महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-55

स विजित्य महीं सर्वां सशैलवनकाननाम् ।
आजहार महाराज राजसूयं महाक्रतुम् ॥५५॥

55. sa vijitya mahīṁ sarvāṁ saśailavanakānanām ,
ājahāra mahārāja rājasūyaṁ mahākratum.

55. saḥ vijitya mahīm sarvām saśailavanakānanām
| ājahāra mahārāja rājasūyam mahākratum

55. mahārāja saḥ sarvām saśailavanakānanām
mahīm vijitya mahākratum rājasūyam ājahāra

55. O great king, having completely conquered the entire earth, including its mountains, forests, and groves, he then performed the magnificent Rājasūya (yajña) ritual.

55. לאחר שכבש את כל הארץ על הריה, יערותיה וחורשותיה, ערך, הו מלך גדול, את הטקס הגדול רָאג׳ַסוּיַה.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• विजित्य (vijitya) - having conquered completely (having conquered, having vanquished)

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (earth, ground)

• सर्वाम् (sarvām) - the entire (all, entire, whole)

• सशैलवनकाननाम् (saśailavanakānanām) - including its mountains, forests, and groves (with mountains, forests, and groves)

• आजहार (ājahāra) - performed (performed, brought, offered)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (vocative address) (O great king)

• राजसूयम् (rājasūyam) - the Rājasūya (yajña) ritual (Rājasūya (a royal consecration ritual))

• महाक्रतुम् (mahākratum) - the magnificent (yajña) ritual (great ritual, great sacrifice)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the subject of the sentence, a king.

विजित्य (vijitya) - having conquered completely (having conquered, having vanquished)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from verb root √ji (to conquer) with prefix vi- + lyap (krt) pratyaya.

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (earth, ground)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

Note: Object of 'vijitya'.

सर्वाम् (sarvām) - the entire (all, entire, whole)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'mahīm'.

सशैलवनकाननाम् (saśailavanakānanām) - including its mountains, forests, and groves (with mountains, forests, and groves)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saśailavanakānana

saśailavanakānana - together with mountains, forests, and groves

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śaila+vana+kānana)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove, pleasure-garden
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'mahīm'.

आजहार (ājahāra) - performed (performed, brought, offered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ā-√hṛ

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Derived from verb root √hṛ (to carry, seize) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (vocative address) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to the recipient of the narrative.

राजसूयम् (rājasūyam) - the Rājasūya (yajña) ritual (Rājasūya (a royal consecration ritual))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājasūya

rājasūya - a royal consecration ritual, a type of great Vedic ritual (yajña)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+sūya)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• sūya – oblation, sacrifice, impelling
  noun (neuter)
  From √su 'to press out, to impel'
  Root: su (class 2)

Note: Object of 'ājahāra'.

महाक्रतुम् (mahākratum) - the magnificent (yajña) ritual (great ritual, great sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahākratu

mahākratu - great Vedic ritual (yajña), great sacrifice

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+kratu)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)
• kratu – ritual, sacrifice, power, intelligence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'rājasūyam'.

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