महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-313, verse-6

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प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां जनकाद्द्विजसत्तमः ।
गां चैव समनुज्ञाय राजानमनुमान्य च ॥६॥

6. pratigṛhya ca tāṁ pūjāṁ janakāddvijasattamaḥ ,
gāṁ caiva samanujñāya rājānamanumānya ca.

6. pratigṛhya ca tām pūjām janakāt dvijasattamaḥ
gām ca eva samanujñāya rājānam anumānya ca

6. ca dvijasattamaḥ janakāt tām pūjām pratigṛhya
ca eva gām samanujñāya ca rājānam anumānya

6. And that foremost of Brahmins (dvijasattama), having accepted that worship (pūjā) from Janaka, and having given his assent regarding the cow, and having honored the king...

Words meanings summery:

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प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted (having accepted, having taken)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

ताम् (tām) - that (worship) (her, that)

पूजाम् (pūjām) - worship (pūjā) (worship, honor, reverence)

जनकात् (janakāt) - from Janaka (the king) (from Janaka, from a father)

द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - foremost of Brahmins (referring to Śuka) (best of the twice-born, foremost Brahmin)

गाम् (gām) - the cow (offered by Janaka) (cow, earth, speech)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizes the cow) (only, indeed, just, very)

समनुज्ञाय (samanujñāya) - having given permission regarding (the cow), having assented to (having permitted, having assented, having dismissed)

राजानम् (rājānam) - the king (Janaka) (king)

अनुमान्य (anumānya) - having honored (the king) (having honored, having respected, having caused to be honored)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted (having accepted, having taken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

prati- + grah (to seize/take) + ya (absolutive suffix)

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects this action to the previous one or the following sequence.

ताम् (tām) - that (worship) (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'pūjām'.

पूजाम् (pūjām) - worship (pūjā) (worship, honor, reverence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūjā

pūjā - worship, honor, reverence, adoration

from pūj (to honor) + a (feminine suffix)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Object of 'pratigṛhya'.

जनकात् (janakāt) - from Janaka (the king) (from Janaka, from a father)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of janaka

janaka - father, progenitor; King Janaka of Videha

from jan (to be born) + aka

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Source of the worship.

द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - foremost of Brahmins (referring to Śuka) (best of the twice-born, foremost Brahmin)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born (Brahmins), foremost Brahmin

dvija (twice-born) + sattama (most excellent)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+sattama)

dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
noun (masculine)
dvi (twice) + jan (to be born) + ḍa
Root: jan (class 4)
sattama – most excellent, best
adjective (masculine)
sat (being, good) + tama (superlative suffix)

Note: Subject of the implied main verb in the next verse.

गाम् (gām) - the cow (offered by Janaka) (cow, earth, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, bull, earth, speech, ray of light

Note: Object of 'samanujñāya'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'gām' with 'eva'.

एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizes the cow) (only, indeed, just, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.