महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-134, verse-18

भीम उवाच ।
यदिदं गृहमाग्नेयं विहितं मन्यते भवान् ।
तत्रैव साधु गच्छामो यत्र पूर्वोषिता वयम् ॥१८॥

18. bhīma uvāca ,
yadidaṁ gṛhamāgneyaṁ vihitaṁ manyate bhavān ,
tatraiva sādhu gacchāmo yatra pūrvoṣitā vayam.

18. bhīmaḥ uvāca yat idam gṛham āgneyaṃ vihitam manyate
bhavān tatra eva sādhu gacchāmaḥ yatra pūrva uṣitā vayam

18. Bhīma said: "If you believe this house is designed to be set ablaze, then let us indeed go back to where we previously resided."

Words meanings summery:

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - if; which

• इदम् (idam) - this

• गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home

• आग्नेयं (āgneyaṁ) - designed to be set on fire (made of lac) (fiery, made of fire, pertaining to fire, made of lac)

• विहितम् (vihitam) - designed (to be set on fire) (arranged, made, prepared, designed)

• मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks, he believes, he considers

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, thither

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, indeed, good

• गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - we go, let us go

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• पूर्व (pūrva) - former, previous

• उषिता (uṣitā) - dwelt, resided

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable; a name of Arjuna; a name of Bhīma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect (intensive)

Perfect 3rd singular active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - if; which

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

आग्नेयं (āgneyaṁ) - designed to be set on fire (made of lac) (fiery, made of fire, pertaining to fire, made of lac)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgneya

āgneya - fiery, belonging to Agni, made of fire, made of lac

Derived from agni (fire)

विहितम् (vihitam) - designed (to be set on fire) (arranged, made, prepared, designed)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vihita

vihita - arranged, made, done, performed, prescribed, designed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √dhā with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks, he believes, he considers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Present

Present 3rd singular middle of √man

Root: man (class 4)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), your honor

तत्र (tatra) - there, thither

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, indeed, good

(indeclinable)

गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - we go, let us go

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of gam

Present

Present 1st plural active of √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

पूर्व (pūrva) - former, previous

(adjective)

of pūrva

pūrva - former, previous, earlier

Note: part of compound pūrvoṣitā

उषिता (uṣitā) - dwelt, resided

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uṣita

uṣita - dwelt, resided, lived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √vas (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Here refers to 'we', hence plural.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

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