महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-35, verse-2

ततः प्रभृति तां कन्यां वासुकिः पर्यरक्षत ।
जरत्कारुं स्वसारं वै परं हर्षमवाप च ॥२॥

2. tataḥ prabhṛti tāṁ kanyāṁ vāsukiḥ paryarakṣata ,
jaratkāruṁ svasāraṁ vai paraṁ harṣamavāpa ca.

2. tataḥ prabhṛti tām kanyām vāsukiḥ paryarakṣata
| jaratkārum svasāram vai param harṣam avāpa ca

2. From that time onwards, Vāsuki protected that maiden, Jaratkāru, his own sister, and he attained supreme joy.

2. ומאז ואילך וָאסוּקִי שמר על הנערה הזאת, אחותו ג׳ַרַטְקָארוּ, ושמח שמחה גדולה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that time, thenceforth (from that, thence, then, after that)

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from that time onwards (from, beginning from, onwards)

• ताम् (tām) - that (maiden) (her, that (feminine))

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - the maiden (Jaratkāru) (maiden, girl, daughter)

• वासुकिः (vāsukiḥ) - Vāsuki, the king of Nāgas (Vāsuki (proper noun))

• पर्यरक्षत (paryarakṣata) - Vāsuki protected (he protected, guarded)

• जरत्कारुम् (jaratkārum) - Jaratkāru (the maiden's name) (Jaratkāru (proper noun))

• स्वसारम् (svasāram) - his own sister (sister)

• वै (vai) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, verily, surely)

• परम् (param) - supreme (joy) (highest, supreme, great)

• हर्षम् (harṣam) - great joy (joy, delight, pleasure)

• अवाप (avāpa) - he attained (joy) (he obtained, attained, reached)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - from that time, thenceforth (from that, thence, then, after that)

(indeclinable)

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from that time onwards (from, beginning from, onwards)

(indeclinable)

verbal noun

From pra + bhṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Used as an adverbial phrase with 'tataḥ'.

ताम् (tām) - that (maiden) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, she, he, it

Note: Agreement with kanyām.

कन्याम् (kanyām) - the maiden (Jaratkāru) (maiden, girl, daughter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter

Note: Object of paryarakṣata.

वासुकिः (vāsukiḥ) - Vāsuki, the king of Nāgas (Vāsuki (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsuki

vāsuki - Vāsuki (proper noun, king of Nāgas)

Note: Subject of paryarakṣata.

पर्यरक्षत (paryarakṣata) - Vāsuki protected (he protected, guarded)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of rakṣ

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: The Ātmanepada ending -ta for 3rd singular imperfect is common in epics for Parasmaipada verbs.

जरत्कारुम् (jaratkārum) - Jaratkāru (the maiden's name) (Jaratkāru (proper noun))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jaratkāru

jaratkāru - Jaratkāru (proper noun, name of a maiden/Nāga)

Note: Appositive to kanyām.

स्वसारम् (svasāram) - his own sister (sister)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svasṛ

svasṛ - sister

Note: Appositive to kanyām and Jaratkārum.

वै (vai) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, verily, surely)

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - supreme (joy) (highest, supreme, great)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, supreme, highest, excellent

Note: Agreement with harṣam.

हर्षम् (harṣam) - great joy (joy, delight, pleasure)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, happiness, exhilaration

Note: Object of avāpa.

अवाप (avāpa) - he attained (joy) (he obtained, attained, reached)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ā-vāp

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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