महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-70, verse-19

सनत्कुमारस्तं राजन्ब्रह्मलोकादुपेत्य ह ।
अनुदर्शयां ततश्चक्रे प्रत्यगृह्णान्न चाप्यसौ ॥१९॥

19. sanatkumārastaṁ rājanbrahmalokādupetya ha ,
anudarśayāṁ tataścakre pratyagṛhṇānna cāpyasau.

19. sanatkumāraḥ tam rājan brahma-lokāt upetya ha
anudarśayām tataḥ cakre pratyagṛhṇāt na ca api asau

19. O King, Sanatkumara, having come from Brahmaloka, then indeed instructed him, but that Pururavas did not accept it either.

19. הו מלך, סַנַטְקוּמָארַה בא אליו מעולם בְּרַהְמָה ועשה מאמץ להראות לו את הדרך הנכונה, אך הוא לא קיבל זאת.

Words meanings summery:

• सनत्कुमारः (sanatkumāraḥ) - Sanatkumara (name of a sage)

• तम् (tam) - Pururavas (him)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• ब्रह्म-लोकात् (brahma-lokāt) - from Brahmaloka (the world of Brahma)

• उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached, having come

• ह (ha) - indeed, verily (particle of emphasis)

• अनुदर्शयाम् (anudarśayām) - (making one see), instructing

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• चक्रे (cakre) - he did, he made

• प्रत्यगृह्णात् (pratyagṛhṇāt) - he did not accept, he rejected

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - even, also

• असौ (asau) - Pururavas (that one, he)

Words meanings and morphology

सनत्कुमारः (sanatkumāraḥ) - Sanatkumara (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanatkumāra

sanatkumāra - Sanatkumara (a divine sage, mind-born son of Brahma)

तम् (tam) - Pururavas (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

ब्रह्म-लोकात् (brahma-lokāt) - from Brahmaloka (the world of Brahma)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of brahmaloka

brahmaloka - the world of Brahma

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+loka)

• brahman – Brahma (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality
  proper noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• loka – world, realm, sphere, abode
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached, having come

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From upa-√i (to go to, to approach)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, verily (particle of emphasis)

(indeclinable)

अनुदर्शयाम् (anudarśayām) - (making one see), instructing

(indeclinable)

Causative verbal stem

From anu-√dṛś (to see), causative form

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: An archaic perfect form or special usage with 'ām' for causatives, combined with 'cakre'.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

चक्रे (cakre) - he did, he made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: 3rd person singular, perfect tense, middle voice of the root √kṛ. Used here as an auxiliary verb for the periphrastic perfect of the causative 'anudarśayām'.

प्रत्यगृह्णात् (pratyagṛhṇāt) - he did not accept, he rejected

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of prati-grah

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: 3rd person singular, imperfect tense, active voice of prati-√grah. The final 't' changes to 'n' by sandhi before 'na'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - Pururavas (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Nominative singular masculine form of 'adas'.

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