महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-164, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
स गन्धर्ववचः श्रुत्वा तत्तदा भरतर्षभ ।
अर्जुनः परया प्रीत्या पूर्णचन्द्र इवाबभौ ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
sa gandharvavacaḥ śrutvā tattadā bharatarṣabha ,
arjunaḥ parayā prītyā pūrṇacandra ivābabhau.

1. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca | saḥ gandharvavacaḥ śrutvā tat tadā
bharatarṣabha | arjunaḥ parayā prītyā pūrṇacandraḥ iva ababhau

1. Vaiśampāyana said: O best among the Bharatas, having heard the words of the Gandharva, Arjuna then shone with supreme delight like the full moon.

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, אחרי ששמע אז את דברי הגַנְדְהַרְוַה, הו מיטב בני בְּהַרַטַה, זהר אַרְג׳וּנַה משמחה רבה כמו ירח במילואו.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सः (saḥ) - Arjuna (he, that)

• गन्धर्ववचः (gandharvavacaḥ) - words of the Gandharva

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तत् (tat) - then, at that time

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing King Janamejaya (O best among Bharatas, O bull of Bharatas)

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• परया (parayā) - by supreme, by excellent

• प्रीत्या (prītyā) - by delight, with joy, by love

• पूर्णचन्द्रः (pūrṇacandraḥ) - the full moon

• इव (iva) - like, as

• अबभौ (ababhau) - shone, appeared

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - Arjuna (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गन्धर्ववचः (gandharvavacaḥ) - words of the Gandharva

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gandharvavacas

gandharvavacas - words of a Gandharva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gandharva+vacas)

• gandharva – a celestial musician, Gandharva
  noun (masculine)
• vacas – word, speech, saying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root √śru with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

तत् (tat) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' with suffix 'dā'

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing King Janamejaya (O best among Bharatas, O bull of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of the Bharatas, bull of the Bharatas (an epithet)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata lineage
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince), white, silver, clear

परया (parayā) - by supreme, by excellent

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of parā

parā - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate

प्रीत्या (prītyā) - by delight, with joy, by love

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - delight, joy, pleasure, love, satisfaction

Root: prī (class 4)

पूर्णचन्द्रः (pūrṇacandraḥ) - the full moon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrṇacandra

pūrṇacandra - full moon

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pūrṇa+candra)

• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √pṛ 'to fill'
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

अबभौ (ababhau) - shone, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √bhā

Root: bhā (class 1)

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