महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-9, verse-1

सूत उवाच ।
तेषु तत्रोपविष्टेषु ब्राह्मणेषु समन्ततः ।
रुरुश्चुक्रोश गहनं वनं गत्वा सुदुःखितः ॥१॥

1. sūta uvāca ,
teṣu tatropaviṣṭeṣu brāhmaṇeṣu samantataḥ ,
ruruścukrośa gahanaṁ vanaṁ gatvā suduḥkhitaḥ.

1. sūtaḥ uvāca teṣu tatra upaviṣṭeṣu brāhmaṇeṣu samantataḥ
ruruḥ cukrośa gahanam vanam gatvā suduḥkhitaḥ

1. Sūta said: While those Brahmins were seated all around there, Ruru, extremely distressed, went to the dense forest and cried out.

1. סוּטַה אמר, כשהבְּרַהְמִינים ישבו שם מסביב, רוּרוּ, שקוע ביגון עמוק, הלך אל יער עבות וצעק.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a charioteer, bard, narrator))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तेषु (teṣu) - while they (the Brahmins) (among them, in them)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• उपविष्टेषु (upaviṣṭeṣu) - seated, sitting

• ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - the Brahmins (among the Brahmins)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides

• रुरुः (ruruḥ) - Ruru (name of the person)

• चुक्रोश (cukrośa) - cried out, lamented

• गहनम् (gahanam) - dense, deep, impenetrable

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, after going

• सुदुःखितः (suduḥkhitaḥ) - extremely distressed, greatly pained

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a charioteer, bard, narrator))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator (born of a kṣatriya father and brahmin mother)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तेषु (teṣu) - while they (the Brahmins) (among them, in them)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Used in locative absolute construction

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

उपविष्टेषु (upaviṣṭeṣu) - seated, sitting

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of upaviṣṭa

upaviṣṭa - seated, sat down, occupying

past participle

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction

ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - the Brahmins (among the Brahmins)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, priest, related to Brahma

Note: Used in locative absolute construction

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides

(indeclinable)

रुरुः (ruruḥ) - Ruru (name of the person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ruru

ruru - a species of deer; name of a mythical sage

Note: Proper noun

चुक्रोश (cukrośa) - cried out, lamented

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of kruś

Root: kruś (class 1)

गहनम् (gahanam) - dense, deep, impenetrable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gahana

gahana - deep, dense, impenetrable, thick (forest)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, after going

(indeclinable)

Root: gam (class 1)

सुदुःखितः (suduḥkhitaḥ) - extremely distressed, greatly pained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suduḥkhita

suduḥkhita - greatly distressed, very sad, extremely afflicted

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+duḥkhita)

• su – good, well, very, excellent (prefix)
  prefix
• duḥkhita – distressed, pained, sad
  adjective (masculine)
  past participle
  Root: duḥkh (class 1)

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