महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-94, verse-37

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तयैवं समनुज्ञातः पुत्रमादाय शंतनुः ।
भ्राजमानं यथादित्यमाययौ स्वपुरं प्रति ॥३७॥

37. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tayaivaṁ samanujñātaḥ putramādāya śaṁtanuḥ ,
bhrājamānaṁ yathādityamāyayau svapuraṁ prati.

37. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tayā evam samanuññātaḥ putram ādāya
śantanuḥ bhrājamānam yathā ādityam āyayau sva-puram prati

37. Vaiśampāyana said: Thus permitted by her (Gaṅgā), Śantanu, taking his son who was shining like the sun, returned to his own city.

37. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, כך, אחרי שגַנְגָה נתנה לו רשות, שַׁנְטַנוּ לקח את בנו, שזהר כמו השמש, וחזר אל עירו.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तया (tayā) - by her (Gaṅgā) (by her)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• समनुञ्ञातः (samanuññātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, assented to

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, taking

• शन्तनुः (śantanuḥ) - Śantanu (name of a king)

• भ्राजमानम् (bhrājamānam) - his son, who was shining (shining, resplendent, gleaming)

• यथा (yathā) - like, as, in the manner that

• आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun (the sun, a deity of the Āditya class)

• आययौ (āyayau) - came, returned

• स्व-पुरम् (sva-puram) - to his own city

• प्रति (prati) - towards, to, against

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a celebrated sage, a pupil of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root 'vac' (class 2), 3rd person singular perfect active.

Root: vac (class 2)

तया (tayā) - by her (Gaṅgā) (by her)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

समनुञ्ञातः (samanuññātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, assented to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samanuññāta

samanuññāta - permitted, allowed, assented, approved

Past Passive Participle

From prefixes 'sam-' 'anu-' and root 'jñā' (to know, perceive, permit).

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, taking

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From prefix 'ā-' and root 'dā' (to give/take) with '-ya' suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

शन्तनुः (śantanuḥ) - Śantanu (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śantanu

śantanu - name of a king, father of Bhīṣma

भ्राजमानम् (bhrājamānam) - his son, who was shining (shining, resplendent, gleaming)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrājamāna

bhrājamāna - shining, glittering, splendid, radiant

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

From root 'bhrāj' (to shine), present active participle.

Root: bhrāj (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - like, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun (the sun, a deity of the Āditya class)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - the sun, son of Aditi, a deity of the Āditya class

आययौ (āyayau) - came, returned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ā-i

Perfect Tense

Root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'ā-' (towards), 3rd person singular perfect active.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

स्व-पुरम् (sva-puram) - to his own city

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva-pura

sva-pura - one's own city, hometown

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+pura)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

प्रति (prati) - towards, to, against

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs the accusative case ('sva-puram').

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