महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-171, verse-5

अश्रौषमहमूरुस्थो गर्भशय्यागतस्तदा ।
आरावं मातृवर्गस्य भृगूणां क्षत्रियैर्वधे ॥५॥

5. aśrauṣamahamūrustho garbhaśayyāgatastadā ,
ārāvaṁ mātṛvargasya bhṛgūṇāṁ kṣatriyairvadhe.

5. aśrauṣam aham ūrusthaḥ garbhaśayyāgataḥ tadā
ārāvam mātṛvargasya bhṛgūṇām kṣatriyaiḥ vadhe

5. Indeed, while I was still in the womb (garbhaśayyāgata), situated on my mother's lap (ūrustha), I then heard the cries of my maternal relatives (mātṛvarga) due to the slaughter (vadha) of the Bhṛgus by the Kṣatriyas.

5. שמעתי אז, בעודי בירך, שוכב ברחם, את זעקת קבוצת האמהות כשהלוחמים הרגו את בני בְּהְרְגוּ.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ऊरुस्थः (ūrusthaḥ) - situated on the lap (of the mother) (situated on the thigh/lap)

• गर्भशय्यागतः (garbhaśayyāgataḥ) - lying in the bed of the embryo / womb (gone into the womb-bed, lying in the womb)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• आरावम् (ārāvam) - the cries (cry, shout, noise, roar)

• मातृवर्गस्य (mātṛvargasya) - of my maternal relatives (of the maternal family, of the group of mothers)

• भृगूणाम् (bhṛgūṇām) - of the Bhṛgus (of the Bhṛgus (a lineage of sages))

• क्षत्रियैः (kṣatriyaiḥ) - by the Kṣatriyas (by Kṣatriyas, by warriors)

• वधे (vadhe) - during the slaughter (vadha) (in the killing, in the slaughter, at the time of destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of śru

aorist tense, 1st person singular

from root √śru (5th class), a-augment, sigmatic aorist

Root: śru (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

ऊरुस्थः (ūrusthaḥ) - situated on the lap (of the mother) (situated on the thigh/lap)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrustha

ūrustha - situated on the thigh/lap

compound of ūru + stha (from √sthā 'to stand')

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (ūru+stha)

• ūru – thigh, lap
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  from √sthā (1st class) + a suffix
  Root: sthā (class 1)

गर्भशय्यागतः (garbhaśayyāgataḥ) - lying in the bed of the embryo / womb (gone into the womb-bed, lying in the womb)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garbhaśayyāgata

garbhaśayyāgata - gone into the womb-bed, being in the womb, embryonic

compound of garbhaśayyā + gata (from √gam 'to go')

Compound type : tatpurusha (garbhaśayyā+gata)

• garbhaśayyā – womb-bed, bed of the embryo
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √gam (1st class) + kta suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

formed from tad + dā suffix

आरावम् (ārāvam) - the cries (cry, shout, noise, roar)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ārāva

ārāva - cry, shout, noise, roar, wail

from ā-√ru (2nd class) + ghañ suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: ru (class 2)

मातृवर्गस्य (mātṛvargasya) - of my maternal relatives (of the maternal family, of the group of mothers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mātṛvarga

mātṛvarga - group of mothers, maternal family/relatives

Compound type : tatpurusha (mātṛ+varga)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• varga – group, class, collection
  noun (masculine)
  from √vṛj (6th class) + ghañ suffix
  Root: vṛj (class 6)

भृगूणाम् (bhṛgūṇām) - of the Bhṛgus (of the Bhṛgus (a lineage of sages))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhṛgu (name of a primordial sage and his lineage)

क्षत्रियैः (kṣatriyaiḥ) - by the Kṣatriyas (by Kṣatriyas, by warriors)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - member of the warrior or ruling class

वधे (vadhe) - during the slaughter (vadha) (in the killing, in the slaughter, at the time of destruction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, destruction, striking

from √vadh (1st class) + a suffix

Root: vadh (class 1)

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