महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-238

अस्याख्यानस्य विषये पुराणं वर्तते द्विजाः ।
अन्तरिक्षस्य विषये प्रजा इव चतुर्विधाः ॥२३८॥

238. asyākhyānasya viṣaye purāṇaṁ vartate dvijāḥ ,
antarikṣasya viṣaye prajā iva caturvidhāḥ.

238. asya ākhyānasya viṣaye purāṇam vartate dvijāḥ
antarikṣasya viṣaye prajāḥ iva caturvidhāḥ

238. O twice-born ones, a Purāṇa exists concerning this narrative, just as there are four kinds of beings existing in relation to space.

238. הו בְּרַהְמִינִים, בתחומו של הסיפור הזה נמצאת הפּוּרָאנַה, כשם שבתחום האוויר נמצאים ארבעה סוגי יצורים.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्य (asya) - of this (narrative) (of this)

• आख्यानस्य (ākhyānasya) - of this great narrative/epic (of the narrative/story/epic)

• विषये (viṣaye) - regarding, concerning (in the matter of, concerning, regarding, in the domain)

• पुराणम् (purāṇam) - a traditional narrative, a Purāṇa (ancient tale, old story, Purāṇa (a class of religious texts))

• वर्तते (vartate) - exists (exists, is, happens, occurs)

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O Brahmins (addressing the sages) (O twice-born ones (Brahmins))

• अन्तरिक्षस्य (antarikṣasya) - of space/the atmosphere (of the intermediate space, of the sky, of atmosphere)

• विषये (viṣaye) - in relation to, regarding (in the matter of, concerning, regarding, in the domain)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings, creatures (creatures, beings, progeny, subjects)

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

• चतुर्विधाः (caturvidhāḥ) - of four kinds (referring to beings, e.g., born from womb, egg, sweat, earth) (of four kinds, fourfold)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्य (asya) - of this (narrative) (of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Genitive singular of idam (masculine or neuter), here agreeing with ākhyānasya

आख्यानस्य (ākhyānasya) - of this great narrative/epic (of the narrative/story/epic)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, story, tale, epic

action noun

Derived from √khyā (to tell) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

विषये (viṣaye) - regarding, concerning (in the matter of, concerning, regarding, in the domain)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of viṣaya

viṣaya - object, sphere, domain, subject, matter

पुराणम् (purāṇam) - a traditional narrative, a Purāṇa (ancient tale, old story, Purāṇa (a class of religious texts))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old; (as noun) an ancient tale, Purāṇa

from purā (formerly)

Note: Can be adjective or noun. Here used as noun.

वर्तते (vartate) - exists (exists, is, happens, occurs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada form

द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O Brahmins (addressing the sages) (O twice-born ones (Brahmins))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born; a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+jan)

• dvi – two, twice
  indeclinable
• jan – to be born, to produce
  verb_base
  Root: jan (class 4)

अन्तरिक्षस्य (antarikṣasya) - of space/the atmosphere (of the intermediate space, of the sky, of atmosphere)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - intermediate space, atmosphere, sky

विषये (viṣaye) - in relation to, regarding (in the matter of, concerning, regarding, in the domain)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of viṣaya

viṣaya - object, sphere, domain, subject, matter

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings, creatures (creatures, beings, progeny, subjects)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, subjects, creatures, people

action noun

From pra + √jan (to be born)

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

चतुर्विधाः (caturvidhāḥ) - of four kinds (referring to beings, e.g., born from womb, egg, sweat, earth) (of four kinds, fourfold)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of caturvidha

caturvidha - of four kinds, fourfold

Compound type : dvigu/tatpuruṣa (catur+vidha)

• catur – four
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)
  From √dhā 'to place' with vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

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