महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-123, verse-68

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य सशिष्योऽङ्गिरसां वरः ।
जगाम गङ्गामभितो मज्जितुं भरतर्षभ ॥६८॥

68. kasyacittvatha kālasya saśiṣyo'ṅgirasāṁ varaḥ ,
jagāma gaṅgāmabhito majjituṁ bharatarṣabha.

68. kasyacit tu atha kālasya saśiṣyaḥ aṅgirasām varaḥ
jagāma gaṅgām abhitaḥ majjitum bharatarṣabha

68. O best of the Bharatas, after some time, the foremost among the Angiras (sages), accompanied by his disciples, went to the Gaṅgā river to bathe.

68. כעבור זמן הלך מיטב צאצאי אַנְגִירַס עם תלמידיו אל נהר גַנְגָה כדי לטבול, הו אדם דגול מבני בְּהַרַטַה.

Words meanings summery:

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of someone, of some, some

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, then

• अथ (atha) - then, next, now

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

• सशिष्यः (saśiṣyaḥ) - with his disciples, accompanied by disciples

• अङ्गिरसाम् (aṅgirasām) - of the Angiras, among the Angiras

• वरः (varaḥ) - the foremost (among the Angiras) (best, excellent, foremost)

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he proceeded

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - to the Gaṅgā river

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - on both sides, around, near, to the vicinity of

• मज्जितुम् (majjitum) - to bathe, to sink, to dive

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas

Words meanings and morphology

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of someone, of some, some

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - something, anything, someone

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, then

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, next, now

(indeclinable)

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, death, fate

Note: Used with kasyacit to mean 'after some time'

सशिष्यः (saśiṣyaḥ) - with his disciples, accompanied by disciples

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saśiṣya

saśiṣya - accompanied by disciples, with students

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śiṣya)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• śiṣya – disciple, student, pupil
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'varaḥ' (referring to Droṇa)

अङ्गिरसाम् (aṅgirasām) - of the Angiras, among the Angiras

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - Angiras (name of an ancient sage, a class of divine beings or ancestors)

वरः (varaḥ) - the foremost (among the Angiras) (best, excellent, foremost)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, chief, a boon, a wish

Note: Refers to Droṇa

जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - to the Gaṅgā river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the Gaṅgā river (a sacred river in India)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - on both sides, around, near, to the vicinity of

(indeclinable)

मज्जितुम् (majjitum) - to bathe, to sink, to dive

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Formed from the root √majj with suffix -tum

Root: majj (class 6)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best bull of Bharata; O best of Bharatas (an epithet for Dhritarashtra, addressed by the narrator)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – Bharata (an ancient king, a descendant of Bharata)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent one, pre-eminent
  noun (masculine)

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