महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-28, verse-17

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तत्र माहिष्मतीवासी भगवान्हव्यवाहनः ।
श्रूयते निगृहीतो वै पुरस्तात्पारदारिकः ॥१७॥

17. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tatra māhiṣmatīvāsī bhagavānhavyavāhanaḥ ,
śrūyate nigṛhīto vai purastātpāradārikaḥ.

17. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tatra māhiṣmatīvāsī bhagavān
havyavāhanaḥ śrūyate nigṛhītaḥ vai purastāt pāradārikaḥ

17. Vaishampayana replied: 'It is said that the divine Agni, the carrier of oblations, who resided in Māhiṣmatī, was indeed formerly apprehended as an adulterer.'

17. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, שם בעיר מָאהִישְׁמַטִי שוכן האל אַגְנִי. כך שומעים שבעבר הוא נתפס כשנהג כמנאף עם נשים של אחרים,

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaishampayana (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• माहिष्मतीवासी (māhiṣmatīvāsī) - inhabitant of Māhiṣmatī

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - divine, worshipful, glorious, Lord

• हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - Agni (carrier of oblations)

• श्रूयते (śrūyate) - it is heard, it is said

• निगृहीतः (nigṛhītaḥ) - arrested, restrained, captured

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - formerly, previously, in front of

• पारदारिकः (pāradārikaḥ) - an adulterer, one who has relations with another's wife

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaishampayana (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaishampayana (name of a sage, disciple of Vyasa)

Note: The speaker of this verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect

3rd person singular Perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + tral suffix

माहिष्मतीवासी (māhiṣmatīvāsī) - inhabitant of Māhiṣmatī

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māhiṣmatīvāsin

māhiṣmatīvāsin - residing in Māhiṣmatī, an inhabitant of Māhiṣmatī

Noun formed from Māhiṣmatī (name of a city) + vāsin (dweller)

Compound type : tatpurusha (māhiṣmatī+vāsin)

• māhiṣmatī – Māhiṣmatī (name of a city)
  proper noun (feminine)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant, residing
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'havyavāhanaḥ'.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - divine, worshipful, glorious, Lord

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - divine, worshipful, glorious, blessed, Lord

From bhaga + matup suffix

Note: Qualifies Agni.

हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - Agni (carrier of oblations)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - carrier of oblations, Agni (the fire god)

Compound meaning 'carrying (vāhana) sacrificial offerings (havya)'

Compound type : tatpurusha (havya+vāhana)

• havya – offering, oblation, that which is to be offered
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive of √hu (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrier, vehicle
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: The subject of 'śrūyate' and 'nigṛhītaḥ'.

श्रूयते (śrūyate) - it is heard, it is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śru

Present Passive

3rd person singular Present Passive

Root: śru (class 5)

निगृहीतः (nigṛhītaḥ) - arrested, restrained, captured

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nigṛhīta

nigṛhīta - arrested, restrained, captured

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of ni-√grah (to seize, restrain)

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - formerly, previously, in front of

(indeclinable)

From puras (before) + tasil suffix

पारदारिकः (pāradārikaḥ) - an adulterer, one who has relations with another's wife

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāradārika

pāradārika - adulterer, having relations with another's wife

From paradāra (another's wife) + ṭhañ suffix

Note: Predicate nominative for Agni.

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