महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-128, verse-13

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उमोवाच ।
निवासा बहुरूपास्ते विश्वरूपगुणान्विताः ।
तांश्च संत्यज्य भगवञ्श्मशाने रमसे कथम् ॥१३॥

13. umovāca ,
nivāsā bahurūpāste viśvarūpaguṇānvitāḥ ,
tāṁśca saṁtyajya bhagavañśmaśāne ramase katham.

13. umā uvāca nivāsāḥ bahurūpāḥ te viśvarūpaguṇānvitāḥ
tān ca saṃtyajya bhagavan śmaśāne ramase katham

13. umā uvāca te nivāsāḥ bahurūpāḥ viśvarūpaguṇānvitāḥ
ca tān saṃtyajya bhagavan katham śmaśāne ramase

13. Umā said: Your residences are numerous, endowed with qualities of the universal form. O Lord (bhagavan), how is it that you abandon them and delight in the cremation ground?

Words meanings summery:

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उमा (umā) - Umā (goddess Pārvatī) (Umā (a name of Parvati))

उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

निवासाः (nivāsāḥ) - residences, abodes (residences, dwellings, abodes)

बहुरूपाः (bahurūpāḥ) - numerous (in form), manifold (manifold, multi-formed, various forms)

ते (te) - your (referring to Shiva) (your, of you)

विश्वरूपगुणान्विताः (viśvarūpaguṇānvitāḥ) - endowed with qualities of the universal form (endowed with universal forms and qualities)

तान् (tān) - them (the residences) (them (masculine))

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having abandoned, forsaking

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord (bhagavan) (O Lord, O Blessed one)

श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in the cremation ground

रमसे (ramase) - you delight (you delight, you rejoice)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why, in what manner)

Words meanings and morphology

उमा (umā) - Umā (goddess Pārvatī) (Umā (a name of Parvati))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of umā

umā - Umā (name of a goddess, consort of Shiva)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

perfect (liṭ)

root 'vac' with reduplication and strong stem for 3rd singular perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

निवासाः (nivāsāḥ) - residences, abodes (residences, dwellings, abodes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nivāsa

nivāsa - residence, dwelling, abode, home

from root 'vas' (to dwell) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

बहुरूपाः (bahurūpāḥ) - numerous (in form), manifold (manifold, multi-formed, various forms)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahurūpa

bahurūpa - multi-formed, various in shape, manifold

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bahu+rūpa)

bahu – many, much, numerous
adjective
rūpa – form, shape, appearance
noun (neuter)

ते (te) - your (referring to Shiva) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form for 'tava'

विश्वरूपगुणान्विताः (viśvarūpaguṇānvitāḥ) - endowed with qualities of the universal form (endowed with universal forms and qualities)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśvarūpaguṇānvita

viśvarūpaguṇānvita - endowed with qualities of the universal form

compound of 'viśvarūpa' (universal form), 'guṇa' (quality), and 'anvita' (endowed with)

Compound type : tatpurusha (viśvarūpa+guṇa+anvita)

viśvarūpa – universal form, all-pervading form
noun (neuter)
guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent of nature
noun (masculine)
anvita – accompanied by, connected with, endowed with
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'anu' and 'sam' and suffix '-ta'
Prefixes: anu+sam
Root: i (class 2)

तान् (tān) - them (the residences) (them (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having abandoned, forsaking

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

root 'tyaj' with prefix 'sam' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)