महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-153, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
ते तथा पुरुषव्याघ्रा निहत्य बकराक्षसम् ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं ततो ब्रह्मन्किमकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
te tathā puruṣavyāghrā nihatya bakarākṣasam ,
ata ūrdhvaṁ tato brahmankimakurvata pāṇḍavāḥ.

1. janamejaya uvāca te tathā puruṣavyāghrāḥ nihatya bakarākṣasam
ataḥ ūrdhvam tataḥ brahman kim akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ

1. Janamejaya said, "O Brāhmaṇa, what did those tiger-like men, the Pāṇḍavas, do thereafter, having thus killed the demon Bakā?"

1. ג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה אמר, הו בְּרַהְמִין, אחרי שהרגו כך נמרי האדם האלה את השד בַּקַה, מה עשו בני פָּאנְדוּ מאותו זמן ואילך?

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• ते (te) - those Pāṇḍavas (they)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• पुरुषव्याघ्राः (puruṣavyāghrāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, who were the best of men (tiger-like men, best among men)

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having struck down

• बकराक्षसम् (bakarākṣasam) - the demon Bakā

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hence, then, therefore

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, thereafter, further

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vaiśaṃpāyana (O Brāhmaṇa)

• किम् (kim) - what

• अकुर्वत (akurvata) - did they do, performed they

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a king of the Kuru dynasty, son of Parikṣit)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - those Pāṇḍavas (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

पुरुषव्याघ्राः (puruṣavyāghrāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, who were the best of men (tiger-like men, best among men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, excellent man, best of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger; excellent, prominent (as the latter part of a compound)
  noun (masculine)

निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having struck down

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

formed from √han with prefix ni, ending in -tya

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

बकराक्षसम् (bakarākṣasam) - the demon Bakā

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bakarākṣasa

bakarākṣasa - Bakā (a demon, specific character in the Mahābhārata)

अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hence, then, therefore

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to idam

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, thereafter, further

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to tad

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vaiśaṃpāyana (O Brāhmaṇa)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brāhmaṇa (a member of the priestly class), the Absolute (brahman), prayer

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

अकुर्वत (akurvata) - did they do, performed they

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

imperfect tense

3rd person plural imperfect middle of √kṛ (class 8)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

derivative from Pāṇḍu

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