महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-120, verse-2

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
महर्षेर्गौतमस्यासीच्छरद्वान्नाम नामतः ।
पुत्रः किल महाराज जातः सह शरैर्विभो ॥२॥

2. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
maharṣergautamasyāsīccharadvānnāma nāmataḥ ,
putraḥ kila mahārāja jātaḥ saha śarairvibho.

2. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca maharṣeḥ gautamasya āsīt śaradvān nāma
nāmataḥ putraḥ kila mahārāja jātaḥ saha śaraiḥ vibho

2. Vaiśampāyana said: "O great King, O mighty one, indeed, the great sage Gautama had a son named Sharadvān who was born along with arrows."

2. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, הו מלך גדול ואדון, היה לחוזה הגדול גַאוּטַמַה בן בשם שַׁרַדְוָאן, שנולד, כך מסופר, עם חיצים.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• महर्षेः (maharṣeḥ) - of the great sage

• गौतमस्य (gautamasya) - of Gautama

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was, he was

• शरद्वान् (śaradvān) - Sharadvān (by name)

• नाम (nāma) - named, by name

• नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - a son, a child

• किल (kila) - indeed, they say, it is said

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• विभो (vibho) - O King (Janamejaya) (O lord, O mighty one)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of the narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

महर्षेः (maharṣeḥ) - of the great sage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, venerable seer

Karmadhāraya compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'ṛṣi' (sage).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, excellent
  adjective
• ṛṣi – seer, sage, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

गौतमस्य (gautamasya) - of Gautama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama (name of an ancient sage, founder of the Nyaya school)

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was, he was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

शरद्वान् (śaradvān) - Sharadvān (by name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaradvat

śaradvat - Sharadvān (proper name), autumnal, having arrows

Possessive suffix -vat.

नाम (nāma) - named, by name

(indeclinable)

नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tas attached to nāman.

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - a son, a child

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

किल (kila) - indeed, they say, it is said

(indeclinable)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Karmadhāraya compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'rāja' (king).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, excellent
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler, prince
  noun (masculine)

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a preposition governing the instrumental case.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - reed, arrow, shaft

विभो (vibho) - O King (Janamejaya) (O lord, O mighty one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - almighty, pervasive, lord, master, ruler

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

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