महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-24

अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य तपोवनगतो नृपः ।
सभार्यः स्वर्गमगमत्तपस्तप्त्वा बृहद्रथः ॥२४॥

24. atha dīrghasya kālasya tapovanagato nṛpaḥ ,
sabhāryaḥ svargamagamattapastaptvā bṛhadrathaḥ.

24. atha dīrghasya kālasya tapovanagataḥ nṛpaḥ
sabhāryaḥ svargam agamat tapas taptvā bṛhadrathaḥ

24. Then, after a long time, King Bṛhadratha, who had gone to the hermitage, attained heaven with his wife, having performed severe austerities (tapas).

24. לאחר זמן רב, כאשר המלך בְּרְהַדְרַטַה שהה ביער התרגול הרוחני יחד עם אשתו, ועשה שם תרגול לפיתוח כוחות נפש, הלך לגן עדן.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• दीर्घस्य (dīrghasya) - of long, prolonged

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

• तपोवनगतः (tapovanagataḥ) - one who has gone to the hermitage, residing in the penance grove

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

• सभार्यः (sabhāryaḥ) - with his wife, accompanied by his wife

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven

• अगमत् (agamat) - he went

• तपस् (tapas) - asceticism, penance (tapas)

• तप्त्वा (taptvā) - having performed austerities, having practiced penance

• बृहद्रथः (bṛhadrathaḥ) - Bṛhadratha

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating succession or commencement.

दीर्घस्य (dīrghasya) - of long, prolonged

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, tall, extensive

Note: Agrees with kālasya.

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Root: kal

Note: Genitive case often denotes duration or 'after' a period of time.

तपोवनगतः (tapovanagataḥ) - one who has gone to the hermitage, residing in the penance grove

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapovanagata

tapovanagata - gone to a hermitage, retired to an ascetic grove

Past Passive Participle (within compound)

Compound of tapas (penance) + vana (forest) + gata (gone, from root gam).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+vana+gata)

• tapas – asceticism, penance (tapas)
  noun (neuter)
• vana – forest, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with nṛpaḥ.

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (literally 'protector of men')

Compound of nṛ (man) + pa (protector, from root pā).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, preserver
  noun (masculine)
  From root pā (to protect).
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Refers to Bṛhadrathaḥ.

सभार्यः (sabhāryaḥ) - with his wife, accompanied by his wife

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sabhārya

sabhārya - with one's wife, accompanied by one's wife

Bahuvrīhi compound: sa (with) + bhāryā (wife).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+bhāryā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• bhāryā – wife
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhṛ (to bear, support).
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Agrees with Bṛhadrathaḥ.

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise, celestial world

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Object of the verb agamat.

अगमत् (agamat) - he went

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

तपस् (tapas) - asceticism, penance (tapas)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism, penance, austerity (tapas)

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Object of the absolutive taptvā.

तप्त्वा (taptvā) - having performed austerities, having practiced penance

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root tap (to heat, to perform penance).

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

बृहद्रथः (bṛhadrathaḥ) - Bṛhadratha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhadratha

bṛhadratha - Bṛhadratha (proper noun, literally 'having a great chariot')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bṛhat+ratha)

• bṛhat – great, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of agamat.

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