महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-54, verse-14

प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां पाण्डवाज्जनमेजयात् ।
गां चैव समनुज्ञाय व्यासः प्रीतोऽभवत्तदा ॥१४॥

14. pratigṛhya ca tāṁ pūjāṁ pāṇḍavājjanamejayāt ,
gāṁ caiva samanujñāya vyāsaḥ prīto'bhavattadā.

14. pratigṛhya ca tām pūjām pāṇḍavāt janamejayāt gām
ca eva samanu-jñāya vyāsaḥ prītaḥ abhavat tadā

14. After accepting that worship from Janamejaya, the descendant of Pāṇḍu, and indeed having acknowledged the cow (offering), Vyāsa then became pleased.

14. אחרי שקיבל את הכבוד הזה מג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה בן שושלת פָּאנְדוּ, ואישר את מתנת הפרה, וְיָאסַה שמח אז.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received (the offerings) (having accepted, having received)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ताम् (tām) - that (worship) (that)

• पूजाम् (pūjām) - the worship and offerings (worship, honor, offering)

• पाण्डवात् (pāṇḍavāt) - from Janamejaya, who is a Pāṇḍava descendant (from a descendant of Pandu)

• जनमेजयात् (janamejayāt) - from King Janamejaya (from Janamejaya)

• गाम् (gām) - the cow offered (cow)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the acceptance of the cow (indeed, just, only)

• समनुज्ञाय (samanujñāya) - having acknowledged or accepted (the cow offering) (having permitted, having assented to, having acknowledged)

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - the sage Vyasa (Vyasa (proper name))

• प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased (with the reception and offerings) (pleased, satisfied, glad)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became (pleased) (he became, he was)

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

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received (the offerings) (having accepted, having received)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root grah with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (worship) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'pūjām'.

पूजाम् (pūjām) - the worship and offerings (worship, honor, offering)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūjā

pūjā - worship, honor, respect, offering

action noun

Derived from root pūj (to worship)

Root: pūj (class 10)

पाण्डवात् (pāṇḍavāt) - from Janamejaya, who is a Pāṇḍava descendant (from a descendant of Pandu)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu; a son of Pandu

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu

Note: Refers to Janamejaya.

जनमेजयात् (janamejayāt) - from King Janamejaya (from Janamejaya)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (proper name of a king)

गाम् (gām) - the cow offered (cow)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, cattle; earth, ray of light

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the acceptance of the cow (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

समनुज्ञाय (samanujñāya) - having acknowledged or accepted (the cow offering) (having permitted, having assented to, having acknowledged)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root jñā with prefixes sam and anu

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: The meaning here leans towards 'acknowledging' or 'accepting with approval'.

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - the sage Vyasa (Vyasa (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (proper name of the compiler of the Vedas and author of Mahabharata); an arranger, compiler

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The sage who is the subject of the verse.

प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased (with the reception and offerings) (pleased, satisfied, glad)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prīta

prīta - pleased, satisfied, gladdened, beloved

past participle

Derived from root prī (to please, to love)

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'Vyāsaḥ'.

अभवत् (abhavat) - became (pleased) (he became, he was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

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