महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-99, verse-40

सत्यवत्युवाच ।
यथा सद्यः प्रपद्येत देवी गर्भं तथा कुरु ।
अराजकेषु राष्ट्रेषु नास्ति वृष्टिर्न देवताः ॥४०॥

40. satyavatyuvāca ,
yathā sadyaḥ prapadyeta devī garbhaṁ tathā kuru ,
arājakeṣu rāṣṭreṣu nāsti vṛṣṭirna devatāḥ.

40. satyavatī uvāca | yathā sadyaḥ prapadyeta devī garbham
tathā kuru | arājakeṣu rāṣṭreṣu na asti vṛṣṭiḥ na devatāḥ

40. Satyavatī said: 'Act so that the lady may conceive immediately. For in kingless realms, there is neither rain nor are there deities.'

40. סַטְיַוַטִי אמרה, עשה כך שהמלכה תיכנס להריון מיד, כי בממלכות ללא מלך אין גשם ואין אלים.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavatī (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - as, so that, in such a way

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, at once, quickly

• प्रपद्येत (prapadyeta) - may she attain, may she conceive

• देवी (devī) - the lady, the goddess

• गर्भम् (garbham) - embryo, fetus, womb, conception

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make

• अराजकेषु (arājakeṣu) - in kingless, without a king

• राष्ट्रेषु (rāṣṭreṣu) - in realms, in states, in countries

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• वृष्टिः (vṛṣṭiḥ) - rain

• न (na) - nor, not

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavatī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyavatī

satyavatī - Satyavatī (a queen in the Mahābhārata, wife of King Śāntanu)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, so that, in such a way

(indeclinable)

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, at once, quickly

(indeclinable)

प्रपद्येत (prapadyeta) - may she attain, may she conceive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pad

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: With upasarga pra, meaning 'to obtain, to conceive'.

देवी (devī) - the lady, the goddess

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, lady, queen

गर्भम् (garbham) - embryo, fetus, womb, conception

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - womb, embryo, fetus, interior, conception

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

कुरु (kuru) - do, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अराजकेषु (arājakeṣu) - in kingless, without a king

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of arājaka

arājaka - kingless, anarchic

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+rājan)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

राष्ट्रेषु (rāṣṭreṣu) - in realms, in states, in countries

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, realm, state, nation, country

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वृष्टिः (vṛṣṭiḥ) - rain

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛṣṭi

vṛṣṭi - rain, shower

न (na) - nor, not

(indeclinable)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - divinity, deity, god, divine being

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