महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-99, verse-21

ततस्तस्मिन्प्रतिज्ञाते भीष्मेण कुरुनन्दन ।
कृष्णद्वैपायनं काली चिन्तयामास वै मुनिम् ॥२१॥

21. tatastasminpratijñāte bhīṣmeṇa kurunandana ,
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṁ kālī cintayāmāsa vai munim.

21. tataḥ tasmin pratijñāte bhīṣmeṇa kurunandana
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanam kālī cintayāmāsa vai munim

21. Then, O delight of the Kurus, after that vow had been made by Bhishma, Kāli (Satyavatī) indeed contemplated the sage Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa).

21. אז, הו שמחת בני קוּרוּ, לאחר שבְּהִישְׁמַה נתן את הבטחתו, קָאלִי (סַטְיַוַטִי) הרהרה בחוזה קְרְשְׁנַה דְוַיפָּאיַנַה (וְיָאסַה).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (vow/promise) (in that, on that)

• प्रतिज्ञाते (pratijñāte) - that (vow) having been made (having been promised, being vowed)

• भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhishma

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O descendant of the Kuru clan! (an address to a Kuru king or Yudhishthira) (O delight of the Kurus!)

• कृष्णद्वैपायनम् (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanam) - Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyāsa)

• काली (kālī) - Kālī (Satyavatī, Vyāsa's mother) (Kālī)

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - thought, pondered, contemplated

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• मुनिम् (munim) - the sage (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana / Vyāsa) (the sage)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (vow/promise) (in that, on that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रतिज्ञाते (pratijñāte) - that (vow) having been made (having been promised, being vowed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pratijñāta

pratijñāta - promised, vowed, agreed, known

Past Passive Participle

from root jñā with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhishma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character)

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O descendant of the Kuru clan! (an address to a Kuru king or Yudhishthira) (O delight of the Kurus!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, a Kuru prince

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – Kuru (name of a king and his dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – delighting, gladdening, son, child
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

कृष्णद्वैपायनम् (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanam) - Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyāsa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇadvaipāyana

kṛṣṇadvaipāyana - Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyāsa, the arranger of the Vedas and author of the Mahabharata)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+dvaipāyana)

• kṛṣṇa – dark, black; Krishna (name of a deity/person)
  adjective (masculine)
• dvaipāyana – dweller of an island; Dvaipayana (an epithet of Vyāsa)
  noun (masculine)

काली (kālī) - Kālī (Satyavatī, Vyāsa's mother) (Kālī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālī

kālī - dark-skinned (feminine); Kālī (name of a goddess or a woman, here Satyavatī)

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - thought, pondered, contemplated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of cint

periphrastic perfect

formed with the auxiliary verb āmāsa, (root cint + āmāsa)

Root: cint (class 10)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

मुनिम् (munim) - the sage (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana / Vyāsa) (the sage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

Root: man (class 4)

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