महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-31, verse-4

दिग्भ्यः सर्वे समापेतुः पार्थिवास्तत्र भारत ।
समुपादाय रत्नानि विविधानि महान्ति च ॥४॥

4. digbhyaḥ sarve samāpetuḥ pārthivāstatra bhārata ,
samupādāya ratnāni vividhāni mahānti ca.

4. digbhyaḥ sarve samāpetuḥ pārthivāḥ tatra
bhārata samupādāya ratnāni vividhāni mahānti ca

4. O Bhārata, all the kings (pārthiva) from various directions gathered there, bringing with them many great and diverse jewels.

4. הו בְּהָארַטַה, מלכים מכל הכיוונים הגיעו לשם, כולם, ונשאו עמם אבני חן רבות וגדולות מסוגים שונים.

Words meanings summery:

• दिग्भ्यः (digbhyaḥ) - from all sides, from various regions (from the directions, from the quarters)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (the kings) (all, everyone)

• समापेतुः (samāpetuḥ) - they gathered (they came, they approached)

• पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings, princes, earthly rulers

• तत्र (tatra) - at the assembly place (there, in that place)

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or another senior Kuru. (O descendant of Bharata)

• समुपादाय (samupādāya) - bringing with them (having brought, having taken up, having collected)

• रत्नानि (ratnāni) - jewels, precious stones, treasures

• विव्विधानि (vivvidhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

• महान्ति (mahānti) - valuable, grand (great, large, important)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

दिग्भ्यः (digbhyaḥ) - from all sides, from various regions (from the directions, from the quarters)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (the kings) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'pārthivāḥ'.

समापेतुः (samāpetuḥ) - they gathered (they came, they approached)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of āpad

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Performed by 'pārthivāḥ'.

पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings, princes, earthly rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, king, prince

Derived from pṛthivī (earth) + -a, meaning 'belonging to the earth' or 'ruler of the earth'.

Note: Subject of 'samāpetuḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - at the assembly place (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or another senior Kuru. (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata or India

Derived from Bharata with the secondary suffix -a, denoting 'descendant of'.

Note: A common address in the Mahābhārata.

समुपादाय (samupādāya) - bringing with them (having brought, having taken up, having collected)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √dā (to give, take) with prefixes sam- and upa- and ā-, and suffix -ya for the absolutive.

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Modifies the action of 'samāpetuḥ'.

रत्नानि (ratnāni) - jewels, precious stones, treasures

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of ratna

ratna - jewel, gem, treasure, precious object

Note: Object of 'samupādāya'.

विव्विधानि (vivvidhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, of different kinds

Note: Agrees with 'ratnāni'.

महान्ति (mahānti) - valuable, grand (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, important, noble

Note: Agrees with 'ratnāni'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'vivvidhāni' and 'mahānti' indirectly as attributes of 'ratnāni'.

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