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15,23

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-23, verse-1

कुन्त्युवाच ।
एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि पाण्डव ।
कृतमुद्धर्षणं पूर्वं मया वः सीदतां नृप ॥१॥
1. kuntyuvāca ,
evametanmahābāho yathā vadasi pāṇḍava ,
kṛtamuddharṣaṇaṁ pūrvaṁ mayā vaḥ sīdatāṁ nṛpa.
1. kuntī uvāca | evam etat mahā-bāho yathā vadasi pāṇḍava
| kṛtam uddharṣaṇam pūrvam mayā vaḥ sīdatām nṛpa
1. kuntī uvāca mahā-bāho pāṇḍava nṛpa,
yathā vadasi,
etat evam.
pūrvam uddharṣaṇam mayā vaḥ sīdatām kṛtam
1. Kunti said: 'O mighty-armed one, O Pāṇḍava, O king, what you say is indeed so. This outrage was done by me previously for you, who were suffering.'

Words meanings summery:

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  • कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kunti
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
  • एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner
  • एतत् (etat) - what you say (this)
  • महा-बाहो (mahā-bāho) - addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (O mighty-armed one)
  • यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner
  • वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say
  • पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (O Pāṇḍava)
  • कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed
  • उद्धर्षणम् (uddharṣaṇam) - the act that led to their suffering (outrage, insult, provocation)
  • पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, before
  • मया (mayā) - by me
  • वः (vaḥ) - for you (Pāṇḍavas) (to you, for you, of you)
  • सीदताम् (sīdatām) - for you, who were suffering (of the suffering, for the distressed)
  • नृप (nṛpa) - addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (O king)

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kunti
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kuntī
kuntī - Kunti (mother of the Pāṇḍavas)
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac
perfect, 3rd person singular, active voice
From root 'vac' (to speak). Perfect tense indicates a completed action.
Root: vac (class 2)
एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner
(indeclinable)
एतत् (etat) - what you say (this)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
महा-बाहो (mahā-bāho) - addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (O mighty-armed one)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of mahā-bāhu
mahā-bāhu - mighty-armed, having great arms
Bahuvrīhi compound.
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)
  • mahā – great, large, mighty
    adjective
  • bāhu – arm
    noun (masculine)
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner
(indeclinable)
वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vad
present, 2nd person singular, active voice
From root 'vad' (to speak).
Root: vad (class 1)
पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (O Pāṇḍava)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava
pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu
कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed
(participle)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta
kṛta - done, made, performed
Past Passive Participle
From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: This is a past passive participle functioning adjectivally.
उद्धर्षणम् (uddharṣaṇam) - the act that led to their suffering (outrage, insult, provocation)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of uddharṣaṇa
uddharṣaṇa - excitement, exhilaration, rousing; also, insult, outrage, provocation (by rousing anger)
From prefix 'ud' and root 'dhṛṣ' (to dare, to be insolent).
Prefix: ud
Root: dhṛṣ (class 1)
पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, before
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrva
pūrva - prior, former, earlier, eastern
Note: Functions adverbially here as 'formerly'.
मया (mayā) - by me
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of aham
aham - I
Note: Null gender for first-person pronoun, but grammatically feminine/masculine based on speaker.
वः (vaḥ) - for you (Pāṇḍavas) (to you, for you, of you)
(pronoun)
plural of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (plural)
Note: Here used in the dative sense 'for you'.
सीदताम् (sīdatām) - for you, who were suffering (of the suffering, for the distressed)
(participle)
masculine, plural of sīdat
sīdat - sinking, desponding, suffering, distressed
Present Active Participle
From root 'sad' (to sink, sit, despond, suffer).
Root: sad (class 1)
Note: Here used in agreement with 'vaḥ' in a dative sense.
नृप (nṛpa) - addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (O king)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa
nṛpa - king, monarch
From 'nṛ' (man) and 'pa' (protector, ruler).