महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-185, verse-14

ततः स राजा द्रुपदः प्रहृष्टः पुरोहितं प्रेषयां तत्र चक्रे ।
विद्याम युष्मानिति भाषमाणो महात्मनः पाण्डुसुताः स्थ कच्चित् ॥१४॥

14. tataḥ sa rājā drupadaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ; purohitaṁ preṣayāṁ tatra cakre ,
vidyāma yuṣmāniti bhāṣamāṇo; mahātmanaḥ pāṇḍusutāḥ stha kaccit.

14. tataḥ sa rājā drupadaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ
purohitam preṣayām tatra cakre
| vidyāma yuṣmān iti bhāṣamāṇaḥ
mahātmanaḥ pāṇḍusutāḥ stha kaccit

14. Then King Drupada, greatly delighted, sent his priest there. Speaking to them, he said: 'May we come to know you. Are you perhaps the noble (mahātman) sons of Pāṇḍu?'

14. אז המלך דְרוּפַּדַה, שמח מאוד, שלח לשם את כהן החצר, ואמר שהוא רוצה לדעת מי הם ואם הם אכן בני פָּאנְדוּ הנעלה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• स (sa) - that, he

• राजा (rājā) - king

• द्रुपदः (drupadaḥ) - Drupada (name of a king)

• प्रहृष्टः (prahṛṣṭaḥ) - greatly delighted, overjoyed

• पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - priest, family priest, royal chaplain

• प्रेषयाम् (preṣayām) - having sent (part of a periphrastic perfect)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• चक्रे (cakre) - he did, he made (as an auxiliary for periphrastic perfect)

• विद्याम (vidyāma) - may we know, let us know

• युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - you (plural)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• भाषमाणः (bhāṣamāṇaḥ) - speaking, saying

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - noble, great-souled

• पाण्डुसुताः (pāṇḍusutāḥ) - sons of Pāṇḍu

• स्थ (stha) - you are

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps, I hope that (interrogative particle)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

द्रुपदः (drupadaḥ) - Drupada (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drupada

drupada - Drupada (name of the king of Pañcāla)

प्रहृष्टः (prahṛṣṭaḥ) - greatly delighted, overjoyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahṛṣṭa

prahṛṣṭa - greatly delighted, overjoyed, happy

past passive participle

from root pra-hṛṣ (to rejoice, to be glad)

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - priest, family priest, royal chaplain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purohita

purohita - appointed, placed in front; a family priest, royal chaplain

Prefix: puras

Root: dhā (class 3)

प्रेषयाम् (preṣayām) - having sent (part of a periphrastic perfect)

(indeclinable)

causative stem

causative stem from pra-iṣ (to send)

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

चक्रे (cakre) - he did, he made (as an auxiliary for periphrastic perfect)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as an auxiliary verb in a periphrastic perfect construction with 'preṣayām'.

विद्याम (vidyāma) - may we know, let us know

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, plural)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

भाषमाणः (bhāṣamāṇaḥ) - speaking, saying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāṣamāṇa

bhāṣamāṇa - speaking, talking, conversing

present participle

present participle (ātmanepada) from root bhāṣ (to speak)

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - noble, great-souled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous; a great person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

पाण्डुसुताः (pāṇḍusutāḥ) - sons of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍusuta

pāṇḍusuta - son of Pāṇḍu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+suta)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king, father of the Pāṇḍavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• suta – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root sū (to bear, to beget)
  Root: sū (class 2)

स्थ (stha) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps, I hope that (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

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