महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-134, verse-6

ते प्रविश्य पुरं वीरास्तूर्णं जग्मुरथो गृहान् ।
ब्राह्मणानां महीपाल रतानां स्वेषु कर्मसु ॥६॥

6. te praviśya puraṁ vīrāstūrṇaṁ jagmuratho gṛhān ,
brāhmaṇānāṁ mahīpāla ratānāṁ sveṣu karmasu.

6. te praviśya puram vīrāḥ tūrṇam jagmuḥ atha u
gṛhān brāhmaṇānām mahīpāla ratānām sveṣu karmasu

6. O King (mahīpāla), those heroes, having quickly entered the city, then went to the houses of the Brahmins who were engaged in their own duties (karma).

6. הו מלך, הגיבורים נכנסו אל העיר והלכו מיד אל בתי הבְּרַהְמִינים העסוקים במלאכותיהם,

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered, having penetrated

• पुरम् (puram) - city, town, fortress

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, brave men, warriors

• तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they have gone

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

• उ (u) - indeed, and, but (a particle, often untranslated)

• गृहान् (gṛhān) - to the houses, to the homes

• ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the Brahmins

• महीपाल (mahīpāla) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king!, O protector of the earth!)

• रतानाम् (ratānām) - engaged in their duties (karma) (engaged in, devoted to, absorbed in)

• स्वेषु (sveṣu) - in their own, in one's own

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in duties, in actions, in rituals (karma)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered, having penetrated

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive from root viś with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

पुरम् (puram) - city, town, fortress

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, stronghold, palace

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, brave men, warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

past passive participle

past passive participle of root tvar (to hasten), used adverbially

Root: tvar (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they have gone

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

उ (u) - indeed, and, but (a particle, often untranslated)

(indeclinable)

गृहान् (gṛhān) - to the houses, to the homes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the Brahmins

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class

महीपाल (mahīpāla) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king!, O protector of the earth!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpāla

mahīpāla - king, protector of the earth

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+pāla)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

रतानाम् (ratānām) - engaged in their duties (karma) (engaged in, devoted to, absorbed in)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rata

rata - pleased, delighted, engaged in, devoted to

past passive participle

past passive participle of root ram (to delight, be pleased)

Root: ram (class 1)

स्वेषु (sveṣu) - in their own, in one's own

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

Note: Agrees with 'karmasu'

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in duties, in actions, in rituals (karma)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, duty (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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