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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-13, verse-19

जरत्कारुरुवाच ।
मम पूर्वे भवन्तो वै पितरः सपितामहाः ।
ब्रूत किं करवाण्यद्य जरत्कारुरहं स्वयम् ॥१९॥
19. jaratkāruruvāca ,
mama pūrve bhavanto vai pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ ,
brūta kiṁ karavāṇyadya jaratkārurahaṁ svayam.
19. jaratkāruḥ uvāca mama pūrve bhavantaḥ vai pitaraḥ
sa-pitāmahāḥ brūta kim karavāṇi adya jaratkāruḥ aham svayam
19. Jaratkāru said: You are my ancestors, my fathers and grandfathers indeed! Tell me, what shall I do today? I myself am Jaratkāru.

Words meanings summery:

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  • जरत्कारुः (jaratkāruḥ) - Jaratkāru (Jaratkāru (a proper name))
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)
  • मम (mama) - my (my, of me)
  • पूर्वे (pūrve) - ancestors (former, ancient, eastern; ancestors (as substantive))
  • भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (my ancestors) (you (honorific plural), existent ones)
  • वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, surely)
  • पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers (ancestors) (fathers, ancestors)
  • स-पितामहाः (sa-pitāmahāḥ) - including grandfathers (with grandfathers, including grandfathers)
  • ब्रूत (brūta) - tell (me) (tell, speak)
  • किम् (kim) - what (what, which, why)
  • करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do (shall I do, may I do)
  • अद्य (adya) - now (today, now)
  • जरत्कारुः (jaratkāruḥ) - Jaratkāru (Jaratkāru (a proper name))
  • अहम् (aham) - I
  • स्वयम् (svayam) - myself (myself, personally, spontaneously)

Words meanings and morphology

जरत्कारुः (jaratkāruḥ) - Jaratkāru (Jaratkāru (a proper name))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jaratkāru
jaratkāru - Jaratkāru (name of a sage)
Note: Subject of uvāca.
उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
मम (mama) - my (my, of me)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me, we, us
पूर्वे (pūrve) - ancestors (former, ancient, eastern; ancestors (as substantive))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pūrva
pūrva - former, ancient, prior, eastern, ancestor
भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (my ancestors) (you (honorific plural), existent ones)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat
bhavat - you (honorific), Sir, existent
present active participle
from root bhū (to be, become)
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Honorific 2nd person plural pronoun.
वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, surely)
(indeclinable)
पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers (ancestors) (fathers, ancestors)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
स-पितामहाः (sa-pitāmahāḥ) - including grandfathers (with grandfathers, including grandfathers)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sa-pitāmaha
sa-pitāmaha - with grandfathers, including grandfathers
Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+pitāmaha)
  • sa – with, together with
    prefix
  • pitāmaha – grandfather
    noun (masculine)
Note: Agrees with pitaraḥ.
ब्रूत (brūta) - tell (me) (tell, speak)
(verb)
2nd person , plural, active, imperative (lot) of brū
Root: brū (class 2)
किम् (kim) - what (what, which, why)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - what, which, why
Note: Object of karavāṇi.
करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do (shall I do, may I do)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अद्य (adya) - now (today, now)
(indeclinable)
जरत्कारुः (jaratkāruḥ) - Jaratkāru (Jaratkāru (a proper name))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jaratkāru
jaratkāru - Jaratkāru (name of a sage)
Note: Predicate nominative with aham.
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me, we, us
Note: Subject of an implied 'asmi'.
स्वयम् (svayam) - myself (myself, personally, spontaneously)
(indeclinable)