महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-210, verse-12

तीर्थानां दर्शनं चैव पर्वतानां च भारत ।
आपगानां वनानां च कथयामास सात्वते ॥१२॥

12. tīrthānāṁ darśanaṁ caiva parvatānāṁ ca bhārata ,
āpagānāṁ vanānāṁ ca kathayāmāsa sātvate.

12. tīrthānāṃ darśanaṃ ca eva parvatānāṃ ca
bhārata āpagānāṃ vanānāṃ ca kathayāmāsa sātvate

12. O Bhārata (Janamejaya), he recounted to Sātvata (Kṛṣṇa) the sights of the holy pilgrimage sites, the mountains, the rivers, and the forests.

12. הו בְּהָארַטַה, הוא סיפר לבן הסָאטְוַטַה (קְרְשְׁנַה) על מה שראה במקומות העלייה לרגל, בהרים, בנהרות וביערות.

Words meanings summery:

• तीर्थानां (tīrthānāṁ) - of holy places, of sacred bathing places

• दर्शनं (darśanaṁ) - sight, seeing, vision

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• पर्वतानां (parvatānāṁ) - of mountains

• च (ca) - and

• भारत (bhārata) - O Janamejaya (the speaker is Vyāsa/Vaiśampāyana addressing Janamejaya) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

• आपगानां (āpagānāṁ) - of rivers

• वनानां (vanānāṁ) - of forests

• च (ca) - and

• कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - he narrated, he told

• सात्वते (sātvate) - to Kṛṣṇa (to Sātvata, for Sātvata)

Words meanings and morphology

तीर्थानां (tīrthānāṁ) - of holy places, of sacred bathing places

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - holy place, sacred ford, pilgrimage site, sacred bathing place

Root: tṝ (class 1)

दर्शनं (darśanaṁ) - sight, seeing, vision

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - sight, seeing, vision, view, philosophy

From root dṛś (to see) + lyuṭ suffix.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object of kathayāmāsa.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

पर्वतानां (parvatānāṁ) - of mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Janamejaya (the speaker is Vyāsa/Vaiśampāyana addressing Janamejaya) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, Indian

Formed from bharata + aṇ suffix.

आपगानां (āpagānāṁ) - of rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of āpagā

āpagā - river, stream

From āp (water) + gam (to go) + ḍa suffix. One that goes to water, or carries water.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

वनानां (vanānāṁ) - of forests

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Root: van (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - he narrated, he told

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of kathayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect (Lit)

3rd person singular, active voice. Formed using causative stem kathaya + auxiliary ās in perfect tense.

Root: kath (class 10)

सात्वते (sātvate) - to Kṛṣṇa (to Sātvata, for Sātvata)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of sātvata

sātvata - a descendant of Satvata, a name for Kṛṣṇa, belonging to the Sātvata clan

From satvat + aṇ suffix.

Note: Indicates the recipient of the narration.

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