महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-83, verse-12

स स्म कौसल्यमागम्य राजामात्यमलंकृतम् ।
प्राह काकस्य वचनादमुत्रेदं त्वया कृतम् ॥१२॥

12. sa sma kausalyamāgamya rājāmātyamalaṁkṛtam ,
prāha kākasya vacanādamutredaṁ tvayā kṛtam.

12. sa sma kosalyam agamya rājamātyam alaṃkṛtam
prāha kākasya vacanād amutra idaṃ tvayā kṛtam

12. saḥ sma kosalyam āgamya alaṃkṛtam rājamātyam
prāha kākasya vacanāt amutra idam tvayā kṛtam

12. Arriving before the king of the Kosalas and the adorned minister, that sage spoke based on the words of the crow, saying that such and such deed was done by you elsewhere.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - that sage (he, that)

• स्म (sma) - indeed, truly, an emphatic particle often used with present verbs to denote past time

• कोसल्यम् (kosalyam) - to the king of the Kosalas (to the king of Kosala, to the Kosalayan)

• अगम्य (agamya) - having arrived (having gone, having approached, having arrived)

• राजमात्यम् (rājamātyam) - the royal minister (royal minister, king and minister)

• अलंकृतम् (alaṁkṛtam) - adorned (or prominent) (adorned, decorated, prepared)

• प्राह (prāha) - he spoke (he said, spoke, declared)

• काकस्य (kākasya) - of the crow

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - on the word (of the crow) (from the word, by the speech, on the authority of the words)

• अमुत्र (amutra) - elsewhere (elsewhere, in another place, in the other world)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (done, made, performed)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - that sage (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Masculine nominative singular of tad, referring to the sage.

स्म (sma) - indeed, truly, an emphatic particle often used with present verbs to denote past time

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle imparting past sense.

कोसल्यम् (kosalyam) - to the king of the Kosalas (to the king of Kosala, to the Kosalayan)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kosalya

kosalya - pertaining to Kosala, prince or king of Kosala

Note: Accusative singular referring to Kausalya.

अगम्य (agamya) - having arrived (having gone, having approached, having arrived)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root gam with ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Gerund/absolutive.

राजमात्यम् (rājamātyam) - the royal minister (royal minister, king and minister)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājamātya

rājamātya - royal minister

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+amātya)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• amātya – minister
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular.

अलंकृतम् (alaṁkṛtam) - adorned (or prominent) (adorned, decorated, prepared)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of alaṃkṛta

alaṁkṛta - adorned, decorated

Past Passive Participle

From alam + kṛ

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Accusative singular qualifying rājamātyam.

प्राह (prāha) - he spoke (he said, spoke, declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prāh

Defective verb in perfect tense used as present/past

Prefix: pra

Root: ah

Note: Third person singular perfect.

काकस्य (kākasya) - of the crow

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāka

kāka - crow

Note: Genitive singular.

वचनात् (vacanāt) - on the word (of the crow) (from the word, by the speech, on the authority of the words)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Ablative singular.

अमुत्र (amutra) - elsewhere (elsewhere, in another place, in the other world)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Neuter nominative/accusative singular.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Instrumental singular of yuṣmad.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Neuter nominative singular past passive participle used as predicate.

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