महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-3, verse-10

न तां प्रीतिं परामाप पुत्रेभ्यः स महीपतिः ।
यां प्रीतिं पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यः समवाप तदा नृपः ॥१०॥

10. na tāṁ prītiṁ parāmāpa putrebhyaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ ,
yāṁ prītiṁ pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ samavāpa tadā nṛpaḥ.

10. na tām prītim parām āpa putrebhyaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ
yām prītim pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ samavāpa tadā nṛpaḥ

10. sa mahīpatiḥ putrebhyaḥ tām parām prītim na āpa
yām prītim nṛpaḥ pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ tadā samavāpa

10. That king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) did not feel for his own sons that supreme affection which he then felt for the sons of Pāṇḍu.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• ताम् (tām) - that

• प्रीतिम् (prītim) - affection, love, delight

• पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, greatest

• आप (āpa) - he felt (affection) (he obtained, he reached, he experienced)

• पुत्रेभ्यः (putrebhyaḥ) - for his own sons (for sons, from sons)

• स (sa) - Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (he, that)

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (king, lord of the earth)

• याम् (yām) - which

• प्रीतिम् (prītim) - affection, love, delight

• पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यः (pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ) - for the sons of Pāṇḍu

• समवाप (samavāpa) - he felt (affection) (he obtained, he received, he experienced)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

प्रीतिम् (prītim) - affection, love, delight

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - affection, love, joy, satisfaction

From root prī (to please, to love).

Root: prī (class 9)

पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent

Note: Agrees with prītim.

आप (āpa) - he felt (affection) (he obtained, he reached, he experienced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of āp

Perfect Tense (Parasmaipada)

From root āp (to obtain). Perfect tense 3rd person singular.

Root: āp (class 5)

पुत्रेभ्यः (putrebhyaḥ) - for his own sons (for sons, from sons)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son

Note: Could be ablative 'from sons', but dative 'for sons' fits the context of affection better.

स (sa) - Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (king, lord of the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, ruler, lord of the earth

Tatpurusha compound: mahī (earth) + pati (lord).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

याम् (yām) - which

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

प्रीतिम् (prītim) - affection, love, delight

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - affection, love, joy, satisfaction

From root prī (to please, to love).

Root: prī (class 9)

पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यः (pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ) - for the sons of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍuputra

pāṇḍuputra - son of Pāṇḍu

Tatpurusha compound: Pāṇḍu (name) + putra (son).

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇḍu+putra)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king, father of the Pāṇḍavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

समवाप (samavāpa) - he felt (affection) (he obtained, he received, he experienced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of samavāp

Perfect Tense (Parasmaipada)

From root āp (to obtain) with upasargas sam (together, completely) and ava (down, off). Perfect tense 3rd person singular.

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: āp (class 5)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From pronoun tad (that) with suffix -dā.

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

Compound of nṛ (man) + pā (to protect).