महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-90, verse-54

विचित्रवीर्यः खलु कौसल्यात्मजेऽम्बिकाम्बालिके
काशिराजदुहितरावुपयेमे ॥५४॥

54. vicitravīryaḥ khalu kausalyātmaje'mbikāmbālike
kāśirājaduhitarāvupayeme.

54. vicitravīryaḥ khalu kausalyā-ātmaje
ambikā-ambālike kāśirāja-duhitrau upayeme

54. Vicitravīrya indeed married Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two daughters of King Kāśi, born of Kausalyā.

54. וִיצ׳ִיטְרַוִירְיַה נשא לאישה את אַמְבִּיקָה ואת אַמְבָּאלִיקָה, בנות מלך קָאשִׁי.

Words meanings summery:

• विचित्रवीर्यः (vicitravīryaḥ) - Vicitravīrya (name of a king)

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly

• कौसल्या-आत्मजे (kausalyā-ātmaje) - Kausalyā's two daughters

• अम्बिका-अम्बालिके (ambikā-ambālike) - Ambikā and Ambālikā

• काशिराज-दुहित्रौ (kāśirāja-duhitrau) - two daughters of the King of Kāśi

• उपयेमे (upayeme) - he married, he took as wife

Words meanings and morphology

विचित्रवीर्यः (vicitravīryaḥ) - Vicitravīrya (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicitravīrya

vicitravīrya - Vicitravīrya (name of a king)

खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

कौसल्या-आत्मजे (kausalyā-ātmaje) - Kausalyā's two daughters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of kausalyā-ātmajā

kausalyā-ātmajā - daughter of Kausalyā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kausalyā+ātmajā)

• kausalyā – Kausalyā (proper noun, name of a woman)
  proper noun (feminine)
• ātmajā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Ambikā and Ambālikā

अम्बिका-अम्बालिके (ambikā-ambālike) - Ambikā and Ambālikā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of ambikā-ambālikā

ambikā-ambālikā - Ambikā and Ambālikā (proper names of two sisters)

Compound type : dvandva (ambikā+ambālikā)

• ambikā – Ambikā (a proper name)
  proper noun (feminine)
• ambālikā – Ambālikā (a proper name)
  proper noun (feminine)

Note: Treated as a single word (compound) in the Devanagari.

काशिराज-दुहित्रौ (kāśirāja-duhitrau) - two daughters of the King of Kāśi

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of kāśirāja-duhitṛ

kāśirāja-duhitṛ - daughter of the King of Kāśi

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāśirāja+duhitṛ)

• kāśirāja – King of Kāśi
  noun (masculine)
• duhitṛ – daughter
  noun (feminine)

उपयेमे (upayeme) - he married, he took as wife

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of √yam

From upa-√yam, meaning 'to marry, to take to oneself'.

Prefix: upa

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: The active voice equivalent would be "upayayamau". This is ātmanepada.

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