महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-16

महाभाग्यं परं तेषामृषीणामनुचिन्त्य ते ।
पाण्डवाः सह भीष्मेण कथाश्चक्रुस्तदाश्रयाः ॥१६॥

16. mahābhāgyaṁ paraṁ teṣāmṛṣīṇāmanucintya te ,
pāṇḍavāḥ saha bhīṣmeṇa kathāścakrustadāśrayāḥ.

16. mahābhāgyam param teṣām ṛṣīṇām anucintya te
pāṇḍavāḥ saha bhīṣmeṇa kathāḥ cakruḥ tad-āśrayāḥ

16. te pāṇḍavāḥ saha bhīṣmeṇa teṣām ṛṣīṇām param
mahābhāgyam anucintya tad-āśrayāḥ kathāḥ cakruḥ

16. Reflecting upon the supreme greatness of those sages, the Pāṇḍavas, accompanied by Bhīṣma, then engaged in conversations concerning them.

Words meanings summery:

• महाभाग्यम् (mahābhāgyam) - great fortune, supreme greatness

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages

• अनुचिन्त्य (anucintya) - having considered, having reflected upon

• ते (te) - Refers to the Pāṇḍavas. (they)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhīṣma, with Bhīṣma

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, conversations

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - Here, 'they held conversations'. (they made, they did, they performed)

• तद्-आश्रयाः (tad-āśrayāḥ) - Referring to stories about the sages. (dependent on them, relating to them)

Words meanings and morphology

महाभाग्यम् (mahābhāgyam) - great fortune, supreme greatness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahābhāgya

mahābhāgya - great fortune, supreme prosperity, immense glory

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhāgya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Combining form of mahat.
• bhāgya – fortune, destiny, prosperity
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, most excellent

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

अनुचिन्त्य (anucintya) - having considered, having reflected upon

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root cint (to think) with prefixes anu-. Absolutive ending -ya.

Prefix: anu

Root: cint (class 10)

ते (te) - Refers to the Pāṇḍavas. (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhīṣma, with Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a prominent character in the Mahābhārata)

Root: bhī (class 3)

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, conversations

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, conversation

Root: kath (class 10)

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - Here, 'they held conversations'. (they made, they did, they performed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

perfect tense, 3rd plural, active voice

From root kṛ (to do). Perfect active ending -uṣ (for 3rd plural).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तद्-आश्रयाः (tad-āśrayāḥ) - Referring to stories about the sages. (dependent on them, relating to them)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad-āśraya

tad-āśraya - dependent on that, based on that

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+āśraya)

• tad – that, those
  pronoun
• āśraya – shelter, refuge, support, dependence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

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