महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-53, verse-32

शौनक उवाच ।
महाभारतमाख्यानं पाण्डवानां यशस्करम् ।
जनमेजयेन यत्पृष्टः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा ॥३२॥

32. śaunaka uvāca ,
mahābhāratamākhyānaṁ pāṇḍavānāṁ yaśaskaram ,
janamejayena yatpṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastadā.

32. śaunakaḥ uvāca mahābhāratam ākhyānam pāṇḍavānām
yaśaskaram janamejayena yat pṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ tadā

32. Śaunaka said: The Mahābhārata narrative, which brings fame to the Pāṇḍavas — that same (narrative) which Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana was asked about by Janamejaya at that time...

32. שַׁאוּנַקַה אמר. אני רוצה לשמוע את סיפור מַהָאבְּהָארַטַה, המעניק תהילה לבני פָּאנְדוּ, אשר ג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה שאל עליו אז את קְרְשְׁנַה דְוַיפָּאיַנַה,

Words meanings summery:

• शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Śaunaka (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• महाभारतम् (mahābhāratam) - the Mahābhārata narrative (the Mahābhārata (epic))

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative (narrative, tale, epic)

• पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

• यशस्करम् (yaśaskaram) - which brings fame (causing fame, glorious, famous)

• जनमेजयेन (janamejayena) - by Janamejaya (by Janamejaya (proper name))

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the narrative) (which, that which)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - was asked (asked, questioned)

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

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

Words meanings and morphology

शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Śaunaka (proper name)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaunaka

śaunaka - Śaunaka (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

महाभारतम् (mahābhāratam) - the Mahābhārata narrative (the Mahābhārata (epic))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahābhārata

mahābhārata - the great epic Mahābhārata

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+bhārata)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• bhārata – relating to Bharata, a descendant of Bharata, India, the Bhārata (epic)
  noun (neuter)

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative (narrative, tale, epic)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, tale, story, epic

action noun

Derived from root khyā with prefix ā and suffix ana

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, relating to Pāṇḍu

patronymic

Derived from Pāṇḍu

यशस्करम् (yaśaskaram) - which brings fame (causing fame, glorious, famous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśaskara

yaśaskara - causing glory, conferring fame, glorious

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yaśas+kara)

• yaśas – fame, glory, honor
  noun (neuter)
• kara – making, causing, doing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

जनमेजयेन (janamejayena) - by Janamejaya (by Janamejaya (proper name))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parīkṣit)

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the narrative) (which, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, whoever

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - was asked (asked, questioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

past passive participle

Derived from root prach with kta suffix

Root: prach (class 6)

कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇadvaipāyana

kṛṣṇadvaipāyana - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (the full name of Vyāsa)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+dvaipāyana)

• kṛṣṇa – dark, black, Kṛṣṇa (proper name)
  adjective (masculine)
• dvaipāyana – island-born (an epithet of Vyāsa)
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)

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