महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-31, verse-3
पन्नगानां तु नामानि न कीर्तयसि सूतज ।
प्राधान्येनापि नामानि श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् ॥३॥
प्राधान्येनापि नामानि श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् ॥३॥
3. pannagānāṁ tu nāmāni na kīrtayasi sūtaja ,
prādhānyenāpi nāmāni śrotumicchāmahe vayam.
prādhānyenāpi nāmāni śrotumicchāmahe vayam.
3.
pannagānām tu nāmāni na kīrtayasi sūtaputra
prādhānyena api nāmāni śrotum icchāmahe vayam
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.
Words meanings summery:
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- 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