महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-176, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्ताः प्रयातास्ते पाण्डवा जनमेजय ।
राज्ञा दक्षिणपाञ्चालान्द्रुपदेनाभिरक्षितान् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktāḥ prayātāste pāṇḍavā janamejaya ,
rājñā dakṣiṇapāñcālāndrupadenābhirakṣitān.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | evam uktāḥ prayātāḥ te pāṇḍavāḥ
janamejaya | rājñā dakṣiṇapāñcālān drupdena abhirakṣitān

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "O Janamejaya, thus addressed, those Pāṇḍavas set out for the Southern Pañcāla country, which was protected by King Drupada."

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, הו ג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה, אחרי שנאמר להם כך יצאו הפָּאנְדַוַה לדרך, אל דרום ארץ פַּנְצ׳ָאלַה שהמלך דְרוּפַּדַה שמר עליה.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed, spoken to

• प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - departed, set out

• ते (te) - those (Pāṇḍavas) (those, they)

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

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (name of a king, recipient of the Mahābhārata narration)

• राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

• दक्षिणपाञ्चालान् (dakṣiṇapāñcālān) - the Southern Pañcāla country (the Southern Pañcālas (country/people))

• द्रुप्देन (drupdena) - by King Drupada (by Drupada (name of a king))

• अभिरक्षितान् (abhirakṣitān) - protected, guarded

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of Vyāsa's disciple and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular, root vac, reduplication

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed, spoken to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'pāṇḍavāḥ'

प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - departed, set out

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prayāta

prayāta - departed, gone forth, set out

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root yā + prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'pāṇḍavāḥ'

ते (te) - those (Pāṇḍavas) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

Apatyārthe (son of) derivation from Pāṇḍu

Note: Subject of the verb (implied 'set out')

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (name of a king, recipient of the Mahābhārata narration)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king)

Note: Addressed by Vaiśaṃpāyana

राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Agent of 'abhirakṣitān'

दक्षिणपाञ्चालान् (dakṣiṇapāñcālān) - the Southern Pañcāla country (the Southern Pañcālas (country/people))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dakṣiṇapāñcāla

dakṣiṇapāñcāla - Southern Pañcāla (country/people)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dakṣiṇa+pāñcāla)

• dakṣiṇa – southern, right
  adjective (masculine)
• pāñcāla – Pañcāla (name of a country or its inhabitants)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Object of motion implied by 'prayātāḥ' (went to)

द्रुप्देन (drupdena) - by King Drupada (by Drupada (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of drupada

drupada - Drupada (name of a king)

Note: Agent of 'abhirakṣitān'. This specifies 'rājñā'.

अभिरक्षितान् (abhirakṣitān) - protected, guarded

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhirakṣita

abhirakṣita - protected, guarded, preserved

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root rakṣ + prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dakṣiṇapāñcālān'

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