महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-52, verse-13

धृतराष्ट्रकुले जाताञ्शृणु नागान्यथातथम् ।
कीर्त्यमानान्मया ब्रह्मन्वातवेगान्विषोल्बणान् ॥१३॥

13. dhṛtarāṣṭrakule jātāñśṛṇu nāgānyathātatham ,
kīrtyamānānmayā brahmanvātavegānviṣolbaṇān.

13. dhṛtarāṣṭrakule jātān śṛṇu nāgān yathātatham
kīrtyamānān mayā brahman vātavegān viṣolbaṇān

13. O Brahman, listen to the serpents born in Dhritarashtra's lineage, just as they are, as they are being recounted by me—those swift as the wind and intensely venomous.

13. הקשב, הו בְּרַהְמִין, לנחשים שנולדו במשפחת דְהְרְטַרָאשְׁתְרַה, כפי שאני מונה אותם בדייקנות - מהירים כרוח ועתירי רעל:

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रकुले (dhṛtarāṣṭrakule) - pertaining to Dhritarashtra's descendants (in Dhritarashtra's family/lineage)

• जातान् (jātān) - born (referring to the serpents) (born, produced)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (command to the Brahman) (listen, hear)

• नागान् (nāgān) - serpents (serpents, elephants, mountain-dwellers)

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - exactly as they are (truly, exactly, precisely)

• कीर्त्यमानान् (kīrtyamānān) - being recounted (by me) (being celebrated, being recounted, being praised)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (addressing a priest or revered person) (O Brahman, O Brahma (vocative))

• वातवेगान् (vātavegān) - swift as the wind (wind-swift, having the speed of wind)

• विषोल्बणान् (viṣolbaṇān) - intensely venomous (having excessive poison, intensely venomous)

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रकुले (dhṛtarāṣṭrakule) - pertaining to Dhritarashtra's descendants (in Dhritarashtra's family/lineage)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭrakula

dhṛtarāṣṭrakula - Dhritarashtra's family or lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhṛtarāṣṭra+kula)

• dhṛtarāṣṭra – Dhritarashtra (name of a king, 'he who holds the kingdom')
  noun (masculine)
• kula – family, lineage, race, clan
  noun (neuter)

जातान् (jātān) - born (referring to the serpents) (born, produced)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, existing, arisen

past passive participle

from root jan- (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (command to the Brahman) (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

नागान् (nāgān) - serpents (serpents, elephants, mountain-dwellers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, cobra, mythical serpent-demon, elephant

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - exactly as they are (truly, exactly, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tathā)

• yathā – as, according as, like
  indeclinable
• tathā – so, thus, in that manner
  indeclinable

कीर्त्यमानान् (kīrtyamānān) - being recounted (by me) (being celebrated, being recounted, being praised)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kīrtyamāna

kīrtyamāna - being mentioned, being enumerated, being praised, being celebrated

present passive participle

from root kīrt- (to mention, tell, praise) in passive voice, māna-suffix

Root: kīrt (class 10)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun stem)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (addressing a priest or revered person) (O Brahman, O Brahma (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a priest, a sage, the Absolute, the creator god Brahma

Root: bṛh (class 1)

वातवेगान् (vātavegān) - swift as the wind (wind-swift, having the speed of wind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vātavega

vātavega - speed of wind, wind-swift

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāta+vega)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)
• vega – speed, velocity, current, impetuosity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 6)

विषोल्बणान् (viṣolbaṇān) - intensely venomous (having excessive poison, intensely venomous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viṣolbaṇa

viṣolbaṇa - having an excess of poison, intensely venomous, full of poison

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viṣa+ulbaṇa)

• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• ulbaṇa – abundant, excessive, large, formidable
  adjective

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