महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-145, verse-26

यतितं वै मया पूर्वं यथा त्वं वेत्थ ब्राह्मणि ।
यतः क्षेमं ततो गन्तुं त्वया तु मम न श्रुतम् ॥२६॥

26. yatitaṁ vai mayā pūrvaṁ yathā tvaṁ vettha brāhmaṇi ,
yataḥ kṣemaṁ tato gantuṁ tvayā tu mama na śrutam.

26. yatitam vai mayā pūrvam yathā tvam vettha brāhmaṇi
| yataḥ kṣemam tataḥ gantum tvayā tu mama na śrutam

26. Indeed, I exerted myself previously, O Brāhmaṇi, just as you know. I wanted to go to a place of safety, but you did not listen to me.

26. הרי ניסיתי בעבר, כפי שאת עצמך יודעת, הו אשת בְּרַהְמִין, ללכת למקום שבו יש ביטחון, אך את לא שמעת בקולי.

Words meanings summery:

• यतितम् (yatitam) - striven, exerted, attempted

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• मया (mayā) - by me

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वेत्थ (vettha) - you know

• ब्राह्मणि (brāhmaṇi) - O Brāhmaṇi

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, because

• क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - welfare, safety, prosperity

• ततः (tataḥ) - there, thence, then

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• मम (mama) - my, of me, from me

• न (na) - not

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, listened

Words meanings and morphology

यतितम् (yatitam) - striven, exerted, attempted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yatita

yatita - striven, attempted, exerted

Past Passive Participle

Root: yat (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, previous, eastern

Note: Used adverbially.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वेत्थ (vettha) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vid

Perfect tense, 2nd person singular, derived from archaic stem 'vit'

Root: vid (class 2)

ब्राह्मणि (brāhmaṇi) - O Brāhmaṇi

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a woman of the Brāhmaṇa caste, a Brāhmaṇi

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, because

(indeclinable)

क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - welfare, safety, prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣema

kṣema - welfare, safety, prosperity, happiness

ततः (tataḥ) - there, thence, then

(indeclinable)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with suffix -tum

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as an indeclinable verbal derivative.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me, from me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Used here idiomatically to mean 'by me' or 'from my words', especially with 'śrutam'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, listened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, perceived, revealed

Past Passive Participle

Root: śru (class 5)

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