महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-104

तमाह पुरुषो भूयः ।
भक्षयस्वोत्तङ्क ।
मा विचारय ।
उपाध्यायेनापि ते भक्षितं पूर्वमिति ॥१०४॥

104. tamāha puruṣo bhūyaḥ ,
bhakṣayasvottaṅka ,
mā vicāraya ,
upādhyāyenāpi te bhakṣitaṁ pūrvamiti.

104. tam āha puruṣaḥ bhūyaḥ bhakṣayasva uttaṅka mā
vicāraya upādhyāyena api te bhakṣitam pūrvam iti

104. The man spoke to him again, saying, 'Eat it, Uttanka! Do not hesitate. Your teacher also ate this before.'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Uttanka) (him, that (masculine))

• आह (āha) - said (said, spoke)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the man (man, person)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, more)

• भक्षयस्व (bhakṣayasva) - eat (it) (eat, consume)

• उत्तङ्क (uttaṅka) - Uttanka (Uttanka (proper noun))

• मा (mā) - do not (do not, not)

• विचारय (vicāraya) - hesitate, ponder (think, deliberate, consider, hesitate)

• उपाध्यायेन (upādhyāyena) - by your teacher (by the teacher)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• ते (te) - your (by you, to you, for you, your)

• भक्षितम् (bhakṣitam) - was eaten (eaten, consumed)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before (previously, before, formerly)

• इति (iti) - (marks end of quote) (thus, so, (marks end of quote))

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Uttanka) (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आह (āha) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: brū/vac (class 2)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the man (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, more)

(indeclinable)

भक्षयस्व (bhakṣayasva) - eat (it) (eat, consume)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of bhakṣ

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

उत्तङ्क (uttaṅka) - Uttanka (Uttanka (proper noun))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Uttanka (name of a sage)

मा (mā) - do not (do not, not)

(indeclinable)

विचारय (vicāraya) - hesitate, ponder (think, deliberate, consider, hesitate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of vi-car

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

उपाध्यायेन (upādhyāyena) - by your teacher (by the teacher)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of upādhyāya

upādhyāya - teacher, preceptor

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (by you, to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be dative or instrumental.

भक्षितम् (bhakṣitam) - was eaten (eaten, consumed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhakṣita

bhakṣita - eaten, consumed, devoured

past passive participle

Derived from verb root `bhakṣ` (to eat) with suffix `kta`.

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before (previously, before, formerly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

इति (iti) - (marks end of quote) (thus, so, (marks end of quote))

(indeclinable)

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