महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-49

कदाचिदथ मत्सीं तां बबन्धुर्मत्स्यजीविनः ।
मासे च दशमे प्राप्ते तदा भरतसत्तम ।
उज्जह्रुरुदरात्तस्याः स्त्रीपुमांसं च मानुषम् ॥४९॥

49. kadācidatha matsīṁ tāṁ babandhurmatsyajīvinaḥ ,
māse ca daśame prāpte tadā bharatasattama ,
ujjahrurudarāttasyāḥ strīpumāṁsaṁ ca mānuṣam.

49. kadācit atha matsīm tām babandhuḥ
matsya-jīvinaḥ māse ca daśame prāpte
tadā bharata-sattama ujjahruḥ
udarāt tasyāḥ strī-pumāṃsam ca mānuṣam

49. O best of Bharatas, once the fishermen caught that fish. Then, when the tenth month arrived, they extracted a human male and female from her belly.

49. יום אחד דייגים תפסו את הדגה הזאת ברשת, וכשהגיע החודש העשירי, הו הנעלה שבצאצאי בְּהָארַתַה, הם הוציאו מבטנה זוג בני אדם, בן ובת.

Words meanings summery:

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, at some point (once, sometimes, at some time)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon)

• मत्सीम् (matsīm) - that fish (fish (female))

• ताम् (tām) - that (fish) (that, her)

• बबन्धुः (babandhuḥ) - they caught (they caught, they bound)

• मत्स्य-जीविनः (matsya-jīvinaḥ) - the fishermen (fishermen, those living by fish)

• मासे (māse) - in the month

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• दशमे (daśame) - the tenth (month) (tenth)

• प्राप्ते (prāpte) - having arrived, when it arrived (having reached, attained, arrived)

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

• भरत-सत्तम (bharata-sattama) - O best of Bharatas (addressing the listener) (O best of Bharatas)

• उज्जहुः (ujjahuḥ) - they extracted (they took out, they extracted)

• उदरात् (udarāt) - from her belly (from the belly, from the womb)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - from her (the fish's) (from her, of her)

• स्त्री-पुमांसम् (strī-pumāṁsam) - a female and a male child (a female and a male, a human pair)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human (offspring) (human, man)

Words meanings and morphology

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, at some point (once, sometimes, at some time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates an indefinite past time.

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects events.

मत्सीम् (matsīm) - that fish (fish (female))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of matsī

matsī - female fish

feminine form of matsya

Note: Object of 'babandhuḥ'.

ताम् (tām) - that (fish) (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'matsīm'.

बबन्धुः (babandhuḥ) - they caught (they caught, they bound)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Main verb of the first part of the sentence.

मत्स्य-जीविनः (matsya-jīvinaḥ) - the fishermen (fishermen, those living by fish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matsya-jīvin

matsya-jīvin - living by fish, fisherman

agent noun

from matsya + jīvin (from root jīv)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (matsya+jīvin)

• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)
• jīvin – living by, subsisting by, living being
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root jīv
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'babandhuḥ'.

मासे (māse) - in the month

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month, moon

Note: Forms a temporal phrase with 'daśame' and 'prāpte'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects events or clauses.

दशमे (daśame) - the tenth (month) (tenth)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of daśama

daśama - tenth

Note: Qualifies 'māse'.

प्राप्ते (prāpte) - having arrived, when it arrived (having reached, attained, arrived)

(nominal form)

Locative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, arrived, come

past participle

past participle of pra-āp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: In locative absolute construction with 'māse daśame'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the time indicated by the locative absolute.

भरत-सत्तम (bharata-sattama) - O best of Bharatas (addressing the listener) (O best of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharata-sattama

bharata-sattama - best among the Bharatas (a royal lineage), O excellent Bharata

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+sattama)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of a king, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama

Note: An address to the listener/reader.

उज्जहुः (ujjahuḥ) - they extracted (they took out, they extracted)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of ud-hṛ

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the second part of the sentence.

उदरात् (udarāt) - from her belly (from the belly, from the womb)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of udara

udara - belly, abdomen, womb

Note: Indicates the source of extraction.

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - from her (the fish's) (from her, of her)

(pronoun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'matsīm' (the fish).

स्त्री-पुमांसम् (strī-pumāṁsam) - a female and a male child (a female and a male, a human pair)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of strī-pumāṃsa

strī-pumāṁsa - a woman and a man, a female and a male (pair)

Compound type : dvandva (strī+pumāṃsa)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• pumāṃsa – man, male, masculine
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'ujjahuḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'strī-pumāṃsam' to 'mānuṣam' as aspects of the object.

मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human (offspring) (human, man)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, belonging to man, human being

derived from manuṣa (man)

Note: Qualifies 'strī-pumāṃsam'.

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