महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-55, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
गुरवे प्राङ्नमस्कृत्य मनोबुद्धिसमाधिभिः ।
संपूज्य च द्विजान्सर्वांस्तथान्यान्विदुषो जनान् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
gurave prāṅnamaskṛtya manobuddhisamādhibhiḥ ,
saṁpūjya ca dvijānsarvāṁstathānyānviduṣo janān.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca gurave prāk namaskṛtya manobuddhismādhībhiḥ
saṃpūjya ca dvijān sarvān tathā anyān viduṣaḥ janān

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Having first paid obeisance to his preceptor with his mind, intellect, and profound concentration, and having honored all brahmins as well as other learned individuals,

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, לאחר שהשתחווה תחילה בפני מורהו ברוחו, בשכלו ובריכוזו, וכיבד את כל הבְּרַהְמִינים ואת שאר האנשים החכמים,

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The speaker of the narrative, Vaiśampāyana (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Vaiśampāyana said (said, spoke)

• गुरवे (gurave) - to his preceptor (Vyāsa) (to the guru, to the preceptor)

• प्राक् (prāk) - first, prior to speaking (before, formerly, first)

• नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having reverently bowed down (having bowed down, having saluted)

• मनोबुद्धिस्माधीभिः (manobuddhismādhībhiḥ) - with one's mind, intellect, and profound concentration/absorption (by mind, intellect, and deep concentration)

• संपूज्य (saṁpūjya) - having duly honored (having honored, having worshipped)

• च (ca) - and

• द्विजान् (dvijān) - the brahmins (brahmins)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (the brahmins) (all, every)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, as well as (thus, so, similarly)

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other (people) (others)

• विदुषः (viduṣaḥ) - learned (people) (learned ones, wise ones)

• जनान् (janān) - people, individuals (people, men)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The speaker of the narrative, Vaiśampāyana (Vaiśampāyana)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a pupil of Vyāsa, a narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - Vaiśampāyana said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

गुरवे (gurave) - to his preceptor (Vyāsa) (to the guru, to the preceptor)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, respected person

प्राक् (prāk) - first, prior to speaking (before, formerly, first)

(indeclinable)

नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having reverently bowed down (having bowed down, having saluted)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive/gerund from kṛ with namas (honorific particle acting as prefix)

Prefix: namas

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मनोबुद्धिस्माधीभिः (manobuddhismādhībhiḥ) - with one's mind, intellect, and profound concentration/absorption (by mind, intellect, and deep concentration)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of manobuddhismādhi

manobuddhismādhi - mind, intellect, and concentration

Compound type : dvandva (manas+buddhi+samādhi)

• manas – mind, thought, intellect
  noun (neuter)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• samādhi – concentration, absorption, meditation
  noun (masculine)
  from root dhā with sam + ā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

संपूज्य (saṁpūjya) - having duly honored (having honored, having worshipped)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive/gerund from pūj with sam

Prefix: sam

Root: pūj (class 10)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

द्विजान् (dvijān) - the brahmins (brahmins)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya), brahmin, bird, tooth

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (the brahmins) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

तथा (tathā) - similarly, as well as (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अन्यान् (anyān) - other (people) (others)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

विदुषः (viduṣaḥ) - learned (people) (learned ones, wise ones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vidus

vidus - wise, learned, knowing

participle

from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

जनान् (janān) - people, individuals (people, men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

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