cyu + kta

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+cyuta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• cyuta – fallen, departed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  cyu + kta
  Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmam'.

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