महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-7, verse-26

एषा सभा मया राजन्दृष्टा पुष्करमालिनी ।
शतक्रतोर्महाराज याम्यां शृणु ममानघ ॥२६॥

26. eṣā sabhā mayā rājandṛṣṭā puṣkaramālinī ,
śatakratormahārāja yāmyāṁ śṛṇu mamānagha.

26. eṣā sabhā mayā rājan dṛṣṭā puṣkaramālinī
śatakratoḥ mahārāja yāmyām śṛṇu mama anagha

26. O King, I have seen this assembly hall adorned with lotuses. O great king, performer of a hundred sacrifices, O sinless one, listen to me about Yama's (assembly hall).

26. את ההיכל הזה ראיתי, הו מלך, מעוטר בזרי לוטוס. זהו היכלו של שַׁטַקְרַטוּ, הו מלך גדול. עתה שמע ממני, הו נקי מחטא, על היכלו של יַמַה.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• सभा (sabhā) - assembly hall, council

• मया (mayā) - by me

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

• पुष्करमालिनी (puṣkaramālinī) - adorned with lotuses, having garlands of lotuses

• शतक्रतोः (śatakratoḥ) - O great king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (O one who has performed a hundred sacrifices (an epithet for Indra or a great king))

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• याम्याम् (yāmyām) - about Yama's assembly hall (relating to Yama, of Yama)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• मम (mama) - to me (my, to me)

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

सभा (sabhā) - assembly hall, council

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, council, court, assembly hall

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, me

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛś

dṛś - to see, perceive

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root dṛś with suffix -ta, becoming dṛṣṭa.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुष्करमालिनी (puṣkaramālinī) - adorned with lotuses, having garlands of lotuses

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṣkaramālin

puṣkaramālin - adorned with lotuses, having a lotus garland

Bahuvrīhi compound, literally 'one who has lotus garlands'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (puṣkara+mālin)

• puṣkara – lotus, blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
• mālin – wearing a garland, having a garland
  adjective (masculine)
  Possessive suffix -in added to mālā (garland).

शतक्रतोः (śatakratoḥ) - O great king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (O one who has performed a hundred sacrifices (an epithet for Indra or a great king))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śatakratu

śatakratu - performer of a hundred sacrifices, Indra

Bahuvrīhi compound, literally 'one whose sacrifices are a hundred'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• kratu – sacrifice, ritual, wisdom
  noun (masculine)

Note: Although typically a genitive form, it is used here in a vocative sense as an epithet.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Karmadhāraya compound: 'great' + 'king'.

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

याम्याम् (yāmyām) - about Yama's assembly hall (relating to Yama, of Yama)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yāmya

yāmya - relating to Yama, southern

Derived from Yama with the taddhita suffix -ya.

Note: Agrees with the implied noun 'sabhām' (assembly hall).

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मम (mama) - to me (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Used here with 'śṛṇu' (listen) to indicate 'listen to me'.

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'a' (negation) + 'agha' (sin).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (a+agha)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• agha – sin, evil, fault
  noun (neuter)

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