महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-120, verse-6

ततो जालपदीं नाम देवकन्यां सुरेश्वरः ।
प्राहिणोत्तपसो विघ्नं कुरु तस्येति कौरव ॥६॥

6. tato jālapadīṁ nāma devakanyāṁ sureśvaraḥ ,
prāhiṇottapaso vighnaṁ kuru tasyeti kaurava.

6. tataḥ jālapadīm nāma devakanyām sureśvaraḥ
prāhiṇot tapasaḥ vighnam kuru tasya iti kaurava

6. Then, O Kaurava, the lord of the gods (Sureśvara) sent a divine maiden (devakanyā) named Jalapadi, instructing her, 'Create an impediment to his austere practice (tapas).'

6. אז שלח אדון האלים את בת האלים בשם ג׳ָאלַפַּדִי, ואמר לה להכשיל את תרגולו הרוחני, הו קַאוּרַוַה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• जालपदीम् (jālapadīm) - Jalapadi (name of a celestial nymph)

• नाम (nāma) - named, by name

• देवकन्याम् (devakanyām) - divine maiden, celestial nymph

• सुरेश्वरः (sureśvaraḥ) - the lord of gods, Indra

• प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he sent, dispatched

• तपसः (tapasaḥ) - of asceticism, of austerity

• विघ्नम् (vighnam) - obstacle, impediment

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make, create

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Gautama's) (to him, his, of that)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

• कौरव (kaurava) - An address to the listener, e.g., Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Arjuna. (O Kaurava (descendant of Kuru))

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

जालपदीम् (jālapadīm) - Jalapadi (name of a celestial nymph)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jālapadī

jālapadī - Jalapadi (a proper name, likely a celestial nymph or Apsara)

नाम (nāma) - named, by name

(indeclinable)

देवकन्याम् (devakanyām) - divine maiden, celestial nymph

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devakanyā

devakanyā - daughter of a god, celestial maiden, Apsara

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+kanyā)

• deva – god, divine being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• kanyā – maiden, virgin, daughter, girl
  noun (feminine)

सुरेश्वरः (sureśvaraḥ) - the lord of gods, Indra

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sureśvara

sureśvara - lord of gods (epithet of Indra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+īśvara)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he sent, dispatched

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of hiṇu

Prefix: pra

Root: hiṇu (class 5)

तपसः (tapasaḥ) - of asceticism, of austerity

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, asceticism, austerity, religious penance

Root: tap (class 1)

विघ्नम् (vighnam) - obstacle, impediment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vighna

vighna - obstacle, impediment, hindrance, interruption

Root: han (class 2)

कुरु (kuru) - do, make, create

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्य (tasya) - his (Gautama's) (to him, his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

कौरव (kaurava) - An address to the listener, e.g., Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Arjuna. (O Kaurava (descendant of Kuru))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru, a member of the Kuru dynasty

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