महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-37, verse-8

स च मौनव्रतोपेतो नैव तं प्रत्यभाषत ।
तस्य राजा धनुष्कोट्या सर्पं स्कन्धे समासृजत् ॥८॥

8. sa ca maunavratopeto naiva taṁ pratyabhāṣata ,
tasya rājā dhanuṣkoṭyā sarpaṁ skandhe samāsṛjat.

8. saḥ ca maunavratopetaḥ na eva tam pratyabhāṣata
tasya rājā dhanuṣkoṭyā sarpam skandhe samāsṛjat

8. And he (the sage), observing a vow of silence, did not speak to him (the king). Thereupon, the king placed a snake on his (the sage's) shoulder with the tip of his bow.

8. אביך, שנשא נדר שתיקה, לא ענה לו כלל. אז הניח המלך נחש על כתפו בקצה קשתו.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (the sage, Śamīka) (he, that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मौनव्रतोपेतः (maunavratopetaḥ) - observing a vow of silence (endowed with a vow of silence)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, only, just)

• तम् (tam) - him (the king) (him, that)

• प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - replied (spoke in return, replied)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the sage) (his, of him)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (Parīkṣit) (king)

• धनुष्कोट्या (dhanuṣkoṭyā) - with the tip of his bow (with the tip of the bow)

• सर्पम् (sarpam) - a snake (snake)

• स्कन्धे (skandhe) - on (his) shoulder (on the shoulder)

• समासृजत् (samāsṛjat) - placed (placed, put, threw)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (the sage, Śamīka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the sage (Śamīka)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

मौनव्रतोपेतः (maunavratopetaḥ) - observing a vow of silence (endowed with a vow of silence)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maunavratopeta

maunavratopeta - endowed with the vow of silence

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maunavrata+upeta)

• maunavrata – vow of silence
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of mauna (silence) and vrata (vow)
• upeta – endowed with, possessed of
  past participle (neuter)
  past participle
  From root i (to go) with upasarga upa
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Attribute of 'saḥ'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle

एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, used with 'na'

तम् (tam) - him (the king) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'pratyabhāṣata', referring to the king (Parīkṣit)

प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - replied (spoke in return, replied)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the first clause

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the sage) (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive pronoun referring to the sage

राजा (rājā) - the king (Parīkṣit) (king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Subject of the second clause

धनुष्कोट्या (dhanuṣkoṭyā) - with the tip of his bow (with the tip of the bow)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhanuṣkoṭi

dhanuṣkoṭi - bow-tip, end of a bow

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhanus+koṭi)

• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)
• koṭi – tip, end, point
  noun (feminine)

Note: Instrument of placing the snake

सर्पम् (sarpam) - a snake (snake)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Direct object of 'samāsṛjat'

स्कन्धे (skandhe) - on (his) shoulder (on the shoulder)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of skandha

skandha - shoulder, trunk of a tree

Note: Location where the snake was placed

समासृजत् (samāsṛjat) - placed (placed, put, threw)

(verb)

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

Prefix: sam-ā

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Main verb of the second clause

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