महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-8, verse-38

ईदृशी सा सभा राजन्पितृराज्ञो महात्मनः ।
वरुणस्यापि वक्ष्यामि सभां पुष्करमालिनीम् ॥३८॥

38. īdṛśī sā sabhā rājanpitṛrājño mahātmanaḥ ,
varuṇasyāpi vakṣyāmi sabhāṁ puṣkaramālinīm.

38. īdṛśī sā sabhā rājan pitṛrājñaḥ mahātmanaḥ
varuṇasya api vakṣyāmi sabhām puṣkaramālinīm

38. O King, that is the nature of the assembly belonging to the great-souled (mahātman) king of the ancestors. I will now also describe the assembly of Varuna, which is adorned with lotus garlands.

38. הו מלך, כזה הוא בית הכינוס של מלך האבות (יַמַה) הגדול. עכשיו אספר גם על בית הכינוס של וַרוּנַה, המעוטר בזר לוטוס.

Words meanings summery:

• ईदृशी (īdṛśī) - such (is the nature) (such, of this kind, like this)

• सा (sā) - that (that (feminine nominative))

• सभा (sabhā) - assembly (assembly, court, council)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• पितृराज्ञः (pitṛrājñaḥ) - of the king of the ancestors (of the king of the Pitṛs, of Yama)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (mahātman) (of the great-souled one)

• वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuna

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall describe (I shall tell, I shall speak)

• सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly (assembly, court)

• पुष्करमालिनीम् (puṣkaramālinīm) - adorned with lotus garlands

Words meanings and morphology

ईदृशी (īdṛśī) - such (is the nature) (such, of this kind, like this)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īdṛś

īdṛś - such, of this kind, like this

सा (sā) - that (that (feminine nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to `sabhā`.

सभा (sabhā) - assembly (assembly, court, council)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, council, court, house

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

पितृराज्ञः (pitṛrājñaḥ) - of the king of the ancestors (of the king of the Pitṛs, of Yama)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛrājan

pitṛrājan - king of the Pitṛs, Yama (Pitṛs are ancestral spirits)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+rājan)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor, Pitṛ
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (mahātman) (of the great-souled one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble, magnanimous (mahātman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of varuṇa

varuṇa - Varuna (a Vedic deity, god of water and cosmic order)

Root: vṛ

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall describe (I shall tell, I shall speak)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of vac

Future active indicative

Root `vac` (class 2) is irregular in future tense (using `vakṣ-` stem).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The speaker is implied (Vyasa, or a narrator).

सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly (assembly, court)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, council, court, house

पुष्करमालिनीम् (puṣkaramālinīm) - adorned with lotus garlands

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puṣkaramālin

puṣkaramālin - adorned with lotus garlands, having lotuses as garlands

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṣkara+mālin)

• puṣkara – lotus, blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
• mālin – garlanded, adorned with garlands, a gardener
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from mālā (garland) with suffix -in.

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