महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-163, verse-23

तस्यां संजनयामास कुरुं संवरणो नृपः ।
तपत्यां तपतां श्रेष्ठ तापत्यस्त्वं ततोऽर्जुन ॥२३॥

23. tasyāṁ saṁjanayāmāsa kuruṁ saṁvaraṇo nṛpaḥ ,
tapatyāṁ tapatāṁ śreṣṭha tāpatyastvaṁ tato'rjuna.

23. tasyām sañjanayām āsa kurum saṃvaraṇaḥ nṛpaḥ |
tapatyām tapatām śreṣṭha tāpatyaḥ tvam tataḥ arjuna

23. King Saṃvaraṇa begot Kuru in her, Tapatī. Therefore, O Arjuna, best among those who practice austerities (tapas), you are known as Tapatya (a descendant of Tapatī).

23. בה הוליד המלך סַמְוַרַנַה את קוּרוּ. מטַפַּטִי, הו מיטב בעלי העוצמה הלוהטת, ומכאן אתה, הו אַרְג׳וּנַה, טָאפַּטְיַה.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in Tapatī (in her, in that)

• सञ्जनयाम् (sañjanayām) - having begotten, causing to be born

• आस (āsa) - he was

• कुरुम् (kurum) - Kuru (name of a king)

• संवरणः (saṁvaraṇaḥ) - Saṃvaraṇa (name of a king)

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

• तपत्याम् (tapatyām) - in Tapatī

• तपताम् (tapatām) - of those who practice austerities (tapas), among ascetics

• श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - best, most excellent

• तापत्यः (tāpatyaḥ) - descendant of Tapatī, son of Tapatī

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, therefore

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in Tapatī (in her, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Tapatī

सञ्जनयाम् (sañjanayām) - having begotten, causing to be born

(verbal noun)

आस (āsa) - he was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used with sañjanayām as a periphrastic perfect (sañjanayām āsa)

कुरुम् (kurum) - Kuru (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuru

kuru - Kuru (proper name of a king, founder of the Kuru dynasty)

संवरणः (saṁvaraṇaḥ) - Saṃvaraṇa (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvaraṇa

saṁvaraṇa - Saṃvaraṇa (proper name of a king)

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

from nṛ (man) + √pā (to protect)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  from √pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

तपत्याम् (tapatyām) - in Tapatī

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tapatī

tapatī - Tapatī (proper noun, daughter of the Sun god Vivasvat)

तपताम् (tapatām) - of those who practice austerities (tapas), among ascetics

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tapat

tapat - practicing austerities (tapas), ascetic, scorching

Present Active Participle

from √tap (to heat, practice austerities)

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Used with śreṣṭha to form a vocative compound: 'best among those practicing tapas'

श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - best, most excellent

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme

superlative of praśasta or śrī

तापत्यः (tāpatyaḥ) - descendant of Tapatī, son of Tapatī

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāpatya

tāpatya - descendant of Tapatī, son of Tapatī

patronymic from Tapatī

Note: Refers to Arjuna

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, therefore

(indeclinable)

अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (proper name, one of the Pāṇḍavas); white, silver

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