महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-175, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततस्ते नरशार्दूला भ्रातरः पञ्च पाण्डवाः ।
प्रययुर्द्रौपदीं द्रष्टुं तं च देवमहोत्सवम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tataste naraśārdūlā bhrātaraḥ pañca pāṇḍavāḥ ,
prayayurdraupadīṁ draṣṭuṁ taṁ ca devamahotsavam.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tataḥ te naraśārdūlāḥ bhrātaraḥ pañca
pāṇḍavāḥ prayayuḥ draupadīṃ draṣṭuṃ taṃ ca devamahotsavam

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "Then, those five Pāṇḍava brothers, who were like tigers among men (naraśārdūlāḥ), set forth to see Draupadī and that great divine festival."

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, אז יצאו חמשת האחים בני פָּאנְדוּ, אנשים דגולים, לראות את דְרַאוּפַּדִי ואת חגיגת האלים הגדולה ההיא.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• ते (te) - those, they

• नरशार्दूलाः (naraśārdūlāḥ) - tigers among men, foremost of men, valiant men

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

• प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - they went forth

• द्रौपदीं (draupadīṁ) - Draupadī

• द्रष्टुं (draṣṭuṁ) - to see, to look at

• तं (taṁ) - that

• च (ca) - and

• देवमहोत्सवम् (devamahotsavam) - great festival of the gods, divine great festival

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

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

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नरशार्दूलाः (naraśārdūlāḥ) - tigers among men, foremost of men, valiant men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naraśārdūla

naraśārdūla - a tiger among men, an eminent man, a hero

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+śārdūla)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger, best of its kind
  noun (masculine)

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu, descendant of Pāṇḍu

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu

प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - they went forth

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of gam

Prefix: pra

Root: gam (class 1)

द्रौपदीं (draupadīṁ) - Draupadī

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - daughter of Drupada, wife of the Pāṇḍavas

Patronymic from Drupada

द्रष्टुं (draṣṭuṁ) - to see, to look at

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with suffix -tum

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तं (taṁ) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

देवमहोत्सवम् (devamahotsavam) - great festival of the gods, divine great festival

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devamahotsava

devamahotsava - a great festival in honor of a deity, a great divine festival

Compound type : karmadhāraya (deva+mahotsava)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• mahotsava – a great festival, a great celebration
  noun (masculine)

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