महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-163, verse-1

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यैषा ते तपती नाम सावित्र्यवरजा सुता ।
तां त्वां संवरणस्यार्थे वरयामि विभावसो ॥१॥

1. vasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yaiṣā te tapatī nāma sāvitryavarajā sutā ,
tāṁ tvāṁ saṁvaraṇasyārthe varayāmi vibhāvaso.

1. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yā eṣā te tapatī nāma sāvitrī avarajā
sutā tām tvām saṃvaraṇasya arthe varayāmi vibhāvaso

1. Vasiṣṭha said: "O Vivāvasu, I ask for your daughter, Tapati by name, who is Sāvitrī's younger sister, for Saṃvaraṇa."

1. וַסִישְׁתְהַא אמר, הו בעל הזוהר, את בתך הנקראת טַפַּטִי, אחותה הצעירה של סָאוִיטְרִי, אותה אני מבקש ממך עבור סַמְוַרַנַה.

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• या (yā) - who, which (feminine)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• ते (te) - your

• तपती (tapatī) - Tapati (proper name)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed

• सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī (daughter of Savitṛ)

• अवरजा (avarajā) - younger sister, born later

• सुता (sutā) - daughter

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• संवरणस्य (saṁvaraṇasya) - of Saṃvaraṇa

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of

• वरयामि (varayāmi) - I ask for, I choose, I seek (a bride)

• विभावसो (vibhāvaso) - O lord of light, O sun

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

या (yā) - who, which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

तपती (tapatī) - Tapati (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapatī

tapatī - Tapati (a proper name, daughter of the sun god)

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed

(indeclinable)

सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī (daughter of Savitṛ)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Savitri (related to the sun god Savitṛ), a proper name

अवरजा (avarajā) - younger sister, born later

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avarajā

avaraja - younger, born later, younger sister

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ava+raja)

• ava – down, off, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• raja – born, produced
  adjective
  derived from root raj (to be born)
  Root: raj (class 1)

सुता (sutā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

संवरणस्य (saṁvaraṇasya) - of Saṃvaraṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃvaraṇa

saṁvaraṇa - Saṃvaraṇa (name of a king)

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, wealth

वरयामि (varayāmi) - I ask for, I choose, I seek (a bride)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of varay

From root vṛ (to choose), 10th class or causative

Root: vṛ (class 10)

विभावसो (vibhāvaso) - O lord of light, O sun

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhāvasu

vibhāvasu - lord of light, the sun, fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vibhā+vasu)

• vibhā – light, splendor
  noun (feminine)
• vasu – wealth, treasure, good
  noun (neuter)

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