महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-118, verse-29

यथैव पाण्डवा भूमौ सुषुपुः सह बान्धवैः ।
तथैव नागरा राजञ्शिश्यिरे ब्राह्मणादयः ॥२९॥

29. yathaiva pāṇḍavā bhūmau suṣupuḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ ,
tathaiva nāgarā rājañśiśyire brāhmaṇādayaḥ.

29. yathā eva pāṇḍavāḥ bhūmau suṣupuḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ
tathā eva nāgarāḥ rājan śiśyire brāhmaṇādayaḥ

29. O king, just as the Pandavas, along with their relatives, slept on the ground, similarly the citizens, beginning with the Brahmins, also slept.

29. הו מלך, כשם שבני פָּאנְדוּ ישנו על האדמה יחד עם קרוביהם, כך ישנו גם תושבי העיר, ובראשם הבְּרַהְמִינִים.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - Pandavas

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• सुषुपुः (suṣupuḥ) - they slept

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• बान्धवैः (bāndhavaiḥ) - with relatives, by kinsmen

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• नागराः (nāgarāḥ) - citizens, town-dwellers

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• शिश्यिरे (śiśyire) - they slept, they lay down

• ब्राह्मणादयः (brāhmaṇādayaḥ) - Brahmins and others, beginning with Brahmins

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - Pandavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pandu, a Pandava

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

सुषुपुः (suṣupuḥ) - they slept

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of svap

Root: svap (class 2)

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

बान्धवैः (bāndhavaiḥ) - with relatives, by kinsmen

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - relative, kinsman, friend

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

नागराः (nāgarāḥ) - citizens, town-dwellers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāgara

nāgara - citizen, town-dweller, urban

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

शिश्यिरे (śiśyire) - they slept, they lay down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of śī

Root: śī (class 2)

ब्राह्मणादयः (brāhmaṇādayaḥ) - Brahmins and others, beginning with Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇādi

brāhmaṇādi - Brahmins and so forth, beginning with Brahmins

Compound type : dvandva (brāhmaṇa+ādi)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  noun/indeclinable (masculine)

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