महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-39

युष्मान्संबोधयाम्येष यथा स न हरेद्बलात् ।
अतुलं हि बलं तस्य बृहस्पतिरुवाच मे ॥३९॥

39. yuṣmānsaṁbodhayāmyeṣa yathā sa na haredbalāt ,
atulaṁ hi balaṁ tasya bṛhaspatiruvāca me.

39. yuṣmān saṃbodhayāmi eṣaḥ yathā saḥ na haret
balāt | atulam hi balam tasya bṛhaspatiḥ uvāca me

39. I am warning you all, lest he seize it by force. Bṛhaspati has indeed told me that his strength is incomparable.

39. (ואמר) אני מזהיר אתכם כדי שלא יקח אותו בכוח, כי כוחו אין שני לו, כך אמר לי בְּרְהַסְפַּטִי.

Words meanings summery:

• युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - all of you (you all (accusative))

• संबोधयामि (saṁbodhayāmi) - I am alerting/warning (I address, I warn, I instruct)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - I (referring to the speaker, Indra) (this one, he)

• यथा (yathā) - lest (indicating a negative purpose) (so that, as, how)

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the bird) (he, that)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हरेत् (haret) - he might forcibly take (he might take away, he might seize)

• बलात् (balāt) - by means of strength, forcibly (by force, forcefully)

• अतुलम् (atulam) - his strength is unmatched (incomparable, unequalled)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, certainly, because)

• बलम् (balam) - his strength (strength, power, force)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the bird) (his, of that)

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati

• उवाच (uvāca) - told (said, spoke)

• मे (me) - to me (Indra) (to me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - all of you (you all (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

संबोधयामि (saṁbodhayāmi) - I am alerting/warning (I address, I warn, I instruct)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of saṃbodhay

causative

Causative stem from root budh with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: budh (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - I (referring to the speaker, Indra) (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Often used for 'I' when emphasis or self-reference is desired, especially with 1st person verbs

यथा (yathā) - lest (indicating a negative purpose) (so that, as, how)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the bird) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हरेत् (haret) - he might forcibly take (he might take away, he might seize)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

बलात् (balāt) - by means of strength, forcibly (by force, forcefully)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

अतुलम् (atulam) - his strength is unmatched (incomparable, unequalled)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of atula

atula - incomparable, unequalled, peerless

Negative prefix 'a-' + tula (comparison)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+tula)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• tula – balance, scale, comparison, likeness
  noun (feminine)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, certainly, because)

(indeclinable)

बलम् (balam) - his strength (strength, power, force)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the bird) (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Bṛhaspati (name of the preceptor of the gods), lord of prayer

उवाच (uvāca) - told (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (Indra) (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Alternate form of mama (genitive) or mahyam (dative)

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