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13,28

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-28, verse-23

तं तथा तपसा युक्तमुवाच हरिवाहनः ।
मतङ्ग तप्यसे किं त्वं भोगानुत्सृज्य मानुषान् ॥२३॥
23. taṁ tathā tapasā yuktamuvāca harivāhanaḥ ,
mataṅga tapyase kiṁ tvaṁ bhogānutsṛjya mānuṣān.
23. tam tathā tapasā yuktam uvāca harivāhanaḥ
matanga tapyase kim tvam bhogān utsṛjya mānuṣān
23. harivāhanaḥ tapasā tathā yuktam tam uvāca
matanga tvaṃ mānuṣān bhogān utsṛjya kim tapyase
23. To him, thus endowed with austerity (tapas), Hari-vāhana (Indra) spoke: 'O Matanga, why do you perform austerity (tapas), abandoning human pleasures?'

Words meanings summery:

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  • तम् (tam) - him; to him (masculine)
  • तथा (tathā) - thus; in that manner; so
  • तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; with penance
  • युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with (joined; endowed; engaged)
  • उवाच (uvāca) - he said; he spoke
  • हरिवाहनः (harivāhanaḥ) - Indra (Hari-vahana (Indra); he whose vehicle is green)
  • मतन्ग (matanga) - O Matanga
  • तप्यसे (tapyase) - you perform austerity; you suffer penance
  • किम् (kim) - why? (what?; why?)
  • त्वम् (tvam) - you
  • भोगान् (bhogān) - worldly pleasures (enjoyments; worldly pleasures; experiences)
  • उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned; having given up
  • मानुषान् (mānuṣān) - human; related to humans

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him; to him (masculine)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that; he; she; it
Note: Refers to Matanga
तथा (tathā) - thus; in that manner; so
(indeclinable)
Note: Modifies 'yuktam'
तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; with penance
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas
tapas - heat; austerity; penance; religious merit
युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with (joined; endowed; engaged)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of yukta
yukta - joined; connected; endowed; engaged; fit
Past Passive Participle
from root yuj (to join)
Root: yuj (class 7)
उवाच (uvāca) - he said; he spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac
Perfect tense
from root vac (to speak)
Root: vac (class 2)
हरिवाहनः (harivāhanaḥ) - Indra (Hari-vahana (Indra); he whose vehicle is green)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of harivāhana
harivāhana - having green horses (epithet of Indra); Indra
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (hari+vāhana)
  • hari – green; yellow; bay-colored horse
    noun (masculine)
  • vāhana – vehicle; mount
    noun (neuter)
    from root vah (to carry)
    Root: vah (class 1)
मतन्ग (matanga) - O Matanga
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of matanga
matanga - Matanga (name of a sage); an elephant
तप्यसे (tapyase) - you perform austerity; you suffer penance
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of tap
Root: tap (class 1)
Note: Atmanepada form
किम् (kim) - why? (what?; why?)
(indeclinable)
त्वम् (tvam) - you
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
भोगान् (bhogān) - worldly pleasures (enjoyments; worldly pleasures; experiences)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of bhoga
bhoga - enjoyment; pleasure; experience; possession
from root bhuj (to enjoy)
Root: bhuj (class 7)
उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned; having given up
(indeclinable)
Absolutive / Gerund
from root sṛj (to abandon) with upasarga ut
Prefix: ut
Root: sṛj (class 6)
मानुषान् (mānuṣān) - human; related to humans
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa
mānuṣa - human; pertaining to man; a man
from manu (man)
Note: agreement with 'bhogān'