महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-156, verse-8

एकत्र चिरवासो हि क्षमो न च मतो मम ।
ते तत्र साधु गच्छामो यदि त्वं पुत्र मन्यसे ॥८॥

8. ekatra ciravāso hi kṣamo na ca mato mama ,
te tatra sādhu gacchāmo yadi tvaṁ putra manyase.

8. ekatra cirāvāsaḥ hi kṣamaḥ na ca mataḥ mama te
tatra sādhu gacchāmaḥ yadi tvam putra manyase

8. O son, indeed, a long stay in one place is not suitable and not considered proper by me. Therefore, if you agree, let us go there.

8. שהייה ארוכה במקום אחד אינה נראית לי ראויה. לכן, אם גם לדעתך, בני, כדאי שנלך לשם.

Words meanings summery:

• एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together

• चिरावासः (cirāvāsaḥ) - a long stay, prolonged residence

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• क्षमः (kṣamaḥ) - suitable, proper, beneficial, able

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and

• मतः (mataḥ) - considered, thought, approved

• मम (mama) - my, mine, to me

• ते (te) - therefore, so

• तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

• साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, indeed, good

• गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - let us go, we go

• यदि (yadi) - if

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you agree

Words meanings and morphology

एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together

(indeclinable)

चिरावासः (cirāvāsaḥ) - a long stay, prolonged residence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cirāvāsa

cirāvāsa - long stay, prolonged residence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+āvāsa)

• cira – long (time), ancient
  adjective (masculine)
• āvāsa – dwelling, habitation, residence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vas (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

क्षमः (kṣamaḥ) - suitable, proper, beneficial, able

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣama

kṣama - able, competent, capable of; suitable, proper, beneficial; patient, forbearing

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मतः (mataḥ) - considered, thought, approved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mata

mata - thought, opinion, idea; considered, approved, desired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root man (to think) with the suffix -ta.

Root: man (class 4)

मम (mama) - my, mine, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

ते (te) - therefore, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

(indeclinable)

साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, indeed, good

(indeclinable)

गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - let us go, we go

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of gam

root verb, present tense, active voice, 1st person plural (can be indicative or imperative/subjunctive)

Root: gam (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you agree

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

root verb, present tense, middle voice, 2nd person singular

Root: man (class 4)

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