महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-61, verse-11

पञ्चैते जज्ञिरे राजन्वीर्यवन्तो महासुराः ।
केकयेषु महात्मानः पार्थिवर्षभसत्तमाः ॥११॥

11. pañcaite jajñire rājanvīryavanto mahāsurāḥ ,
kekayeṣu mahātmānaḥ pārthivarṣabhasattamāḥ.

11. pañca ete jajñire rājan vīryavantaḥ mahāsurāḥ
kekayeṣu mahātmānaḥ pārthivarṣabhasattamāḥ

11. O King, these five valiant and great Asuras, who were magnanimous and the foremost among kings, were born in the Kekaya lands.

11. הו מלך, חמשת האַסוּרַה האדירים והחזקים האלה נולדו בקרב הקֵקַיַה, כגדולי נפש ומובחרי המלכים.

Words meanings summery:

• पञ्च (pañca) - these five (five)

• एते (ete) - these (referring to the five listed in the previous verse) (these)

• जज्ञिरे (jajñire) - they were born

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative) (O king)

• वीर्यवन्तः (vīryavantaḥ) - valiant (valorous, powerful)

• महासुराः (mahāsurāḥ) - great Asuras

• केकयेषु (kekayeṣu) - in the Kekaya lands (among the Kekayas)

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - magnanimous (great-souled, magnanimous)

• पार्थिवर्षभसत्तमाः (pārthivarṣabhasattamāḥ) - foremost among kings (best among bull-like kings)

Words meanings and morphology

पञ्च (pañca) - these five (five)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'mahāsurāḥ'.

एते (ete) - these (referring to the five listed in the previous verse) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

demonstrative pronoun, from the stem 'e-' variant of 'idam' or 'etas'

जज्ञिरे (jajñire) - they were born

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of jan

perfect (reduplicated)

root jan (Div. 4 or 2)

Root: jan (class 4)

राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

वीर्यवन्तः (vīryavantaḥ) - valiant (valorous, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīryavat

vīryavat - powerful, valorous, heroic

possessive suffix -vat

derived from vīrya (valor)

Note: Agrees with 'mahāsurāḥ'.

महासुराः (mahāsurāḥ) - great Asuras

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāsura

mahāsura - great demon, great asura

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+asura)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• asura – demon, asura
  noun (masculine)

केकयेषु (kekayeṣu) - in the Kekaya lands (among the Kekayas)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kekaya

kekaya - a country or people (plural); name of a king

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - magnanimous (great-souled, magnanimous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'mahāsurāḥ'.

पार्थिवर्षभसत्तमाः (pārthivarṣabhasattamāḥ) - foremost among kings (best among bull-like kings)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārthivarṣabhasattama

pārthivarṣabhasattama - best among king-bulls, foremost among kings

superlative of pārthivarṣabha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pārthiva+ṛṣabha+sattama)

• pārthiva – king, earthly, royal
  noun (masculine)
  derived from pṛthivī (earth)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, most virtuous
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of sat (good, existing)

Note: Agrees with 'mahāsurāḥ'.

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