महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-68, verse-37

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
इत्युक्तवति पार्थे तु श्रीमान्माद्रवतीसुतः ।
प्रगृह्य विपुलं बाहुं सहदेवः प्रतापवान् ॥३७॥

37. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ityuktavati pārthe tu śrīmānmādravatīsutaḥ ,
pragṛhya vipulaṁ bāhuṁ sahadevaḥ pratāpavān.

37. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca iti uktavati pārthe tu śrīmān
mādrāvatīsutaḥ pragṛhya vipulam bāhum sahadevaḥ pratāpavān

37. Vaiśampāyana said: When Pārtha (Arjuna) had thus spoken, the glorious son of Mādrī (Sahadeva), full of valor, grasped his mighty arm.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• उक्तवति (uktavati) - when (Pārtha) had spoken (having spoken, when one has spoken (locative singular))

• पार्थे (pārthe) - when Pārtha (Arjuna) (in Pārtha, regarding Pārtha, when Pārtha)

• तु (tu) - but / indeed (implies a continuation or shift) (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

• श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - the glorious (glorious, splendid, prosperous, fortunate)

• माद्रावतीसुतः (mādrāvatīsutaḥ) - son of Mādrī (Sahadeva) (son of Mādrī)

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having grasped (having seized, having grasped, having taken up)

• विपुलम् (vipulam) - mighty (vast, mighty, broad, extensive)

• बाहुम् (bāhum) - arm

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (Sahadeva (proper noun))

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - full of valor (powerful, valorous, majestic, glorious)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana, a celebrated sage, pupil of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्तवति (uktavati) - when (Pārtha) had spoken (having spoken, when one has spoken (locative singular))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of uktavat

uktavat - one who has spoken, having spoken

Past Active Participle

From root vac 'to speak' + ktavatū suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

पार्थे (pārthe) - when Pārtha (Arjuna) (in Pārtha, regarding Pārtha, when Pārtha)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), name of Arjuna, or any Pāṇḍava

Derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī) + aṇ (taddhita suffix)

तु (tu) - but / indeed (implies a continuation or shift) (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - the glorious (glorious, splendid, prosperous, fortunate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīmat

śrīmat - glorious, splendid, prosperous, beautiful, fortunate

Derived from śrī (fortune, glory) + matup suffix

माद्रावतीसुतः (mādrāvatīsutaḥ) - son of Mādrī (Sahadeva) (son of Mādrī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādrāvatīsuta

mādrāvatīsuta - son of Mādrī

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mādrāvatī+suta)

• mādrāvatī – Mādrī (name of the second wife of Pāṇḍu, mother of Nakula and Sahadeva)
  proper noun (feminine)
• suta – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 2)

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having grasped (having seized, having grasped, having taken up)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable Gerund (Absolutive)

From upasarga 'pra' + root 'grah' + lyap suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

विपुलम् (vipulam) - mighty (vast, mighty, broad, extensive)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vipula

vipula - vast, extensive, broad, mighty, large

बाहुम् (bāhum) - arm

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (Sahadeva (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (one of the Pāṇḍava brothers)

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - full of valor (powerful, valorous, majestic, glorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - powerful, valorous, majestic, glorious, having heat/energy

Derived from pratāpa (power, valor) + matup suffix

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