महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-20

स एकं शिष्यमारुणिं पाञ्चाल्यं प्रेषयामास ।
गच्छ केदारखण्डं बधानेति ॥२०॥

20. sa ekaṁ śiṣyamāruṇiṁ pāñcālyaṁ preṣayāmāsa ,
gaccha kedārakhaṇḍaṁ badhāneti.

20. saḥ ekam śiṣyam āruṇim pāñcālyam
preṣayāmāsa gaccha kedārakhaṇḍam badhāna iti

20. He sent a disciple named Aruni from Pañcāla, instructing him, "Go and repair the field embankment."

20. הוא שלח תלמיד אחד, את אָארוּנִי איש פָּאנְצ׳ָאלַה, ואמר לו לך וסכור את חלקת השדה.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (the teacher Dhaumya) (he, that)

• एकम् (ekam) - a (single) (one, a)

• शिष्यम् (śiṣyam) - disciple (disciple, student)

• आरुणिम् (āruṇim) - Aruni (proper name) (Aruni (name))

• पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - from Pañcāla (a region) (belonging to Pañcāla, a resident of Pañcāla)

• प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent (sent, dispatched)

• गच्छ (gaccha) - Go! (imperative command) (go!)

• केदारखण्डम् (kedārakhaṇḍam) - the field embankment (referring to a break or part needing repair) (field embankment, section of an irrigated field)

• बधान (badhāna) - repair (the embankment), block (the breach) (bind, fasten, block, repair)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quotation) (thus, so, in this manner)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (the teacher Dhaumya) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एकम् (ekam) - a (single) (one, a)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Modifies 'śiṣyam'

शिष्यम् (śiṣyam) - disciple (disciple, student)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śiṣya

śiṣya - disciple, pupil, student

agent noun

From root śās (to teach/discipline) + ya suffix

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Object of 'preṣayāmāsa'

आरुणिम् (āruṇim) - Aruni (proper name) (Aruni (name))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āruṇi

āruṇi - Name of a sage, a disciple of Dhaumya

Note: Appositive to 'śiṣyam'

पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - from Pañcāla (a region) (belonging to Pañcāla, a resident of Pañcāla)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāñcālya

pāñcālya - related to Pañcāla, inhabitant of Pañcāla, a king of Pañcāla

Taddhita derivation from pañcāla + ya suffix

प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent (sent, dispatched)

(verb)

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

Causative + Perfect tense

Periphrastic perfect, formed with causative stem of root iṣ ('eṣaya') + ām + perfect of ās (āmāsa)

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 6)

गच्छ (gaccha) - Go! (imperative command) (go!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Imperative form of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

केदारखण्डम् (kedārakhaṇḍam) - the field embankment (referring to a break or part needing repair) (field embankment, section of an irrigated field)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kedārakhaṇḍa

kedārakhaṇḍa - a section of an irrigated field, a piece of arable land, a part of a field-embankment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kedāra+khaṇḍa)

• kedāra – irrigated field, cultivated field, basin for water around the foot of a tree
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• khaṇḍa – piece, part, section, division, break, fragment
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'badhāna'

बधान (badhāna) - repair (the embankment), block (the breach) (bind, fasten, block, repair)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active (ātmanepada), imperative (loṭ) of bandh

Imperative form of root bandh (ātmanepada)

Root: bandh (class 9)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quotation) (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

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