महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-9, verse-14

धर्मराज उवाच ।
प्रमद्वरा रुरोर्भार्या देवदूत यदीच्छसि ।
उत्तिष्ठत्वायुषोऽर्धेन रुरोरेव समन्विता ॥१४॥

14. dharmarāja uvāca ,
pramadvarā rurorbhāryā devadūta yadīcchasi ,
uttiṣṭhatvāyuṣo'rdhena ruroreva samanvitā.

14. dharmarājaḥ uvāca pramadvārā ruroḥ bhāryā devadūta yadi
icchasi uttiṣṭhatu āyuṣaḥ ardhena ruroḥ eva samanvitā

14. Dharmarāja said: "O Devadūta, if you desire it, let Pramadvārā, Ruru's wife, indeed rise up, endowed with half of Ruru's own lifespan."

14. דְהַרְמַרָאג׳ַה אמר, הו שליח האלים, אם זה רצונך, תקום פְּרַמַדְוַרָה אשתו של רוּרוּ במחצית חייו, ותהיה מאוחדת עם רוּרוּ בלבד.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja (king of Dharma, Yama, Dharmarāja (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• प्रमद्वारा (pramadvārā) - Pramadvārā (Pramadvārā (proper name))

• रुरोः (ruroḥ) - of Ruru

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

• देवदूत (devadūta) - O Devadūta (O messenger of the gods, O Devadūta)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire it (you wish, you desire)

• उत्तिष्ठतु (uttiṣṭhatu) - let her rise up (let her rise up, let her stand up)

• आयुषः (āyuṣaḥ) - of (Ruru's) life (of life, lifespan)

• अर्धेन (ardhena) - with half (by half, with half)

• रुरोः (ruroḥ) - of Ruru

• एव (eva) - indeed, own (only, indeed)

• समन्विता (samanvitā) - endowed with (accompanied, endowed, joined with)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja (king of Dharma, Yama, Dharmarāja (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of Dharma, Yama (god of justice and death)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+rājan)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रमद्वारा (pramadvārā) - Pramadvārā (Pramadvārā (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pramadvārā

pramadvārā - Pramadvārā (proper name, the wife of Ruru)

रुरोः (ruroḥ) - of Ruru

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ruru

ruru - a species of deer, Ruru (proper name)

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, she who is to be supported

future passive participle

from root bhṛ 'to bear, support'

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

देवदूत (devadūta) - O Devadūta (O messenger of the gods, O Devadūta)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of devadūta

devadūta - messenger of the gods, Devadūta (proper name)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+dūta)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• dūta – messenger, envoy
  noun (masculine)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire it (you wish, you desire)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

उत्तिष्ठतु (uttiṣṭhatu) - let her rise up (let her rise up, let her stand up)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of ut-sthā

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

आयुषः (āyuṣaḥ) - of (Ruru's) life (of life, lifespan)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, vital power, lifespan

अर्धेन (ardhena) - with half (by half, with half)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ardha

ardha - half, part, side

रुरोः (ruroḥ) - of Ruru

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ruru

ruru - a species of deer, Ruru (proper name)

एव (eva) - indeed, own (only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that it is Ruru's life, not someone else's.

समन्विता (samanvitā) - endowed with (accompanied, endowed, joined with)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sam-an-i

i - to go

past passive participle

from root i with prefixes sam and anu

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies Pramadvārā. Lit. 'gone along with, followed by'.

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