महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-92, verse-44

जातं जातं च सा पुत्रं क्षिपत्यम्भसि भारत ।
प्रीणामि त्वाहमित्युक्त्वा गङ्गास्रोतस्यमज्जयत् ॥४४॥

44. jātaṁ jātaṁ ca sā putraṁ kṣipatyambhasi bhārata ,
prīṇāmi tvāhamityuktvā gaṅgāsrotasyamajjayat.

44. jātam jātam ca sā putram kṣipati ambhasi bhārata
prīṇāmi tvā aham iti uktvā gaṅgā-srotasi amajjayat

44. And she, O Bhārata, each child that was born, would throw into the water. Saying 'I please you,' she would immerse it in the current of the Gaṅgā.

44. הו בְּהָארַטַה, כל בן שנולד היא השליכה למים, ואמרה, אני משמחת אותך, והטביעה אותו בזרם גַנְגָה.

Words meanings summery:

• जातम् (jātam) - child (that was) born (born, produced, manifested)

• जातम् (jātam) - child (that was) born (born, produced, manifested)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• सा (sā) - she (referring to Gaṅgā) (she, that (feminine))

• पुत्रम् (putram) - child (son, child)

• क्षिपति (kṣipati) - throws (throws, casts, hurls)

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - into the water (in the water, in water)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or an elder of the Bharata lineage) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata (vocative))

• प्रीणामि (prīṇāmi) - I please (you) (I please, I satisfy, I propitiate)

• त्वा (tvā) - you (referring to the child's father, Śaṃtanu) (you (accusative singular))

• अहम् (aham) - I (referring to Gaṅgā) (I)

• इति (iti) - (marking direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech))

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said (having said, having spoken)

• गङ्गा-स्रोतसि (gaṅgā-srotasi) - in the current of the Gaṅgā

• अमज्जयत् (amajjayat) - immersed (it, the child) (immersed, submerged (transitive or causative of majj))

Words meanings and morphology

जातम् (jātam) - child (that was) born (born, produced, manifested)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, occurred, become

Past Passive Participle

From root jan- (to be born, to produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

जातम् (jātam) - child (that was) born (born, produced, manifested)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, occurred, become

Past Passive Participle

From root jan- (to be born, to produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she (referring to Gaṅgā) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुत्रम् (putram) - child (son, child)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

क्षिपति (kṣipati) - throws (throws, casts, hurls)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṣip

Present active indicative

3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: kṣip (class 6)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - into the water (in the water, in water)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

Note: Denotes location/direction 'into'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or an elder of the Bharata lineage) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata (vocative))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata

प्रीणामि (prīṇāmi) - I please (you) (I please, I satisfy, I propitiate)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prī

Present active indicative

1st person singular, parasmaipada

Root: prī (class 9)

त्वा (tvā) - you (referring to the child's father, Śaṃtanu) (you (accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अहम् (aham) - I (referring to Gaṅgā) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इति (iti) - (marking direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root vac (to speak, say) + ktvā suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

गङ्गा-स्रोतसि (gaṅgā-srotasi) - in the current of the Gaṅgā

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gaṅgā-srotas

gaṅgā-srotas - current of the Gaṅgā

Compound type : tatpurusha (gaṅgā+srotas)

• gaṅgā – the river Gaṅgā
  proper noun (feminine)
• srotas – stream, current, flow
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sru (class 1)

Note: Sandhi in `gaṅgā-srotasi` is internal to the compound.

अमज्जयत् (amajjayat) - immersed (it, the child) (immersed, submerged (transitive or causative of majj))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect indicative (laṅ) of majj

Imperfect active causative

3rd person singular, parasmaipada. Root majj (to sink) + ṇic (causative) + laṅ.

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Causative form of majjati (sinks).

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