महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-161, verse-20

अहं हि तपती नाम सावित्र्यवरजा सुता ।
अस्य लोकप्रदीपस्य सवितुः क्षत्रियर्षभ ॥२०॥

20. ahaṁ hi tapatī nāma sāvitryavarajā sutā ,
asya lokapradīpasya savituḥ kṣatriyarṣabha.

20. aham hi tapatī nāma sāvitrī-avarajā sutā
asya lokapradīpasya savituḥ kṣatriya-ṛṣabha

20. O best of kṣatriyas, I am indeed named Tapati, the younger sister of Savitri, and the daughter of this lamp of the world, Savitṛ (the Sun God).

20. כי אני טַפַּטִי בשמי, הבת הצעירה של סָאוִיטְרִי, בתו של סַוִיטְרְ (השמש), מאיר העולם הזה, הו המובחר בלוחמים.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• तपती (tapatī) - Tapati (proper name)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, named

• सावित्री-अवरजा (sāvitrī-avarajā) - younger sister of Savitrī

• सुता (sutā) - daughter

• अस्य (asya) - of this, his

• लोकप्रदीपस्य (lokapradīpasya) - of the lamp of the world

• सवितुः (savituḥ) - of Savitṛ (the Sun God)

• क्षत्रिय-ऋषभ (kṣatriya-ṛṣabha) - O best of kṣatriyas

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aham

aham - I, me

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

तपती (tapatī) - Tapati (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapatī

tapatī - Tapati (proper name, 'the burning one')

Feminine derivative of 'tapat' (burning)

Root: tap (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - by name, named

(indeclinable)

सावित्री-अवरजा (sāvitrī-avarajā) - younger sister of Savitrī

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī-avarajā

sāvitrī-avarajā - younger sister of Savitrī

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sāvitrī+avarajā)

• sāvitrī – Savitrī (proper name, daughter of Savitṛ, associated with Gāyatrī)
  proper noun (feminine)
• avarajā – younger sister, younger born
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'avara' (later, inferior) + 'ja' (born)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: jan (class 4)

सुता (sutā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

Root: sū (class 2)

अस्य (asya) - of this, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

लोकप्रदीपस्य (lokapradīpasya) - of the lamp of the world

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lokapradīpa

lokapradīpa - lamp of the world

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (loka+pradīpa)

• loka – world, people
  noun (masculine)
• pradīpa – lamp, light, illuminator
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dīp (to shine) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dīp (class 4)

सवितुः (savituḥ) - of Savitṛ (the Sun God)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of savitṛ

savitṛ - Savitṛ (the Sun God), progenitor, impeller

Agent noun from root sū (to impel, generate)

Root: sū (class 2)

क्षत्रिय-ऋषभ (kṣatriya-ṛṣabha) - O best of kṣatriyas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya-ṛṣabha

kṣatriya-ṛṣabha - best of kṣatriyas

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatriya+ṛṣabha)

• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the kṣatriya class
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent among
  noun (masculine)

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