महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-167, verse-3

अथ चिन्तां समापेदे पुनः पौरवनन्दन ।
अम्भस्यस्या निमज्जेयमिति दुःखसमन्वितः ॥३॥

3. atha cintāṁ samāpede punaḥ pauravanandana ,
ambhasyasyā nimajjeyamiti duḥkhasamanvitaḥ.

3. atha cintām samāpede punaḥ pauravanandana
ambhasi asyāḥ nimajjeyam iti duḥkhasamanvitaḥ

3. Then, O delight of the Pūrus, filled with sorrow, he again became anxious, thinking, 'I should drown myself in the waters of this river.'

3. הו שמחתם של צאצאי פּוּרוּ, אז חשב שוב, מלא יגון, שאטבע במימי הנהר הזה.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereafter, now

• चिन्ताम् (cintām) - worry, anxiety, thought

• समापेदे (samāpede) - attained, reached, felt, fell into

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, moreover

• पौरवनन्दन (pauravanandana) - O Janamejaya, descendent of Pūru (O delight of the Pūrus, O son of Pūru)

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water, in the waters

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this river (of this, of her)

• निमज्जेयम् (nimajjeyam) - I might drown myself, I should immerse myself

• इति (iti) - introducing a thought or quote (thus, so)

• दुःखसमन्वितः (duḥkhasamanvitaḥ) - accompanied by sorrow, filled with sorrow

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereafter, now

(indeclinable)

चिन्ताम् (cintām) - worry, anxiety, thought

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - worry, anxiety, thought, consideration

Root: cit (class 1)

समापेदे (samāpede) - attained, reached, felt, fell into

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of samāpad

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: pad (class 4)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, moreover

(indeclinable)

पौरवनन्दन (pauravanandana) - O Janamejaya, descendent of Pūru (O delight of the Pūrus, O son of Pūru)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pauravanandana

pauravanandana - delight of the Pūrus, son of Pūru

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paurava+nandana)

• paurava – descendant of Pūru, relating to Pūru
  noun (masculine)
• nandana – delighting, gladdening, son, child
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water, in the waters

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this river (of this, of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

निमज्जेयम् (nimajjeyam) - I might drown myself, I should immerse myself

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of nimajj

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

इति (iti) - introducing a thought or quote (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

दुःखसमन्वितः (duḥkhasamanvitaḥ) - accompanied by sorrow, filled with sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duḥkhasamanvita

duḥkhasamanvita - accompanied by sorrow, filled with sorrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+samanvita)

• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – accompanied, endowed with, filled with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root i with prefixes sam and anu
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

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