महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-56

तमुपाध्यायः प्रत्युवाच ।
कथमसि कूपे पतित इति ॥५६॥

56. tamupādhyāyaḥ pratyuvāca ,
kathamasi kūpe patita iti.

56. तम् उपाध्यायः प्रत्युवाच
कथम् असि कूपे पतितः इति

56. The teacher replied to him, "How did you fall into the well?"

56. המורה שאל אותו, איך נפלת לבאר?

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (तम्) - him (him, that)

• उपाध्यायः (उपाध्यायः) - the teacher (teacher, preceptor)

• प्रत्युवाच (प्रत्युवाच) - replied (replied, answered)

• कथम् (कथम्) - how (how, in what manner)

• असि (असि) - you are

• कूपे (कूपे) - in the well

• पतितः (पतितः) - fallen

• इति (इति) - saying (thus, so, saying)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (तम्) - him (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उपाध्यायः (उपाध्यायः) - the teacher (teacher, preceptor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upādhyāya

upādhyāya - teacher, preceptor, guru

प्रत्युवाच (प्रत्युवाच) - replied (replied, answered)

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (कथम्) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

असि (असि) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कूपे (कूपे) - in the well

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kūpa

kūpa - well, pit

पतितः (पतितः) - fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, thrown down

past passive participle

Derived from root pat

Root: pat (class 1)

इति (इति) - saying (thus, so, saying)

(indeclinable)

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