महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-35

अंशुमानपि धर्मात्मा महीं सागरमेखलाम् ।
प्रशशास महाराज यथैवास्य पितामहः ॥३५॥

35. aṁśumānapi dharmātmā mahīṁ sāgaramekhalām ,
praśaśāsa mahārāja yathaivāsya pitāmahaḥ.

35. aṃśumān api dharmātmā mahīm sāgaramekhalām
praśaśāsa mahārāja yathā eva asya pitāmahaḥ

35. O great king, the virtuous (dharmātman) Ansuman also ruled the ocean-girdled earth, just as his grandfather had.

Words meanings summery:

• अंशुमान् (aṁśumān) - Ansuman (name of a king)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous-souled, virtuous

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

• सागरमेखलाम् (sāgaramekhalām) - ocean-girdled, having the ocean as a girdle

• प्रशशास (praśaśāsa) - he ruled, he governed

• महाराज (mahārāja) - Vocative, addressing the listener (often Vālmīki to Janaka) (O great king)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, even

• अस्य (asya) - referring to Ansuman's grandfather (Sagara) (his)

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - Sagara (Ansuman's grandfather) (grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

अंशुमान् (aṁśumān) - Ansuman (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṃśumat

aṁśumat - having rays (sun), radiant; name of a king (grandson of Sagara)

Possessive suffix -mat

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous-souled, virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - righteous-souled, virtuous (dharma, ātman)

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an

Note: Refers to Ansuman.

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground

Root: mah

Note: Object of 'praśaśāsa'.

सागरमेखलाम् (sāgaramekhalām) - ocean-girdled, having the ocean as a girdle

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sāgaramekhalā

sāgaramekhalā - ocean-girdled, having the ocean as a girdle

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāgara+mekhalā)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• mekhalā – girdle, belt
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mil

Note: Agrees with 'mahīm'.

प्रशशास (praśaśāsa) - he ruled, he governed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of śās

Perfect tense

Reduplicated perfect of śās- with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: śās (class 2)

महाराज (mahārāja) - Vocative, addressing the listener (often Vālmīki to Janaka) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine stem of mahant, used as first part of compound.
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, even

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अस्य (asya) - referring to Ansuman's grandfather (Sagara) (his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Genitive singular of idam

Note: Possessive pronoun for 'pitāmahaḥ'.

पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - Sagara (Ansuman's grandfather) (grandfather)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father)

Note: The implied verb here is 'ruled' from 'praśaśāsa'.