महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-2

चरन्मानुषरूपेण सभां दृष्ट्वा स्वयंभुवः ।
सभामकथयन्मह्यं ब्राह्मीं तत्त्वेन पाण्डव ॥२॥

2. caranmānuṣarūpeṇa sabhāṁ dṛṣṭvā svayaṁbhuvaḥ ,
sabhāmakathayanmahyaṁ brāhmīṁ tattvena pāṇḍava.

2. caran mānuṣarūpeṇa sabhām dṛṣṭvā svayaṃbhuvaḥ
sabhām akathayan mahyam brāhmīm tattvena pāṇḍava

2. O Pāṇḍava, wandering in a human form, he saw the assembly of the self-born Brahmā. Then he truly described that divine assembly to me.

2. בשוטטו בדמות אדם, לאחר שראה את אולם בְּרַהְמָה (סְוַיַמְבְּהוּ, הנולד מעצמו), תיאר לי את אולם בְּרַהְמָה כפי שהוא באמת, הו פָּאנְדַוַה.

Words meanings summery:

• चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving about

• मानुषरूपेण (mānuṣarūpeṇa) - in a human form/shape

• सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, court, hall

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• स्वयंभुवः (svayaṁbhuvaḥ) - of the self-existent, of Brahmā

• सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, court, hall

• अकथयन् (akathayan) - he told, narrated, described

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

• ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - relating to Brahmā, divine

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in essence, in its true nature

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

Words meanings and morphology

चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving about

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of car

car - to move, wander, go

Present Active Participle

Derived from root car

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Sun god.

मानुषरूपेण (mānuṣarūpeṇa) - in a human form/shape

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mānuṣarūpa

mānuṣarūpa - human form, human shape

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mānuṣa+rūpa)

• mānuṣa – human, belonging to men
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, court, hall

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, gathering, court, hall

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dṛś with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्वयंभुवः (svayaṁbhuvaḥ) - of the self-existent, of Brahmā

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svayaṃbhū

svayaṁbhū - self-existent, self-born (epithet of Brahmā)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – by oneself, automatically
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, becoming, existing
  participle (feminine)
  Nominalized form of root bhū
  Derived from root bhū (to be, exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to Brahmā.

सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, court, hall

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, gathering, court, hall

Note: Object of akathayan.

अकथयन् (akathayan) - he told, narrated, described

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kath

Imperfect tense form, causative of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: The 'an' ending here is actually the suffix for 3rd singular imperfect, not part of a compound. The root is kath, in causative.

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - relating to Brahmā, divine

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brāhmī

brāhmī - relating to Brahmā, divine, sacred

Feminine form of brāhma

Note: Agrees with sabhām.

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in essence, in its true nature

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

Note: Used adverbially.

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira, to whom Nārada is narrating.

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