महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-168

तत्र च मया चक्रं दृष्टं द्वादशारम् ।
षट्चैनं कुमाराः परिवर्तयन्ति ।
तदपि किम् ॥१६८॥

168. tatra ca mayā cakraṁ dṛṣṭaṁ dvādaśāram ,
ṣaṭcainaṁ kumārāḥ parivartayanti ,
tadapi kim.

168. tatra ca mayā cakram dṛṣṭam dvādaśāram ṣaṭ
ca enam kumārāḥ parivartayanti tat api kim

168. And there, I saw a wheel with twelve spokes. Six youths were making it turn. What does that also signify?

168. וראיתי שם גם גלגל בעל שנים עשר חישורים, ושישה נערים מסובבים אותו. גם זה, מה הוא?

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• चक्रम् (cakram) - a wheel (wheel, discus, circle)

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - was seen (seen, beheld (neuter singular))

• द्वादशारम् (dvādaśāram) - with twelve spokes (having twelve spokes)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एनम् (enam) - it (the wheel) (him, it (masc acc sing))

• कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - youths (youths, boys, princes)

• परिवर्तयन्ति (parivartayanti) - they cause to turn / rotate (they turn, they cause to turn, they rotate)

• तत् (tat) - that

• अपि (api) - also / too (also, even, too)

• किम् (kim) - what

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

चक्रम् (cakram) - a wheel (wheel, discus, circle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, circle, realm

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - was seen (seen, beheld (neuter singular))

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

past participle

Past passive participle of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Part of a passive construction 'by me was seen a wheel'

द्वादशारम् (dvādaśāram) - with twelve spokes (having twelve spokes)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dvādaśāra

dvādaśāra - having twelve spokes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvādaśa+ara)

• dvādaśa – twelve
  numeral
• ara – spoke (of a wheel)
  noun (masculine)

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(numeral)

Note: Acts as an adjective for kumārāḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - it (the wheel) (him, it (masc acc sing))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, he, it (a pronoun, often used for emphasis or reference back to something already mentioned)

कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - youths (youths, boys, princes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, prince, son

परिवर्तयन्ति (parivartayanti) - they cause to turn / rotate (they turn, they cause to turn, they rotate)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vṛt

causative

Causative of root vṛt with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also / too (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why, whether

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