महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-141, verse-7

समागच्छ मया सार्धमेकेनैको नराशन ।
अहमेव नयिष्यामि त्वामद्य यमसादनम् ॥७॥

7. samāgaccha mayā sārdhamekenaiko narāśana ,
ahameva nayiṣyāmi tvāmadya yamasādanam.

7. sam-āgaccha mayā sārdham ekena ekaḥ nara-aśana
| aham eva nayiṣyāmi tvām adya yama-sādanam

7. Come with me, O man-eater, one against one! I myself will lead you today to the abode of (yama).

7. בוא והילחם בי, אחד מול אחד, הו אוכל אדם. אני לבדי אשלח אותך היום אל משכנו של יַמַה.

Words meanings summery:

• सम्-आगच्छ (sam-āgaccha) - come, come together, approach

• मया (mayā) - by me, with me

• सार्धम् (sārdham) - with, together with

• एकेन (ekena) - one (in the sense of 'one against one') (by one (instrumental))

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one (in the sense of 'one against one') (one (nominative))

• नर-अशन (nara-aśana) - O demon (addressed to a Rakshasa) (O man-eater, O cannibal)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, alone

• नयिष्यामि (nayiṣyāmi) - I will lead, I will carry, I will take

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at this time

• यम-सादनम् (yama-sādanam) - abode of Yama, Yama's dwelling (hell or underworld)

Words meanings and morphology

सम्-आगच्छ (sam-āgaccha) - come, come together, approach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sam-ā-gam

imperative active

Imperative active, 2nd person singular, from root 'gam' (class 1, 'gacchati') with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me, with me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सार्धम् (sārdham) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form from 'sa-ardha' (with half, together).

एकेन (ekena) - one (in the sense of 'one against one') (by one (instrumental))

(numeral)

Note: Used in the idiom 'ekena ekaḥ' for 'one on one'.

एकः (ekaḥ) - one (in the sense of 'one against one') (one (nominative))

(numeral)

Note: Used in the idiom 'ekena ekaḥ' for 'one on one'.

नर-अशन (nara-aśana) - O demon (addressed to a Rakshasa) (O man-eater, O cannibal)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narāśana

narāśana - man-eater, cannibal (referring to a Rakshasa)

Compound 'nara' (man) + 'aśana' (eating).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (nara+aśana)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  action noun from root 'aś'
  Action noun from root 'aś' (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Vocative, addressed to a demon.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, alone

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'I alone'.

नयिष्यामि (nayiṣyāmi) - I will lead, I will carry, I will take

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of nī

future active indicative

Future active indicative, 1st person singular, from root 'nī' (class 1, 'nayati').

Root: nī (class 1)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at this time

(indeclinable)

यम-सादनम् (yama-sādanam) - abode of Yama, Yama's dwelling (hell or underworld)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yamasādana

yamasādana - abode of Yama, the realm of the dead

Compound 'yama' (Yama, god of death) + 'sādana' (dwelling, seat, abode).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (yama+sādana)

• yama – Yama (god of death), twin, restraint
  proper noun (masculine)
• sādana – seat, dwelling, abode, destruction
  noun (neuter)
  action noun from root 'sad'
  Action noun from root 'sad' (to sit, settle).
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Destination of the action of leading.

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