महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-17

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
यष्टिं च वैणवीं तस्मै ददौ वृत्रनिषूदनः ।
इष्टप्रदानमुद्दिश्य शिष्टानां परिपालिनीम् ॥१७॥

17. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
yaṣṭiṁ ca vaiṇavīṁ tasmai dadau vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ ,
iṣṭapradānamuddiśya śiṣṭānāṁ paripālinīm.

17. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca yaṣṭim ca vaiṇavīm tasmai dadau
vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ iṣṭapradānam uddiśya śiṣṭānām paripālinīm

17. Vaiśampāyana said: The slayer of Vṛtra (Indra) also gave him a bamboo staff, intending it for the granting of desired boons and for the protection of the virtuous.

17. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, מחסל וְרְטְרַה נתן לו גם מטה מבמבוק, המגן על הישרים, לשם מתן מתנה רצויה.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यष्टिम् (yaṣṭim) - a staff (staff, stick)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• वैणवीम् (vaiṇavīm) - bamboo (made of bamboo, bamboo)

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Arjuna) (to him, for him)

• ददौ (dadau) - gave (gave, bestowed)

• वृत्रनिषूदनः (vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ) - Indra (epithet) (slayer of Vṛtra)

• इष्टप्रदानम् (iṣṭapradānam) - for granting desired boons (granting of desired things/boons)

• उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - intending it as (having intended, aiming at, for the purpose of)

• शिष्टानाम् (śiṣṭānām) - of the virtuous (of the virtuous, of the disciplined)

• परिपालिनीम् (paripālinīm) - protector (protecting, guarding)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṁpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a sage, a pupil of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

root vac (reduplicated va-vac -> uvāca)

Root: vac (class 2)

यष्टिम् (yaṣṭim) - a staff (staff, stick)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yaṣṭi

yaṣṭi - staff, stick, pillar, club, stem

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वैणवीम् (vaiṇavīm) - bamboo (made of bamboo, bamboo)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaiṇava

vaiṇava - made of bamboo, relating to bamboo

From veṇu (bamboo) + a (suffix)

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Arjuna) (to him, for him)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to Arjuna in context.

ददौ (dadau) - gave (gave, bestowed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of dā

perfect active indicative

root dā (reduplicated da-dā -> dadau)

Root: dā (class 3)

वृत्रनिषूदनः (vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ) - Indra (epithet) (slayer of Vṛtra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtraniṣūdana

vṛtraniṣūdana - slayer of Vṛtra (an epithet of Indra)

Compound, agent noun

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vṛtra+niṣūdana)

• vṛtra – Vṛtra (name of a demon)
  noun (masculine)
• niṣūdana – slayer, destroyer
  agent noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  ni + sūd (to kill) + ana
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sūd (class 10)

इष्टप्रदानम् (iṣṭapradānam) - for granting desired boons (granting of desired things/boons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of iṣṭapradāna

iṣṭapradāna - giving of what is desired, granting of boons

Compound noun

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (iṣṭa+pradāna)

• iṣṭa – desired, wished; sacrifice
  adjective / noun
  past passive participle
  root iṣ (to wish) + kta
  Root: iṣ (class 4)
• pradāna – giving, granting, bestowal
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  pra + dā (to give) + lyuṭ
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 3)

उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - intending it as (having intended, aiming at, for the purpose of)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

ud + diś (to point, show) + lyap (gerund suffix with prefix)

Prefixes: ud+diś

Root: diś (class 6)

शिष्टानाम् (śiṣṭānām) - of the virtuous (of the virtuous, of the disciplined)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śiṣṭa

śiṣṭa - disciplined, educated, learned, virtuous, well-behaved

past passive participle

root śiṣ (to teach, discipline) + kta

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

परिपालिनीम् (paripālinīm) - protector (protecting, guarding)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paripālin

paripālin - protecting, guarding, maintaining

agent noun

pari + pā (to protect) + ṇini

Root: pā (class 2)

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