महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-48, verse-25

आस्तीकः किल यज्ञं तं वर्तन्तं भुजगोत्तमे ।
प्रतिषेत्स्यति मां पूर्वं स्वयमाह पितामहः ॥२५॥

25. āstīkaḥ kila yajñaṁ taṁ vartantaṁ bhujagottame ,
pratiṣetsyati māṁ pūrvaṁ svayamāha pitāmahaḥ.

25. āstīkaḥ kila yajñam tam vartantam bhujagottame
pratiṣetsyati mām pūrvam svayam āha pitāmahaḥ

25. O best of serpents, it is said that Āstīka will stop that ongoing sacrifice. My grandfather himself told me earlier that he would save me first.

25. הו נחשית מעולה, אָאסְטִיקַה ימנע את הטקס הזה שמתקיים כעת, כך אמר לי בעצמו בְּרַהְמָה (סבא העולמות) לפני זמן רב.

Words meanings summery:

• आस्तीकः (āstīkaḥ) - Āstīka (Āstīka (proper name))

• किल (kila) - it is said that (indeed, it is said)

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice (sacrifice, ritual)

• तम् (tam) - that (that, him)

• वर्तन्तम् (vartantam) - ongoing (ongoing, existing, being carried out)

• भुजगोत्तमे (bhujagottame) - O best of serpents!

• प्रतिषेत्स्यति (pratiṣetsyati) - will stop (will stop, will obstruct, will avert)

• माम् (mām) - me

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - earlier (that he would save me first) (previously, before, first)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (himself, by oneself)

• आह (āha) - told (said, spoke)

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather (grandfather, creator (Brahma))

Words meanings and morphology

आस्तीकः (āstīkaḥ) - Āstīka (Āstīka (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āstīka

āstīka - Āstīka (name of a sage, son of Jaratkāru and Manasā)

किल (kila) - it is said that (indeed, it is said)

(indeclinable)

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice (sacrifice, ritual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - sacrifice, religious rite, worship

Root: yaj (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वर्तन्तम् (vartantam) - ongoing (ongoing, existing, being carried out)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - being, existing, present, current, ongoing

present participle

from root vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भुजगोत्तमे (bhujagottame) - O best of serpents!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhujagottama

bhujagottama - best of serpents, excellent serpent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhujaga+uttama)

• bhujaga – serpent, snake (lit. 'going on the arm')
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

प्रतिषेत्स्यति (pratiṣetsyati) - will stop (will stop, will obstruct, will avert)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of prati-sidh

Prefix: prati

Root: sidh (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - earlier (that he would save me first) (previously, before, first)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (himself, by oneself)

(indeclinable)

आह (āha) - told (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Root: brū/vac (class 2)

पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather (grandfather, creator (Brahma))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, paternal grandfather, Brahma (as the great ancestor)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• maha – great (often used as a suffix for reverence)
  adjective (masculine)

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