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12,59

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-59, verse-28

तानुवाच सुरान्सर्वान्स्वयंभूर्भगवांस्ततः ।
श्रेयोऽहं चिन्तयिष्यामि व्येतु वो भीः सुरर्षभाः ॥२८॥
28. tānuvāca surānsarvānsvayaṁbhūrbhagavāṁstataḥ ,
śreyo'haṁ cintayiṣyāmi vyetu vo bhīḥ surarṣabhāḥ.
28. tān uvāca surān sarvān svayambhūḥ bhagavān tataḥ
śreyaḥ aham cintayiṣyāmi vyetu vaḥ bhīḥ surarṣabhāḥ
28. tataḥ svayambhūḥ bhagavān tān sarvān surān uvāca
aham śreyaḥ cintayiṣyāmi surarṣabhāḥ vaḥ bhīḥ vyetu
28. Then, the self-existent Lord (Bhagavān) (Brahma) spoke to all those gods: "I will consider your welfare. Let your fear depart, O best among gods!"

Words meanings summery:

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  • तान् (tān) - those
  • उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke
  • सुरान् (surān) - gods
  • सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, every
  • स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - Brahma (the self-existent one)
  • भगवान् (bhagavān) - Brahma, the venerable Lord (the venerable, the divine, the lord)
  • ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that
  • श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, good, supreme good
  • अहम् (aham) - I
  • चिन्तयिष्यामि (cintayiṣyāmi) - I will think, I will consider
  • व्येतु (vyetu) - let it depart, let it go away
  • वः (vaḥ) - your, of you, for you
  • भीः (bhīḥ) - fear, terror
  • सुरर्षभाः (surarṣabhāḥ) - O best of gods

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)
उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac
Perfect active 3rd singular
From root vac, Liṭ Lakāra (perfect)
Root: vac (class 2)
सुरान् (surān) - gods
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of sura
sura - god, deity
सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, every
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - Brahma (the self-existent one)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of svayambhū
svayambhū - self-existent, self-born, an epithet of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
Compound of svayam and bhū
Compound type : tatpurusha (svayam+bhū)
  • svayam – self, by oneself, spontaneously
    indeclinable
  • bhū – being, existence, becoming
    noun (feminine)
    From root bhū (to be, to become)
    Root: bhū (class 1)
भगवान् (bhagavān) - Brahma, the venerable Lord (the venerable, the divine, the lord)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat
bhagavat - possessed of fortune, glorious, divine, venerable, Lord
From bhaga (fortune, excellence) + vat (possessive suffix)
ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that
(indeclinable)
श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, good, supreme good
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas
śreyas - better, more excellent, welfare, good, prosperity
Comparative of śrī (fortune, prosperity)
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)
चिन्तयिष्यामि (cintayiṣyāmi) - I will think, I will consider
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of cint
Future active 1st singular
Causative/Class 10 verb (cintayati), Lṛṭ Lakāra (future)
Root: cit (class 10)
व्येतु (vyetu) - let it depart, let it go away
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of i
Imperative active 3rd singular
Root verb, Class 2 `i` (eti) with prefix vi, Loṭ Lakāra (imperative)
Prefix: vi
Root: i (class 2)
वः (vaḥ) - your, of you, for you
(pronoun)
Genitive, plural of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)
भीः (bhīḥ) - fear, terror
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bhī
bhī - fear, terror, apprehension
From root bhī (to fear)
Root: bhī (class 3)
सुरर्षभाः (surarṣabhāḥ) - O best of gods
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, plural of surarṣabha
surarṣabha - best among gods, chief of gods
Compound of sura and ṛṣabha
Compound type : tatpurusha (sura+ṛṣabha)
  • sura – god, deity
    noun (masculine)
  • ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
    noun (masculine)