महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-93, verse-11

अथ तद्वनमाजग्मुः कदाचिद्भरतर्षभ ।
पृथ्वाद्या वसवः सर्वे देवदेवर्षिसेवितम् ॥११॥

11. atha tadvanamājagmuḥ kadācidbharatarṣabha ,
pṛthvādyā vasavaḥ sarve devadevarṣisevitam.

11. atha tat vanam ājagmuḥ kadācit bharatarṣabha
pṛthvādyāḥ vasavaḥ sarve devadevarṣisevitam

11. Then, O best of Bharatas, once all the Vasus, headed by Pṛthu, came to that forest, which was frequented by gods and divine sages.

11. אז, יום אחד, הו מיטב צאצאי בְּהַרַטַה, הגיעו אל היער ההוא פְּרְטְהוּ ושאר הוַסוּ כולם, יער שמבקרים בו אלים וחוזים אלוהיים.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, it (neuter))

• वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood)

• आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - they arrived (they came, they arrived)

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once (once, sometimes, at some time)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (vocative) (O best of Bharatas, O bull of Bharatas)

• पृथ्वाद्याः (pṛthvādyāḥ) - headed by Pṛthu (Pṛthu and others, led by Pṛthu)

• वसवः (vasavaḥ) - the Vasus (Vasus (a class of deities))

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, everyone (masculine plural nominative))

• देवदेवर्षिसेवितम् (devadevarṣisevitam) - frequented by gods and divine sages

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (that, it (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - they arrived (they came, they arrived)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of āgam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: perfect tense

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once (once, sometimes, at some time)

(indeclinable)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (vocative) (O best of Bharatas, O bull of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, bull among Bharatas (an epithet for a strong hero, often Yudhiṣṭhira)

bharata + ṛṣabha

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of a king, a member of the Bharata lineage
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

पृथ्वाद्याः (pṛthvādyāḥ) - headed by Pṛthu (Pṛthu and others, led by Pṛthu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pṛthvādyā

pṛthvādyā - Pṛthu and others, headed by Pṛthu

pṛthu + ādya

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pṛthu+ādya)

• pṛthu – Pṛthu (name of a king, one of the Vasus)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛth (class 6)
• ādya – first, chief, beginning with, and others
  adjective
  from ādi + ya

वसवः (vasavaḥ) - the Vasus (Vasus (a class of deities))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vasu

vasu - a class of deities, wealth, good

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, everyone (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

देवदेवर्षिसेवितम् (devadevarṣisevitam) - frequented by gods and divine sages

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of devadevarṣisevita

devadevarṣisevita - frequented or honored by gods and divine sages

past passive participle (from √sev)

compound of deva, devarṣi, sevita

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+devarṣi+sevita)

• deva – god, deity, divine, celestial
  noun (masculine)
  from √div
  Root: div (class 4)
• devarṣi – divine sage, celestial sage (e.g., Nārada)
  noun (masculine)
  deva + ṛṣi
• sevita – served, attended, frequented, honored (past passive participle)
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from √sev
  Root: sev (class 1)

Note: past passive participle

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