महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-22

तौ समेत्य महात्मानौ सुखासीनौ कथाः शुभाः ।
चक्रतुर्वेदसंबद्धास्तच्छेषकृतलक्षणाः ॥२२॥

22. tau sametya mahātmānau sukhāsīnau kathāḥ śubhāḥ ,
cakraturvedasaṁbaddhāstaccheṣakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ.

22. tau sametya mahātmānau sukhāsīnau kathāḥ śubhāḥ
cakratuḥ vedasaṃbaddhāḥ tatśeṣakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ

22. tau mahātmānau sametya sukhāsīnau vedasaṃbaddhāḥ
tatśeṣakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ śubhāḥ kathāḥ cakratuḥ

22. Having met and seated themselves comfortably, those two great souls engaged in auspicious conversations related to the Vedas and their auxiliary branches.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (Śilavṛtti and the siddha) (those two)

• समेत्य (sametya) - having met (having met, having approached)

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - those two great souls (two great souls, two noble ones)

• सुखासीनौ (sukhāsīnau) - comfortably seated

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - auspicious conversations (stories, discourses, conversations)

• शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - auspicious (auspicious, good, beautiful)

• चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they engaged in (they did, they made, they performed)

• वेदसंबद्धाः (vedasaṁbaddhāḥ) - related to the Vedas (connected with the Vedas)

• तत्शेषकृतलक्षणाः (tatśeṣakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ) - marked by references to their auxiliary branches (Vedāngas) (whose characteristics are made by its auxiliaries)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (Śilavṛtti and the siddha) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the two individuals mentioned earlier.

समेत्य (sametya) - having met (having met, having approached)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from sam-i with -tya suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - those two great souls (two great souls, two noble ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble person, magnanimous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self (ātman), soul, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the two individuals.

सुखासीनौ (sukhāsīnau) - comfortably seated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sukhāsīna

sukhāsīna - comfortably seated, sitting at ease

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+āsīna)

• sukha – happiness, comfort, ease
  noun (neuter)
• āsīna – seated, sitting
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Active Participle
  from ās (to sit)
  Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Refers to the two individuals.

कथाः (kathāḥ) - auspicious conversations (stories, discourses, conversations)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, discourse, conversation

Root: kath (class 10)

शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - auspicious (auspicious, good, beautiful)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, beautiful, propitious

Note: Qualifies 'kathāḥ'.

चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they engaged in (they did, they made, they performed)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वेदसंबद्धाः (vedasaṁbaddhāḥ) - related to the Vedas (connected with the Vedas)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vedasaṃbaddha

vedasaṁbaddha - connected with the Vedas, relating to the Vedas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+saṃbaddha)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  from vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• saṃbaddha – connected, joined, related
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam-bandh (to bind together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'kathāḥ'.

तत्शेषकृतलक्षणाः (tatśeṣakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ) - marked by references to their auxiliary branches (Vedāngas) (whose characteristics are made by its auxiliaries)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tatśeṣakṛtalakṣaṇa

tatśeṣakṛtalakṣaṇa - whose characteristics are formed by its auxiliaries (e.g. Vedāngas)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tad+śeṣa+kṛta+lakṣaṇa)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• śeṣa – remainder, auxiliary part, supplement (referring to Vedāngas)
  noun (masculine)
  from śiṣ (to leave over)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)
• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, definition
  noun (neuter)
  Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'kathāḥ'.

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