महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-71

एवं तेनाभिष्टुतावश्विनावाजग्मतुः ।
आहतुश्चैनम् ।
प्रीतौ स्वः ।
एष तेऽपूपः ।
अशानैनमिति ॥७१॥

71. evaṁ tenābhiṣṭutāvaśvināvājagmatuḥ ,
āhatuścainam ,
prītau svaḥ ,
eṣa te'pūpaḥ ,
aśānainamiti.

71. evam tena abhiṣṭutāu aśvināu ājagmatuḥ | āhatuḥ ca
enam | prītau svaḥ | eṣa te apūpaḥ | aśāna enam iti

71. Thus, praised by him, the two Aśvins (aśvinau) arrived. They also said to him: "We are pleased. This is your cake. Eat this!"

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• तेन (tena) - by him (the speaker who uttered the previous verse) (by him, by that)

• अभिष्टुताउ (abhiṣṭutāu) - praised, eulogized (dual)

• अश्विनाउ (aśvināu) - the two Aśvins

• आजग्मतुः (ājagmatuḥ) - they two came, arrived

• आहतुः (āhatuḥ) - they two said, spoke

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one

• प्रीतौ (prītau) - pleased (dual)

• स्वः (svaḥ) - we two are

• एष (eṣa) - this, this one

• ते (te) - your, to you

• अपूपः (apūpaḥ) - cake, bread, sacrificial cake

• अशान (aśāna) - eat, devour

• एनम् (enam) - this (cake) (him, this one)

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

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

तेन (tena) - by him (the speaker who uttered the previous verse) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used with a passive construction (abhīṣṭutau).

अभिष्टुताउ (abhiṣṭutāu) - praised, eulogized (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abhiṣṭuta

abhiṣṭuta - praised, eulogized, glorified

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root stu (to praise) with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: stu (class 2)

Note: It functions as an adjective here, describing 'aśvinau'.

अश्विनाउ (aśvināu) - the two Aśvins

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of aśvin

aśvin - Aśvin (dual Vedic deities), horseman

Note: Dual nominative form, the subject of the verb 'ājagmatuḥ'.

आजग्मतुः (ājagmatuḥ) - they two came, arrived

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of gam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Dual form of perfect tense.

आहतुः (āhatuḥ) - they two said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Root: ah (class 2)

Note: Perfect tense (liṭ) for 'to say', dual form.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एनम् (enam) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, this one, him

प्रीतौ (prītau) - pleased (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prīta

prīta - pleased, delighted, satisfied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root prī (to please, to be pleased)

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Used predicatively with 'svaḥ'.

स्वः (svaḥ) - we two are

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Present tense, 1st person dual of 'as' (to be).

एष (eṣa) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the cake.

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here, genitive singular: 'your'.

अपूपः (apūpaḥ) - cake, bread, sacrificial cake

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apūpa

apūpa - cake, bread, sacrificial cake, flat bread

Note: Predicate nominative.

अशान (aśāna) - eat, devour

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of aś

Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Imperative, 2nd person singular, middle voice.

एनम् (enam) - this (cake) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, this one, him

Note: Refers to the 'apūpaḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a quotation.