महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-25, verse-4

तांस्तु सान्त्वेन निर्जित्य मानसं सर उत्तमम् ।
ऋषिकुल्याश्च ताः सर्वा ददर्श कुरुनन्दनः ॥४॥

4. tāṁstu sāntvena nirjitya mānasaṁ sara uttamam ,
ṛṣikulyāśca tāḥ sarvā dadarśa kurunandanaḥ.

4. tān tu sāntvena nirjitya mānasam saraḥ uttamam
ṛṣikulyāḥ ca tāḥ sarvāḥ dadarśa kurunandanaḥ

4. But having subdued those (Guhyakas) with conciliatory words, Arjuna (Kuru-nandana) then saw the excellent Mānasa lake and all those hermitages of sages.

4. ואת אלה הכניע בדברי פיוס, וצאצא הקוּרוּ ראה את אגם מָאנַסַה המעולה ואת כל נחלי הרשים.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those Guhyakas (those)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• सान्त्वेन (sāntvena) - with conciliatory words (by conciliation, by gentle means, by kind words)

• निर्जित्य (nirjitya) - having conquered, having subdued

• मानसम् (mānasam) - the Mānasa (lake) (mental, of the mind; relating to Lake Manasa)

• सरः (saraḥ) - the lake (lake, pond)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

• ऋषिकुल्याः (ṛṣikulyāḥ) - hermitages of sages (group of sages, hermitages of sages)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those hermitages (those)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (of them) (all, every)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - Arjuna (Kuru-nandana) (delight of the Kurus, a Kuru prince)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those Guhyakas (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

सान्त्वेन (sāntvena) - with conciliatory words (by conciliation, by gentle means, by kind words)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sāntva

sāntva - conciliation, kind words, gentleness

निर्जित्य (nirjitya) - having conquered, having subdued

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root √ji with upasarga nis + suffix -tya

Prefix: nis

Root: ji (class 1)

मानसम् (mānasam) - the Mānasa (lake) (mental, of the mind; relating to Lake Manasa)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mental, of the mind; belonging to Lake Manasa

from manas (mind) or mānas (Lake Manasa)

सरः (saraḥ) - the lake (lake, pond)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

Note: The original Devanagari 'सर' can represent the stem or an inflected form where visarga is optionally omitted in verse.

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest

ऋषिकुल्याः (ṛṣikulyāḥ) - hermitages of sages (group of sages, hermitages of sages)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ṛṣikulyā

ṛṣikulyā - a group of sages, a hermitage of sages

compound: ṛṣi (sage) + kulyā (group, stream)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛṣi+kulyā)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• kulyā – a small river, channel, group, family
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those hermitages (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (of them) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect

root √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - Arjuna (Kuru-nandana) (delight of the Kurus, a Kuru prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, a Kuru prince

compound: Kuru + nandana (son, delight)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, causing joy
  noun (masculine)
  from √nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

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