महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-144, verse-19

इह मां संप्रतीक्षध्वमागमिष्याम्यहं पुनः ।
देशकालौ विदित्वैव वेत्स्यध्वं परमां मुदम् ॥१९॥

19. iha māṁ saṁpratīkṣadhvamāgamiṣyāmyahaṁ punaḥ ,
deśakālau viditvaiva vetsyadhvaṁ paramāṁ mudam.

19. iha mām sampratīkṣadhvam āgamiṣyāmi aham punaḥ
deśakālau viditvā eva vetsyadhvam paramām mudam

19. Wait for me here; I will return again. Only after discerning the right place and time will you experience supreme joy.

19. חכו לי כאן, אני אחזור שוב. כשתבינו את המקום ואת העיתוי, תדעו שמחה עליונה.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• माम् (mām) - me

• सम्प्रतीक्षध्वम् (sampratīkṣadhvam) - you (pl.) wait for

• आगमिष्यामि (āgamiṣyāmi) - I will come, I will return

• अहम् (aham) - the sage Vyāsa (I)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

• देशकालौ (deśakālau) - place and time (dual)

• विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known, having ascertained

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• वेत्स्यध्वम् (vetsyadhvam) - you (pl.) will know, you will experience

• परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, highest, greatest

• मुदम् (mudam) - joy, delight, happiness

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

Adverb

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Accusative singular of 'asmad'

Note: Object of 'sampratīkṣadhvam'.

सम्प्रतीक्षध्वम् (sampratīkṣadhvam) - you (pl.) wait for

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of pratikṣ

Imperative, second person plural, middle voice

From prefix 'sam' + 'prati' + root 'īkṣ' (to see/look)

Prefixes: sam+prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Addressed to the Pāṇḍavas.

आगमिष्यामि (āgamiṣyāmi) - I will come, I will return

(verb)

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

Future tense, first person singular

From prefix 'ā' + root 'gam' (class 1)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - the sage Vyāsa (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Nominative singular of 'asmad'

Note: Subject of 'āgamiṣyāmi'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

(indeclinable)

Adverb

देशकालौ (deśakālau) - place and time (dual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of deśakāla

deśakāla - place and time

Dvandva compound of 'deśa' and 'kāla'.

Compound type : dvandva (deśa+kāla)

• deśa – place, country, region
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'viditvā'.

विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known, having ascertained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'vid' (to know, class 2) + 'ktvā' suffix

Root: vid (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Particle emphasizing the preceding word.

वेत्स्यध्वम् (vetsyadhvam) - you (pl.) will know, you will experience

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of vid

Future tense, second person plural, middle voice

From root 'vid' (class 2)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate

Superlative form.

Note: Agrees with 'mudam'.

मुदम् (mudam) - joy, delight, happiness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mud

mud - joy, delight, happiness, pleasure

From root 'mud' (to rejoice).

Root: mud (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vetsyadhvam'.

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