महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-93, verse-35

प्रसादयन्तस्तमृषिं वसवः पार्थिवर्षभ ।
न लेभिरे च तस्मात्ते प्रसादमृषिसत्तमात् ।
आपवात्पुरुषव्याघ्र सर्वधर्मविशारदात् ॥३५॥

35. prasādayantastamṛṣiṁ vasavaḥ pārthivarṣabha ,
na lebhire ca tasmātte prasādamṛṣisattamāt ,
āpavātpuruṣavyāghra sarvadharmaviśāradāt.

35. prasādayantaḥ tam ṛṣim vasavaḥ
pārthivarṣabha na lebhire ca tasmāt
te prasādam ṛṣisattamāt āpavāt
puruṣavyāghra sarvadharmaviśāradāt

35. O best of kings, O tiger among men, the Vasus, despite trying to appease that sage, Apava — who was the best of sages and adept in all dharma — did not obtain his favor.

35. הו מלך דגול, הוַסוּ ניסו לפייס את החוזה ההוא, אך לא זכו לחסדו של אותו מעולה בחוזים, בן אָאפַּוַה, הו נמר בין בני אדם, הבקי בכל דרכי היושר.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रसादयन्तः (prasādayantaḥ) - (they) trying to appease (propitiating, trying to appease)

• तम् (tam) - referring to the sage Apava (him)

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage Apava (the sage)

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

• पार्थिवर्षभ (pārthivarṣabha) - Vocative, addressing Janamejaya (O best of kings, O chief of rulers)

• न (na) - not

• लेभिरे (lebhire) - they obtained

• च (ca) - and, also

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from the sage Apava (from him, from that)

• ते (te) - the Vasus (they)

• प्रसादम् (prasādam) - favor, grace, clemency, appeasement

• ऋषिसत्तमात् (ṛṣisattamāt) - from Apava, the best of sages (from the best of sages)

• आपवात् (āpavāt) - from Apava (the sage's name)

• पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - Vocative, addressing Janamejaya (O tiger among men, O best of men)

• सर्वधर्मविशारदात् (sarvadharmaviśāradāt) - from Apava, who was skilled in all dharma (from the one skilled in all dharma)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रसादयन्तः (prasādayantaḥ) - (they) trying to appease (propitiating, trying to appease)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prasādayat

prasādayat - propitiating, appeasing

Present Active Participle (causative)

from causative of pra-sad (to be clear, to be gracious)

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Vasus.

तम् (tam) - referring to the sage Apava (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage Apava (the sage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vasu

vasu - Vasu (a class of deities), good, wealth, excellent

Note: The subject of the sentence.

पार्थिवर्षभ (pārthivarṣabha) - Vocative, addressing Janamejaya (O best of kings, O chief of rulers)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthivarṣabha

pārthivarṣabha - best of kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pārthiva+ṛṣabha)

• pārthiva – earthly, king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  derived from pṛthivī (earth)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: An address to the listener, common in epic narratives.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

लेभिरे (lebhire) - they obtained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada, 3rd plural perfect of labh.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from the sage Apava (from him, from that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ते (te) - the Vasus (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रसादम् (prasādam) - favor, grace, clemency, appeasement

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prasāda

prasāda - favor, grace, clemency, appeasement, serenity

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

ऋषिसत्तमात् (ṛṣisattamāt) - from Apava, the best of sages (from the best of sages)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ṛṣisattama

ṛṣisattama - the best of sages

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛṣi+sattama)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of sat (good, existing)

आपवात् (āpavāt) - from Apava (the sage's name)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of āpava

āpava - Apava (name of a sage, also known as Vasiṣṭha)

पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - Vocative, addressing Janamejaya (O tiger among men, O best of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: An address to the listener, common in epic narratives.

सर्वधर्मविशारदात् (sarvadharmaviśāradāt) - from Apava, who was skilled in all dharma (from the one skilled in all dharma)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sarvadharmaviśārada

sarvadharmaviśārada - skilled in all dharma

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+dharma+viśārada)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (neuter)
• dharma – righteous conduct, duty, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• viśārada – skilled, expert, clever
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śrad (class 10)

Note: Describes the sage Apava.

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