महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-181, verse-27

ऊचुश्च सहितास्तत्र साध्विमे ब्राह्मणर्षभाः ।
विज्ञायन्तां क्वजन्मानः क्वनिवासास्तथैव च ॥२७॥

27. ūcuśca sahitāstatra sādhvime brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ ,
vijñāyantāṁ kvajanmānaḥ kvanivāsāstathaiva ca.

27. ūcuḥ ca sahitāḥ tatra sādhu ime brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ
vijñāyantām kvajanmānaḥ kvanivāsāḥ tathā eva ca

27. And there, assembled together, these excellent Brahmins exclaimed: "Let it be ascertained where these (mighty men) were born and where they reside, and similarly, what their lineage is!"

27. ואמרו יחד שם, אלה בְּרַהְמִינים דגולים באמת. יש לברר מי הם, היכן נולדו והיכן הם מתגוררים.

Words meanings summery:

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• च (ca) - and

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - assembled, together, accompanied

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• साधु (sādhu) - good, excellent, well done, properly

• इमे (ime) - these

• ब्राह्मणर्षभाः (brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ) - excellent Brahmins, bull among Brahmins

• विज्ञायन्ताम् (vijñāyantām) - let them be known, let them be ascertained

• क्वजन्मानः (kvajanmānaḥ) - whose birth, where born (plural)

• क्वनिवासाः (kvanivāsāḥ) - whose residence, where living (plural)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect 3rd plural active

reduplicated perfect of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - assembled, together, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - assembled, together, accompanied

past passive participle

root dhā with upasarga sa-

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

साधु (sādhu) - good, excellent, well done, properly

(indeclinable)

Can also be an adjective

Root: sādh (class 5)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

ब्राह्मणर्षभाः (brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ) - excellent Brahmins, bull among Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇarṣabha

brāhmaṇarṣabha - excellent Brahmin, bull among Brahmins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+ṛṣabha)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, excellent, chief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣabh

विज्ञायन्ताम् (vijñāyantām) - let them be known, let them be ascertained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vi-jñā

imperative 3rd plural middle

root jñā with upasarga vi-, passive voice

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्वजन्मानः (kvajanmānaḥ) - whose birth, where born (plural)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kvajanman

kvajanman - whose birth, where born

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kva+janman)

• kva – where, which
  indeclinable
  interrogative adverb
• janman – birth, origin, lineage
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan

क्वनिवासाः (kvanivāsāḥ) - whose residence, where living (plural)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kvanivāsa

kvanivāsa - whose residence, where living

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kva+nivāsa)

• kva – where, which
  indeclinable
  interrogative adverb
• nivāsa – residence, dwelling
  noun (masculine)
  root vas with upasarga ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vas

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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