महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-271, verse-5

तमासीनं महाप्राज्ञमुशना वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
ब्रूह्यस्मै दानवेन्द्राय विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥५॥

5. tamāsīnaṁ mahāprājñamuśanā vākyamabravīt ,
brūhyasmai dānavendrāya viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam.

5. tam āsīnaṃ mahāprājñaṃ uśanā vākyam abravīt
brūhi asmai dānavendrāya viṣṇoḥ māhātmyam uttamam

5. uśanā abravīt vākyam tam āsīnaṃ mahāprājñaṃ
brūhi asmai dānavendrāya uttamam māhātmyam viṣṇoḥ

5. Uśanas spoke to that highly wise one, who was seated, saying: "Speak to this lord of Dānavas about the supreme greatness (māhātmya) of Viṣṇu."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Him (Sanatkumāra) (him, that)

• आसीनं (āsīnaṁ) - seated, sitting

• महाप्राज्ञं (mahāprājñaṁ) - highly wise, very intelligent

• उशना (uśanā) - Uśanas

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell, say

• अस्मै (asmai) - to this lord of Dānavas (to this, for this)

• दानवेन्द्राय (dānavendrāya) - to the lord of Dānavas, to the chief of demons

• विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Viṣṇu

• माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, majesty, glory, magnitude

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent, highest, best

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Him (Sanatkumāra) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आसीनं (āsīnaṁ) - seated, sitting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āsīna

āsīna - seated, sitting

Past Active Participle

Derived from root 'ās' (to sit) with suffix '-īna' forming a past active participle.

Root: ās (class 2)

महाप्राज्ञं (mahāprājñaṁ) - highly wise, very intelligent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - highly wise, very intelligent

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective
  Derived from 'prajñā' (wisdom).

उशना (uśanā) - Uśanas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uśanas

uśanas - Uśanas (proper name, preceptor of Asuras, also called Shukra)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bru

Root: bru (class 2)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell, say

(verb)

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

Root: bru (class 2)

अस्मै (asmai) - to this lord of Dānavas (to this, for this)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

दानवेन्द्राय (dānavendrāya) - to the lord of Dānavas, to the chief of demons

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of dānavendra

dānavendra - lord of Dānavas, chief of demons

Compound type : tatpurusha (dānava+indra)

• dānava – a descendant of Danu; a demon, an Asura
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra (Vedic deity)
  noun (masculine)

विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (a name of God, the Preserver in the Hindu Trinity)

माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, majesty, glory, magnitude

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māhātmya

māhātmya - greatness, majesty, glory, magnitude (abstract noun from mahātman)

Derived from 'mahātman' (great-souled) with suffix '-ya' forming an abstract noun.

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent, highest, best

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - supreme, excellent, highest, best

Superlative of 'ud' (up).

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