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12,139

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-139, verse-43

कः कुतन्तीं घट्टयति सुप्ते चण्डालपक्कणे ।
जागर्मि नावसुप्तोऽस्मि हतोऽसीति च दारुणः ॥४३॥
43. kaḥ kutantīṁ ghaṭṭayati supte caṇḍālapakkaṇe ,
jāgarmi nāvasupto'smi hato'sīti ca dāruṇaḥ.
43. kaḥ kutantīm ghaṭṭayati supte caṇḍālapakkaṇe
jāgarmi na avasuptaḥ asmi hataḥ asi iti ca dāruṇaḥ
43. Who plays the lute in the sleeping dwelling of the outcast (caṇḍāla)? 'I am awake, not asleep; you are slain!' — thus spoke the dreadful one.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what, which)
  • कुतन्तीम् (kutantīm) - lute (lute, stringed instrument)
  • घट्टयति (ghaṭṭayati) - plays, strikes (the lute) (strikes, plays (a musical instrument), stirs)
  • सुप्ते (supte) - in the sleeping (quarter/settlement) (in the sleeping one, when asleep)
  • चण्डालपक्कणे (caṇḍālapakkaṇe) - in the outcast's (caṇḍāla) dwelling (in the Chāṇḍāla quarter/settlement)
  • जागर्मि (jāgarmi) - I am awake
  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • अवसुप्तः (avasuptaḥ) - asleep (asleep, fallen asleep)
  • अस्मि (asmi) - I am
  • हतः (hataḥ) - slain, dead (slain, killed, struck)
  • असि (asi) - you are
  • इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of a quote) (thus, so, in this manner (quotation marker))
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • दारुणः (dāruṇaḥ) - dreadful (referring to the speaker) (terrible, dreadful, cruel, harsh)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - what, which, who
कुतन्तीम् (kutantīm) - lute (lute, stringed instrument)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kutantī
kutantī - a kind of lute, a stringed instrument
घट्टयति (ghaṭṭayati) - plays, strikes (the lute) (strikes, plays (a musical instrument), stirs)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ghaṭṭay
causative
root ghaṭ + nic
Root: ghaṭ (class 1)
सुप्ते (supte) - in the sleeping (quarter/settlement) (in the sleeping one, when asleep)
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of supta
supta - slept, asleep, sleeping
Past Passive Participle
root svap + kta
Root: svap (class 2)
Note: Qualifies caṇḍālapakkaṇe.
चण्डालपक्कणे (caṇḍālapakkaṇe) - in the outcast's (caṇḍāla) dwelling (in the Chāṇḍāla quarter/settlement)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of caṇḍālapakkaṇa
caṇḍālapakkaṇa - a settlement or dwelling of Chāṇḍālas, a low-caste quarter
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caṇḍāla+pakkaṇa)
  • caṇḍāla – an outcast, a member of the lowest caste
    noun (masculine)
  • pakkaṇa – a village, settlement, dwelling, especially of low castes
    noun (neuter)
जागर्मि (jāgarmi) - I am awake
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jāgṛ
Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negates the following verb or adjective.
अवसुप्तः (avasuptaḥ) - asleep (asleep, fallen asleep)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of avasupta
avasupta - slept, fallen asleep
Past Passive Participle
ava + root svap + kta
Prefix: ava
Root: svap (class 2)
Note: Refers to the speaker ("I").
अस्मि (asmi) - I am
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
हतः (hataḥ) - slain, dead (slain, killed, struck)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of hata
hata - killed, struck, destroyed
Past Passive Participle
root han + kta
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Refers to the implied 'you'.
असि (asi) - you are
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of a quote) (thus, so, in this manner (quotation marker))
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
दारुणः (dāruṇaḥ) - dreadful (referring to the speaker) (terrible, dreadful, cruel, harsh)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dāruṇa
dāruṇa - dreadful, terrible, cruel, harsh, severe
Note: Refers to the Chāṇḍāla.