महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-13

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततो वैतरणीं सर्वे पाण्डवा द्रौपदी तथा ।
अवतीर्य महाभागा तर्पयां चक्रिरे पितॄन् ॥१३॥

13. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tato vaitaraṇīṁ sarve pāṇḍavā draupadī tathā ,
avatīrya mahābhāgā tarpayāṁ cakrire pitṝn.

13. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tataḥ vaitaraṇīm sarve pāṇḍavāḥ
draupadī tathā avatīrya mahābhāgā tarpayām cakrire pitṝn

13. Vaiśampayana said: Then, all the highly esteemed Pāṇḍavas and Draupadī, having descended into the Vaitaraṇī river, offered oblations to their forefathers.

13. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, אז ירדו כל בני פָּאנְדוּ ועמם דְרַאוּפַּדִי אל נהר וַיטַרַנִי, הם בעלי המזל הטוב, והגישו מים לאבות המנוחים.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampayana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• वैतरणीम् (vaitaraṇīm) - the mythical river Vaitaraṇī, often associated with the realm of the dead (Vaitaraṇī (a mythical river))

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

• द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī (wife of the Pāṇḍavas)

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus, similarly

• अवतीर्य (avatīrya) - having descended, having entered

• महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - highly esteemed, illustrious, fortunate (feminine)

• तर्पयाम् (tarpayām) - having satisfied, having appeased (stem for periphrastic perfect)

• चक्रिरे (cakrire) - they made, they did (part of periphrastic perfect)

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors, forefathers

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampayana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a celebrated sage, a pupil of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active 3rd singular

Root vac (वच्), 2nd class (adādigana). Perfect form (lit).

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

Ablative derivative of tad.

वैतरणीम् (vaitaraṇīm) - the mythical river Vaitaraṇī, often associated with the realm of the dead (Vaitaraṇī (a mythical river))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaitaraṇī

vaitaraṇī - name of a mythical river, river of the underworld

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

Derived from Pāṇḍu with the suffix -a (aptya).

द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī (wife of the Pāṇḍavas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - daughter of Drupada, wife of the Pāṇḍavas

Derived from Drupada (द्रुपद) + -ī (feminine patronymic).

तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

अवतीर्य (avatīrya) - having descended, having entered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root tṝ (तॄ) 'to cross' with upasarga ava (अव).

Prefix: ava

Root: tṝ (class 1)

महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - highly esteemed, illustrious, fortunate (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - highly fortunate, illustrious, highly esteemed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahant+bhāga)

• mahant – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāga – share, fortune, destiny
  noun (masculine)

Note: Feminine singular nominative, modifying Draupadī.

तर्पयाम् (tarpayām) - having satisfied, having appeased (stem for periphrastic perfect)

(indeclinable)

Periphrastic Perfect stem

Derived from root tṛp (तृप्) 'to satisfy' in the causative (tarpayati).

Root: tṛp (class 4)

चक्रिरे (cakrire) - they made, they did (part of periphrastic perfect)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect middle 3rd plural

Root kṛ (कृ) 'to do', 8th class (tanādigaṇa). Perfect form (lit) middle voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as the auxiliary verb in a periphrastic perfect.

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors, forefathers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, forefathers (in plural)

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