महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-72, verse-6

कच उवाच ।
पूज्यो मान्यश्च भगवान्यथा तव पिता मम ।
तथा त्वमनवद्याङ्गि पूजनीयतरा मम ॥६॥

6. kaca uvāca ,
pūjyo mānyaśca bhagavānyathā tava pitā mama ,
tathā tvamanavadyāṅgi pūjanīyatarā mama.

6. kacaḥ uvāca pūjyaḥ mānyaḥ ca bhagavān yathā tava
pitā mama tathā tvam anavadyāṅgi pūjanīyatarā mama

6. Kaca said: 'Just as your revered father is worthy of worship and respect to me, so too, O lady of flawless limbs, are you even more venerable to me.'

6. קַצ׳ַה אמר, הו בעלת הגוף הנקי מכל פגם, כשם שאביך, האדון המכובד, ראוי בעיניי לכבוד ולהערצה, כך את ראויה בעיניי להערצה גדולה עוד יותר.

Words meanings summery:

• कचः (kacaḥ) - Kaca

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पूज्यः (pūjyaḥ) - worshipable, venerable, respectable

• मान्यः (mānyaḥ) - honorable, respectable

• च (ca) - and

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered father (revered one, lord, fortunate one)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पिता (pitā) - Śukra (Devayani's father) (father)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• त्वम् (tvam) - Devayani (you)

• अनवद्याङ्गि (anavadyāṅgi) - O lady of flawless limbs

• पूजनीयतरा (pūjanīyatarā) - more worshipable, more venerable

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

कचः (kacaḥ) - Kaca

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaca

kaca - Kaca (a proper noun, son of Bṛhaspati)

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect, active

root vac (to speak), 3rd person singular, perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

पूज्यः (pūjyaḥ) - worshipable, venerable, respectable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjya

pūjya - worshipable, venerable, worthy of respect

Gerundive (future passive participle)

derived from root pūj (to worship) with suffix -ya

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'pitā'.

मान्यः (mānyaḥ) - honorable, respectable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānya

mānya - honorable, respectable, worthy of esteem

Gerundive (future passive participle)

derived from root man (to think, to respect) with suffix -ya

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'pitā'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered father (revered one, lord, fortunate one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, revered, divine

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'pitā'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Refers to Devayani.

पिता (pitā) - Śukra (Devayani's father) (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Refers to Śukra.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Refers to Kaca.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - Devayani (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Refers to Devayani.

अनवद्याङ्गि (anavadyāṅgi) - O lady of flawless limbs

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of anavadyāṅgī

anavadyāṅgī - a woman with flawless limbs

feminine form of anavadyāṅga

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anavadya+aṅga)

• anavadya – blameless, faultless, irreproachable
  adjective (masculine)
  compound of an- (negation) and avadya (blamable)
  Root: vad (class 1)
• aṅga – limb, body part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Addressed to Devayani.

पूजनीयतरा (pūjanīyatarā) - more worshipable, more venerable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūjanīyatara

pūjanīyatara - more worthy of worship, more venerable

comparative degree of pūjanīya

derived from pūj (to worship) with suffix -anīya (gerundive) + -tara (comparative suffix)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'tvam' (Devayani).

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Refers to Kaca.

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