महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-155, verse-15

ज्येष्ठो भ्राता ममागृह्णाद्विचरन्वननिर्झरे ।
अपरिज्ञातशौचायां भूमौ निपतितं फलम् ॥१५॥

15. jyeṣṭho bhrātā mamāgṛhṇādvicaranvananirjhare ,
aparijñātaśaucāyāṁ bhūmau nipatitaṁ phalam.

15. jyeṣṭhaḥ bhrātā mama agṛhṇāt vicaran vananirjhare
aparijñātaśaucāyām bhūmau nipatitam phalam

15. My elder brother, while wandering near a forest waterfall, picked up a fruit that had fallen on the ground, whose purity (śauca) was uncertain.

15. (סיפרתי ש)אחי הבכור, בשוטטו ליד נחל ביער, הרים פרי שנפל על קרקע שטהרתה אינה ידועה.

Words meanings summery:

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder, eldest, greatest

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - he took, he seized, he picked up

• विचरन् (vicaran) - wandering, roaming

• वननिर्झरे (vananirjhare) - in a forest stream/waterfall

• अपरिज्ञातशौचायाम् (aparijñātaśaucāyām) - on which the purity was not known/ascertained

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• निपतितम् (nipatitam) - fallen

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit

Words meanings and morphology

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder, eldest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, chief, best, greatest

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - he took, he seized, he picked up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

विचरन् (vicaran) - wandering, roaming

(verbal derivative)

वननिर्झरे (vananirjhare) - in a forest stream/waterfall

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vananirjhara

vananirjhara - forest stream, forest waterfall

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+nirjhara)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• nirjhara – waterfall, cascade, stream
  noun (masculine)

अपरिज्ञातशौचायाम् (aparijñātaśaucāyām) - on which the purity was not known/ascertained

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of aparijñātaśauca

aparijñātaśauca - of unknown purity/cleanliness, whose purity is not ascertained

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+parijñāta+śauca)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• parijñāta – known, understood, ascertained
  verbal derivative
  past passive participle
  From root 'jñā' (9th class) with prefix 'pari-'
  Prefix: pari
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• śauca – purity, cleanliness, ritual purity
  noun (neuter)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

निपतितम् (nipatitam) - fallen

(verbal derivative)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit

(noun)

neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

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