महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-99, verse-42

व्यास उवाच ।
यदि पुत्रः प्रदातव्यो मया क्षिप्रमकालिकम् ।
विरूपतां मे सहतामेतदस्याः परं व्रतम् ॥४२॥

42. vyāsa uvāca ,
yadi putraḥ pradātavyo mayā kṣipramakālikam ,
virūpatāṁ me sahatāmetadasyāḥ paraṁ vratam.

42. vyāsaḥ uvāca | yadi putraḥ pradātavyaḥ mayā kṣipram
akālikam | virūpatām me sahatām etat asyāḥ param vratam

42. Vyasa said: "If a son is to be granted by me promptly, without delay, then she must endure my unsightly appearance. This is her supreme vow."

42. וְיָאסַה אמר, אם עלי לתת בן במהירות ושלא בעתו, תסבול (המלכה) את מראי המכוער. זה יהיה נדרה העליון.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• प्रदातव्यः (pradātavyaḥ) - to be granted, to be given

• मया (mayā) - by me

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, promptly

• अकालिकम् (akālikam) - without delay, not related to time

• विरूपताम् (virūpatām) - ugliness, disfigurement, unsightly appearance

• मे (me) - my, to me

• सहताम् (sahatām) - she must endure, she must tolerate

• एतत् (etat) - this, this fact

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - her, of her

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, duty

Words meanings and morphology

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (a famous sage); a compiler; an arranger

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

प्रदातव्यः (pradātavyaḥ) - to be granted, to be given

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pradātavya

pradātavya - to be given, to be granted, fit to be given

Gerundive

Formed with suffix -tavya from pra + dā

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, promptly

(indeclinable)

अकालिकम् (akālikam) - without delay, not related to time

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akālika

akālika - unseasonable, untimely; immediate, prompt

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kālika)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kālika – seasonal, timely, related to time
  adjective

Note: Used adverbially

विरूपताम् (virūpatām) - ugliness, disfigurement, unsightly appearance

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of virūpatā

virūpatā - ugliness, deformity, disfigurement

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, my, to me

सहताम् (sahatām) - she must endure, she must tolerate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sah

Root: sah (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this, this fact

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - her, of her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent, best

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, duty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, sacred observance, religious duty, rule

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