महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-213, verse-22

श्रुत्वा तु पुण्डरीकाक्षः संप्राप्तं स्वपुरोत्तमम् ।
अर्जुनं पाण्डवश्रेष्ठमिन्द्रप्रस्थगतं तदा ॥२२॥

22. śrutvā tu puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ saṁprāptaṁ svapurottamam ,
arjunaṁ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhamindraprasthagataṁ tadā.

22. śrutvā tu puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ samprāptam svapurōttamam
arjunam pāṇḍavaśreṣṭam indraprasthagatam tadā

22. But when the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa heard that Arjuna, the foremost of the Pāṇḍavas, who had gone to Indraprastha, had arrived at his own excellent city at that time...

22. כששמע בעל עיני הלוטוס (קֵשַׁוַה) שאַרְג׳וּנַה, הטוב שבבני פָּאנְדוּ, הגיע אז לעירו המצוינת אִינְדְרַפְּרַסְתְהַא,

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• पुण्डरीकाक्षः (puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa (lotus-eyed (epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa))

• सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - having arrived (at a place) (having reached, arrived, obtained)

• स्वपुर्ओत्तमम् (svapurōttamam) - Indraprastha, as Arjuna's own best city (his own best city)

• अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna, one of the Pāṇḍavas (Arjuna (name of a hero))

• पाण्डवश्रेष्टम् (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭam) - best of the Pāṇḍavas, foremost among the Pāṇḍavas

• इन्द्रप्रस्थगतम् (indraprasthagatam) - having gone to Indraprastha, who has reached Indraprastha

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

पुण्डरीकाक्षः (puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa (lotus-eyed (epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṇḍarīkākṣa

puṇḍarīkākṣa - lotus-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṇḍarīka+akṣa)

• puṇḍarīka – white lotus
  noun (neuter)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to Kṛṣṇa.

सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - having arrived (at a place) (having reached, arrived, obtained)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefixes sam- and pra-

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies `Arjunam` and takes `svapurōttamam` as its object.

स्वपुर्ओत्तमम् (svapurōttamam) - Indraprastha, as Arjuna's own best city (his own best city)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svapurōttama

svapurōttama - his own best city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pura+uttama)

• sva – own
  pronoun
• pura – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective

Note: Object of the participle `samprāptam`.

अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna, one of the Pāṇḍavas (Arjuna (name of a hero))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a hero), white, silver

Note: Main object of `śrutvā`.

पाण्डवश्रेष्टम् (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭam) - best of the Pāṇḍavas, foremost among the Pāṇḍavas

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍavaśreṣṭa

pāṇḍavaśreṣṭa - foremost among the Pāṇḍavas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍava+śreṣṭha)

• pāṇḍava – son of Pāṇḍu, Pāṇḍava
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from Pāṇḍu
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, supreme
  adjective
  Superlative of praśasya

Note: Modifies `Arjunam`.

इन्द्रप्रस्थगतम् (indraprasthagatam) - having gone to Indraprastha, who has reached Indraprastha

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of indraprasthagata

indraprasthagata - gone to Indraprastha

Past Passive Participle (in compound)

Compound of Indraprastha and gata (from root gam, to go)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indraprastha+gata)

• indraprastha – Indraprastha (name of a city)
  proper noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies `Arjunam`.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

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