महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-61, verse-78

माता सुधन्वनश्चापि श्रेयसी मातृतस्तव ।
विरोचन सुधन्वायं प्राणानामीश्वरस्तव ॥७८॥

78. mātā sudhanvanaścāpi śreyasī mātṛtastava ,
virocana sudhanvāyaṁ prāṇānāmīśvarastava.

78. mātā sudhanvanaḥ ca api śreyasī mātṛtaḥ tava
| virocana sudhanvā ayam prāṇānām īśvaraḥ tava

78. O Virocana, Sudhanvan's mother is superior even to your own mother. This Sudhanvan is indeed the lord of your life (prāṇa).

78. גם אמו של סוּדְהַנְוָה עדיפה מאמך. הו וִירוֹצ׳ַנַה, סוּדְהַנְוָה הזה הוא האדון על חייך.

Words meanings summery:

• माता (mātā) - mother

• सुधन्वनः (sudhanvanaḥ) - of Sudhanvan

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• श्रेयसी (śreyasī) - superior, more distinguished, more excellent

• मातृतः (mātṛtaḥ) - than mother, from mother

• तव (tava) - your

• विरोचन (virocana) - O Virocana

• सुधन्वा (sudhanvā) - Sudhanvan

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām) - of lives, of life-breaths

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - lord, master, controller

• तव (tava) - your

Words meanings and morphology

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

सुधन्वनः (sudhanvanaḥ) - of Sudhanvan

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sudhanvan

sudhanvan - Sudhanvan (a proper name, lit. 'possessing a good bow')

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

श्रेयसी (śreyasī) - superior, more distinguished, more excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreyasī

śreyas - superior, excellent, better (comparative of śrī or praśasya)

comparative

Derived from śrī (excellence, prosperity) or praśasya (excellent, laudable).

मातृतः (mātṛtaḥ) - than mother, from mother

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Ablative case suffix -tas added to mātṛ.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

विरोचन (virocana) - O Virocana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of virocana

virocana - Virocana (a proper name, son of Prahlāda)

सुधन्वा (sudhanvā) - Sudhanvan

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudhanvan

sudhanvan - Sudhanvan (a proper name, lit. 'possessing a good bow')

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām) - of lives, of life-breaths

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - life-breath, vital air, life, spirit

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - lord, master, controller

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, powerful, ruler

From root īś (to be master of, to rule)

Root: īś (class 2)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

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