महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-123, verse-53

स मुहूर्तादिव पुनर्द्रोणस्तं प्रत्यभाषत ।
अथ वृक्षमिमं मां वा भ्रातॄन्वापि प्रपश्यसि ॥५३॥

53. sa muhūrtādiva punardroṇastaṁ pratyabhāṣata ,
atha vṛkṣamimaṁ māṁ vā bhrātṝnvāpi prapaśyasi.

53. sa muhūrtāt iva punaḥ droṇaḥ tam pratyabhāṣata |
atha vṛkṣam imam mām vā bhrātṝn vā api prapaśyasi

53. Then, after about a moment, Drona spoke to him again: “Now, do you also see this tree, or me, or your brothers?”

53. אחרי רגע נוסף פנה אליו דְרוֹנַה שוב ושאל, האם אתה רואה את העץ הזה, או אותי, או את אחיך?

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (Drona) (he, that)

• मुहूर्तात् (muhūrtāt) - from a moment, after a moment

• इव (iva) - about (a moment) (like, as if, as it were; almost, about)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona (a proper name)

• तम् (tam) - to him (Yudhishthira) (him, that one)

• प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke back, replied to

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon, moreover

• वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree

• इमम् (imam) - this, this one

• माम् (mām) - me

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• प्रपश्यसि (prapaśyasi) - you see, you perceive

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (Drona) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुहूर्तात् (muhūrtāt) - from a moment, after a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - moment, instant; a division of time (48 minutes)

इव (iva) - about (a moment) (like, as if, as it were; almost, about)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

(indeclinable)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (proper name of the teacher of the Kauravas and Pandavas); a measure of capacity; a bucket

तम् (tam) - to him (Yudhishthira) (him, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke back, replied to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect indicative (luṅ) of pratyabhāṣata

Imperfect Middle Indicative

Root bhāṣ (to speak), 1st conjugation, ātmanepada, with prefix prati, 3rd person singular

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon, moreover

(indeclinable)

वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

इमम् (imam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, it

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

प्रपश्यसि (prapaśyasi) - you see, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of prapaśyasi

Present Active Indicative

Root dṛś (to see), with prefix pra, 4th conjugation, parasmaipada, 2nd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 4)

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