महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-31, verse-3

पन्नगानां तु नामानि न कीर्तयसि सूतज ।
प्राधान्येनापि नामानि श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् ॥३॥

3. pannagānāṁ tu nāmāni na kīrtayasi sūtaja ,
prādhānyenāpi nāmāni śrotumicchāmahe vayam.

3. pannagānām tu nāmāni na kīrtayasi sūtaputra
prādhānyena api nāmāni śrotum icchāmahe vayam

3. O son of Sūta, you are not mentioning the names of the serpents. However, we desire to hear their names, at least the principal ones.

3. אבל את שמות הנחשים אינך מזכיר, הו בן סוּטַה. אנו רוצים לשמוע את השמות, ולו רק את החשובים שבהם.

Words meanings summery:

• पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - of serpents, of snakes

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names

• न (na) - not, no

• कीर्तयसि (kīrtayasi) - you mention, you recite, you proclaim

• सूतपुत्र (sūtaputra) - O son of Sūta

• प्राधान्येन (prādhānyena) - principally, chiefly

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

• इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we wish, we desire

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

पन्नगानाम् (pannagānām) - of serpents, of snakes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - a serpent, a snake (lit. 'moving on its belly')

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

नामानि (nāmāni) - names

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कीर्तयसि (kīrtayasi) - you mention, you recite, you proclaim

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kīrt

causative

verbal base of class 10 (or causative of kṛt)

Root: kīrt (class 10)

सूतपुत्र (sūtaputra) - O son of Sūta

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a sūta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – a charioteer, a bard, a class of mixed caste
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

प्राधान्येन (prādhānyena) - principally, chiefly

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of prādhānya

prādhānya - pre-eminence, superiority, chief importance

derived from pradhāna ('principal') with suffix -ṣyañ (forming abstract noun)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

नामानि (nāmāni) - names

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

(verb)

infinitive of śru

infinitive

infinitive form from root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we wish, we desire

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

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