महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-220, verse-3

तदेतदद्भुतं ब्रह्मञ्शार्ङ्गानामविनाशनम् ।
कीर्तयस्वाग्निसंमर्दे कथं ते न विनाशिताः ॥३॥

3. tadetadadbhutaṁ brahmañśārṅgānāmavināśanam ,
kīrtayasvāgnisaṁmarde kathaṁ te na vināśitāḥ.

3. tat etat adbhutam brahman śārṅgānām avināśanam
kīrtayasva agnisaṃmarde katham te na vināśitāḥ

3. O Brahmin, this amazing survival of the Śārṅgas (birds) from destruction is astonishing. Please explain how they were not destroyed in the fiery conflagration.

3. זה מופלא, הו בְּרַהְמִין, שהשָׁארְנְגַקַה לא נהרגו. ספר לי כיצד לא כילתה אותם האש בעת שהיא השתוללה.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous statement) (that, therefore)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the matter at hand) (this)

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing (wonderful, amazing, extraordinary)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin!

• शार्ङ्गानाम् (śārṅgānām) - of the Śārṅga birds (of the Śārṅgas, of the birds called Śārṅgas)

• अविनाशनम् (avināśanam) - their survival from destruction (non-destruction, indestructibility, survival)

• कीर्तयस्व (kīrtayasva) - please explain (recount, explain, make known)

• अग्निसंमर्दे (agnisaṁmarde) - in the fiery conflagration (in the conflagration, in the destruction by fire)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how? in what way?)

• ते (te) - they (the Śārṅgas) (they, those (masculine))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विनाशिताः (vināśitāḥ) - were destroyed (destroyed, annihilated)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous statement) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the matter at hand) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing (wonderful, amazing, extraordinary)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, a wonder

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a brahmin, the creator god Brahmā, the absolute (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

शार्ङ्गानाम् (śārṅgānām) - of the Śārṅga birds (of the Śārṅgas, of the birds called Śārṅgas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śārṅga

śārṅga - a kind of bird (often used synonymously with śārṅgaka)

derivative of śṛṅga (horn)

अविनाशनम् (avināśanam) - their survival from destruction (non-destruction, indestructibility, survival)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avināśana

avināśana - non-destruction, indestructibility

negation (a-) of 'vināśana' (destruction)

Root: naś (class 4)

कीर्तयस्व (kīrtayasva) - please explain (recount, explain, make known)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kīrtay

denominative verb from kīrti

formed from the noun kīrti (fame, mention)

Root: kīrt (class 10)

अग्निसंमर्दे (agnisaṁmarde) - in the fiery conflagration (in the conflagration, in the destruction by fire)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agnisaṃmarda

agnisaṁmarda - conflagration, violent friction, destruction by fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+saṃmarda)

• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ag (class 1)
• saṃmarda – crushing, violent friction, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
  from saṃ-mṛd
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mṛd (class 9)

कथम् (katham) - how (how? in what way?)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they (the Śārṅgas) (they, those (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विनाशिताः (vināśitāḥ) - were destroyed (destroyed, annihilated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vināśita

vināśita - destroyed, ruined, annihilated

Past Passive Participle

from vi-naś + causal suffix i + kta suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

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