महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-10

लोमश उवाच ।
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं विप्रः सुराणां शैलमभ्यगात् ।
सोऽभिगम्याब्रवीद्विन्ध्यं सदारः समुपस्थितः ॥१०॥

10. lomaśa uvāca ,
tacchrutvā vacanaṁ vipraḥ surāṇāṁ śailamabhyagāt ,
so'bhigamyābravīdvindhyaṁ sadāraḥ samupasthitaḥ.

10. lomaśa uvāca tat śrutvā vacanam vipraḥ surāṇām śailam
abhyagāt saḥ abhigamya abravīt vindhyam sadāraḥ samupasthitaḥ

10. Lomaśa said: Having heard that speech, the brahmin (vipra) approached the mountain of the gods. Having arrived there, he addressed Vindhya, who was present with his wife.

10. לוֹמַשַׁה אמר, כששמע החכם את דברי האלים, הלך אל ההר. הוא ניגש ואמר לוִינְדְהְיַה, כשהוא מגיע יחד עם אשתו.

Words meanings summery:

• लोमश (lomaśa) - Lomaśa (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तत् (tat) - referring to the speech of the gods (that)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• वचनम् (vacanam) - the words spoken by the gods (speech, word, utterance)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brahmin, priest

• सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the gods

• शैलम् (śailam) - the mountain abode of the gods (possibly Meru or a celestial mountain) (mountain, rock)

• अभ्यगात् (abhyagāt) - went towards, approached

• सः (saḥ) - the brahmin (vipra) (he)

• अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached, having arrived

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• विन्ध्यम् (vindhyam) - Vindhya (name of a mountain)

• सदारः (sadāraḥ) - Vindhya was with his wife (with wife, accompanied by wife)

• समुपस्थितः (samupasthitaḥ) - Vindhya was present there (present, standing near, approached)

Words meanings and morphology

लोमश (lomaśa) - Lomaśa (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - Lomaśa (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

from √vac, reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - referring to the speech of the gods (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can also be nominative neuter singular, but accusative fits the context better as the object of 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from √śru with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb.

वचनम् (vacanam) - the words spoken by the gods (speech, word, utterance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brahmin, priest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, inspired, sage

Note: Subject of the action 'went'.

सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

Note: Possessive, modifying 'śailam'.

शैलम् (śailam) - the mountain abode of the gods (possibly Meru or a celestial mountain) (mountain, rock)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock

Note: Object of 'abhyagāt', indicating destination.

अभ्यगात् (abhyagāt) - went towards, approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Aorist Active

from √gam with upasarga abhi, 3rd person singular

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - the brahmin (vipra) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'vipraḥ'.

अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached, having arrived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with prefix

from √gam with upasarga abhi, suffix -ya

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Active

from √brū (or vac, but abravīt is generally associated with brū), 3rd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

विन्ध्यम् (vindhyam) - Vindhya (name of a mountain)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vindhya

vindhya - Vindhya mountains

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

सदारः (sadāraḥ) - Vindhya was with his wife (with wife, accompanied by wife)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadāra

sadāra - with wife

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+dāra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• dāra – wife
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies Vindhya (implied by context).

समुपस्थितः (samupasthitaḥ) - Vindhya was present there (present, standing near, approached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samupasthita

samupasthita - present, standing near, approached

Past Passive Participle

from √sthā with upasargas sam and upa

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Vindhya (implied by context).

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