महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-7

अथ पर्वतराजानं तमनन्तो महाबलः ।
उज्जहार बलाद्ब्रह्मन्सवनं सवनौकसम् ॥७॥

7. atha parvatarājānaṁ tamananto mahābalaḥ ,
ujjahāra balādbrahmansavanaṁ savanaukasam.

7. atha parvatarājānam tam anantaḥ mahābalaḥ
ujjahāra balāt brahman savanam savanaukasam

7. Then, O Brahman, the mighty Ananta forcibly lifted up that king of mountains (Mandara), along with its forests and its inhabitants.

7. (אַנַנְטַה) הגיבור עקר בכוח את מלך ההרים, הו בְּרַהְמִין, על יערו ועל כל החיות שחיו בו.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• पर्वतराजानम् (parvatarājānam) - the king of mountains (Mandara) (king of mountains)

• तम् (tam) - that (mountain) (him, that)

• अनन्तः (anantaḥ) - Ananta (the serpent deity) (Ananta (the serpent deity), endless)

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty (very powerful, mighty)

• उज्जाहार (ujjāhāra) - lifted up (he lifted up, he raised)

• बलात् (balāt) - by force (by force, with strength)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (vocative, addressing the listener) (O Brahman (vocative))

• सवनम् (savanam) - with its forests (with its forests, full of forests)

• सवनौकसम् (savanaukasam) - with its inhabitants (with its forest-dwellers, inhabited by forest-dwellers)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

पर्वतराजानम् (parvatarājānam) - the king of mountains (Mandara) (king of mountains)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvatarāja

parvatarāja - king of mountains (an epithet for a prominent mountain)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvata+rāja)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that (mountain) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with parvatarājānam

अनन्तः (anantaḥ) - Ananta (the serpent deity) (Ananta (the serpent deity), endless)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ananta

ananta - Ananta (the endless serpent), endless, infinite

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+anta)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty (very powerful, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - very powerful, mighty, strong

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with anantaḥ

उज्जाहार (ujjāhāra) - lifted up (he lifted up, he raised)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of udhṛ

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: From ud-hṛ. Reduplicated form.

बलात् (balāt) - by force (by force, with strength)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'forcibly'

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (vocative, addressing the listener) (O Brahman (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, priest, sacred knowledge

सवनम् (savanam) - with its forests (with its forests, full of forests)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of savana

savana - having forests, woody

Bahuvrīhi compound: sa-vana (with forests)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vana)

• sa – with, together with
  prefix
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with parvatarājānam

सवनौकसम् (savanaukasam) - with its inhabitants (with its forest-dwellers, inhabited by forest-dwellers)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of savanaukas

savanaukas - having forest-dwellers, inhabited by forest-dwellers

Bahuvrīhi compound: sa-vana-okas (with forest-dwellings)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vana+okas)

• sa – with, together with
  prefix
• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, house, home
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with parvatarājānam

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