महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-3

जनमेजय उवाच ।
जानन्ति तु भवन्तस्तद्यथावृत्तः पिता मम ।
आसीद्यथा च निधनं गतः काले महायशाः ॥३॥

3. janamejaya uvāca ,
jānanti tu bhavantastadyathāvṛttaḥ pitā mama ,
āsīdyathā ca nidhanaṁ gataḥ kāle mahāyaśāḥ.

3. janamejayaḥ uvāca jānanti tu bhavantaḥ tat yathāvṛttaḥ
pitā mama āsīt yathā ca nidhanam gataḥ kāle mahāyaśāḥ

3. Janamejaya said: "Indeed, you know how my father conducted himself and how the greatly renowned one met his death in due course."

3. ג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה אמר, הרי אתם יודעים כיצד נהג אבי, ואיך מת בבוא עתו, הוא שזכה לתהילה גדולה.

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• जानन्ति (jānanti) - you know (they know, you know (honorific plural))

• तु (tu) - indeed (indeed, but, however)

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (addressing the ministers) (you (honorific, plural))

• तत् (tat) - that (matter/fact) (that)

• यथावृत्तः (yathāvṛttaḥ) - how he conducted himself (how he behaved, how it occurred)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, conducted himself (was, existed)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - death (death, destruction)

• गतः (gataḥ) - met (death) (gone, attained, met)

• काले (kāle) - in due course/time (in time, at the proper time)

• महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - the greatly renowned one (greatly renowned, very famous)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, son of Parikṣit

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

जानन्ति (jānanti) - you know (they know, you know (honorific plural))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used here with 'bhavantaḥ' (honorific 'you'), which often takes a third person verb.

तु (tu) - indeed (indeed, but, however)

(indeclinable)

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (addressing the ministers) (you (honorific, plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful term), being, existing

present participle

Derived from root bhū (to be), used as a respectful pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a respectful second person pronoun.

तत् (tat) - that (matter/fact) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

यथावृत्तः (yathāvṛttaḥ) - how he conducted himself (how he behaved, how it occurred)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it happened, as it occurred, as one behaved

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, how, in which way
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – occurred, happened, behaved, story
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root vṛt (to be, to exist, to behave)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

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

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, conducted himself (was, existed)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death (death, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, end, destruction, abode

गतः (gataḥ) - met (death) (gone, attained, met)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, past, attained, departed

past passive participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

काले (kāle) - in due course/time (in time, at the proper time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, destiny

महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - the greatly renowned one (greatly renowned, very famous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyaśas

mahāyaśas - greatly renowned, famous, glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+yaśas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• yaśas – fame, glory, honor
  noun (neuter)

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