महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-49, verse-21

स संभावय नागेन्द्र मयि सर्वं महामते ।
न ते मयि मनो जातु मिथ्या भवितुमर्हति ॥२१॥

21. sa saṁbhāvaya nāgendra mayi sarvaṁ mahāmate ,
na te mayi mano jātu mithyā bhavitumarhati.

21. sa saṃbhāvaya nāgendra mayi sarvam mahāmate
na te mayi manaḥ jātu mithyā bhavitum arhati

21. O great-minded King of Serpents, you should believe completely in me. Your thoughts about me can never be mistaken.

21. לכן, הו מלך הנחשים החכם, תן בי אמון מלא. ליבך לא יתאכזב בי לעולם.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - you (implicitly, as the addressed person) (he, that)

• संभावय (saṁbhāvaya) - believe, place trust in (consider, believe, trust)

• नागेन्द्र (nāgendra) - O king of serpents (vocative) (king of serpents)

• मयि (mayi) - in me, regarding me (in me)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (that I say or represent) (all, every, everything)

• महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one (vocative) (O great-minded one)

• न (na) - not

• ते (te) - your (your, to you)

• मयि (mayi) - regarding me (in me)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, thought, conviction (mind)

• जातु (jātu) - ever, at any point (ever, at any time)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, mistaken, untrue (falsely, wrongly, untrue, deceitful)

• भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to be, to prove to be (to be, to become)

• अर्हति (arhati) - ought to, should (to be proper, to deserve, ought)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - you (implicitly, as the addressed person) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Often used as an emphatic or as a correlative pronoun. Here, it can be understood as an emphatic address to Vasuki.

संभावय (saṁbhāvaya) - believe, place trust in (consider, believe, trust)

(verb)

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

causative

Derived from 'bhū' with 'sam' prefix, causative stem 'bhāvaya-'

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

नागेन्द्र (nāgendra) - O king of serpents (vocative) (king of serpents)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nāgendra

nāgendra - king of serpents

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+indra)

• nāga – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, god Indra
  noun (masculine)

मयि (mayi) - in me, regarding me (in me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: From the first person pronoun 'mad' (I)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (that I say or represent) (all, every, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Functions as a substantive here, object of 'saṃbhāvaya'.

महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one (vocative) (O great-minded one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmat

mahāmat - great-minded, sagacious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: From the second person pronoun 'yuṣmad'.

मयि (mayi) - regarding me (in me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: From the first person pronoun 'mad' (I).

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, thought, conviction (mind)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, conscience

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Nominative singular. The 'o' in 'mano' is due to sandhi.

जातु (jātu) - ever, at any point (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, mistaken, untrue (falsely, wrongly, untrue, deceitful)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective with 'bhavitum arhati'.

भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to be, to prove to be (to be, to become)

(verb)

active, infinitive of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अर्हति (arhati) - ought to, should (to be proper, to deserve, ought)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Used with infinitive 'bhavitum' to express 'should be'.

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