महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-73, verse-22

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तामथ ब्राह्मणीं स्त्रीं च विज्ञाय नहुषात्मजः ।
गृहीत्वा दक्षिणे पाणावुज्जहार ततोऽवटात् ॥२२॥

22. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tāmatha brāhmaṇīṁ strīṁ ca vijñāya nahuṣātmajaḥ ,
gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇāvujjahāra tato'vaṭāt.

22. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca tām atha brāhmaṇīm strīm ca vijñāya
nahuṣātmajaḥ gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇau ujjahāra tataḥ avaṭāt

22. Vaiśampāyana said: Then, recognizing her as a Brahmin woman, Nahuṣa's son (Yayāti) took her right hand and lifted her out of that well.

22. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, כשהבין בן נַהוּשַׁה שהיא אישה בת בְּרַהְמִין, אחז בידה הימנית והעלה אותה מהבור.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - The narrator of the Mahabharata (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• ताम् (tām) - referring to the Brahmin woman (her, that (feminine))

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• ब्राह्मणीम् (brāhmaṇīm) - Brahmin woman

• स्त्रीम् (strīm) - woman

• च (ca) - and, also

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having recognized

• नहुषात्मजः (nahuṣātmajaḥ) - King Yayāti (son of Nahuṣa)

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

• दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - in the right (hand) (in the right, in the south)

• पाणौ (pāṇau) - in the hand

• उज्जाहार (ujjāhāra) - he lifted out, he rescued

• ततः (tataḥ) - from there, then

• अवटात् (avaṭāt) - from the pit, from the well

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - The narrator of the Mahabharata (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - referring to the Brahmin woman (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणीम् (brāhmaṇīm) - Brahmin woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a Brahmin woman

Feminine form of brāhmaṇa

स्त्रीम् (strīm) - woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having recognized

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root jñā (to know) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

नहुषात्मजः (nahuṣātmajaḥ) - King Yayāti (son of Nahuṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣātmaja

nahuṣātmaja - son of Nahuṣa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nahuṣa+ātmaja)

• nahuṣa – Nahuṣa (proper name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – self-born, son, daughter
  noun (masculine)

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root grah (to seize)

Root: grah (class 9)

दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - in the right (hand) (in the right, in the south)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - right, southern, clever, skillful

पाणौ (pāṇau) - in the hand

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

उज्जाहार (ujjāhāra) - he lifted out, he rescued

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of uddhṛ (ud- + hṛ)

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - from there, then

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad with adverbial suffix -tas

अवटात् (avaṭāt) - from the pit, from the well

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of avaṭa

avaṭa - pit, hole, well, chasm

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