महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-319, verse-24
सोऽन्तरिक्षं महीं चैव सशैलवनकाननाम् ।
आलोकयामास तदा सरांसि सरितस्तथा ॥२४॥
आलोकयामास तदा सरांसि सरितस्तथा ॥२४॥
24. so'ntarikṣaṁ mahīṁ caiva saśailavanakānanām ,
ālokayāmāsa tadā sarāṁsi saritastathā.
ālokayāmāsa tadā sarāṁsi saritastathā.
24.
saḥ antarikṣam mahīm ca eva saśailavanakānanām
ālokayāmāsa tadā sarāṃsi saritaḥ tathā
ālokayāmāsa tadā sarāṃsi saritaḥ tathā
24.
tadā saḥ saśailavanakānanām mahīm ca antarikṣam
sarāṃsi tathā saritaḥ eva ālokayāmāsa
sarāṃsi tathā saritaḥ eva ālokayāmāsa
24.
Then he surveyed the sky, the earth with its mountains, forests, and groves, as well as the lakes and rivers.
Words meanings summery:
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- सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Śuka) (he, that)
- अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam) - the sky (sky, atmosphere, space)
- महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (earth, ground)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- एव (eva) - and (emphasis, completing the pair with 'ca') (indeed, only, just, even)
- सशैलवनकाननाम् (saśailavanakānanām) - along with mountains, forests, and groves (with mountains, forests, and groves)
- आलोकयामास (ālokayāmāsa) - he surveyed (he looked, he observed, he surveyed)
- तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)
- सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes
- सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers
- तथा (tathā) - and (as well as) (thus, so, and, similarly)
Words meanings and morphology
सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Śuka) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam) - the sky (sky, atmosphere, space)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa
antarikṣa - sky, atmosphere, space
महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (earth, ground)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī
mahī - earth, ground, land
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - and (emphasis, completing the pair with 'ca') (indeed, only, just, even)
(indeclinable)
सशैलवनकाननाम् (saśailavanakānanām) - along with mountains, forests, and groves (with mountains, forests, and groves)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of saśailavanakānana
saśailavanakānana - accompanied by mountains, forests, and groves
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śaila+vana+kānana)
- sa – with, accompanied by
indeclinable - śaila – mountain, rock
noun (masculine) - vana – forest, wood, grove
noun (neuter) - kānana – forest, grove
noun (neuter)
Note: Adjective agreeing with 'mahīm'.
आलोकयामास (ālokayāmāsa) - he surveyed (he looked, he observed, he surveyed)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ālokayāmāsa
Perfect Active (Periphrastic)
Formed with ā + √lok (1A, to see) in the causative (lokayati) and then the periphrastic perfect with āmāsa.
Prefix: ā
Root: lok (class 1)
तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)
(indeclinable)
From 'tad' (that) + suffix 'dā' indicating time.
सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of saras
saras - lake, pond, pool
Root: sṛ (class 1)
सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of sarit
sarit - river, stream
Root: sṛ (class 1)
तथा (tathā) - and (as well as) (thus, so, and, similarly)
(indeclinable)