महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-1

शौनक उवाच ।
यदपृच्छत्तदा राजा मन्त्रिणो जनमेजयः ।
पितुः स्वर्गगतिं तन्मे विस्तरेण पुनर्वद ॥१॥

1. śaunaka uvāca ,
yadapṛcchattadā rājā mantriṇo janamejayaḥ ,
pituḥ svargagatiṁ tanme vistareṇa punarvada.

1. śaunakaḥ uvāca yat apṛcchat tadā rājā mantriṇaḥ
janamejayaḥ pituḥ svargagatim tat me vistareṇa punaḥ vada

1. Śaunaka said: "King Janamejaya then asked his ministers about his father's attainment of heaven. Please tell me that again in detail."

1. שַׁאוּנַקַה אמר, ספר לי שוב בפירוט את מה ששאל אז המלך ג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה את שריו על הדרך שבה הגיע אביו לשמיים.

Words meanings summery:

• शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Sage Shaunaka (Shaunaka (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यत् (yat) - that which (what, which, that)

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked (asked, questioned)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• राजा (rājā) - King

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - his ministers (ministers)

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a proper name))

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father (of the father)

• स्वर्गगतिम् (svargagatim) - attainment of heaven (attainment of heaven, going to heaven)

• तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail (by detail, in detail, extensively)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, back)

• वद (vada) - tell (tell, speak, say)

Words meanings and morphology

शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Sage Shaunaka (Shaunaka (a proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaunaka

śaunaka - name of a sage, descendant of Śunaka

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - that which (what, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Used here correlatively with 'tat'.

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked (asked, questioned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - King

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - his ministers (ministers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - counselor, minister

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, son of Parikṣit

पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

स्वर्गगतिम् (svargagatim) - attainment of heaven (attainment of heaven, going to heaven)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svargagati

svargagati - going to heaven, attainment of heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+gati)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• gati – going, motion, path, destination, attainment
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gam (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative with 'yat'.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail (by detail, in detail, extensively)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - extension, expansion, detail

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, back)

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - tell (tell, speak, say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

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