महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-115, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
स तत्र तामुषित्वैकां रजनीं पृथिवीपतिः ।
तापसानां परं चक्रे सत्कारं भ्रातृभिः सह ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
sa tatra tāmuṣitvaikāṁ rajanīṁ pṛthivīpatiḥ ,
tāpasānāṁ paraṁ cakre satkāraṁ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | sa tatra tām uṣitvā ekāṃ rajinīṃ
pṛthivīpatiḥ | tāpasānām param cakre satkāraṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Having stayed there for one night, that lord of the earth (Yudhiṣṭhira) then offered great hospitality to the ascetics along with his brothers.

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, אחרי שלן שם לילה אחד, כיבד מלך הארץ את בעלי העוצמה הרוחנית כיבוד רב, יחד עם אחיו.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स (sa) - Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira. (he, that (masc.))

• तत्र (tatra) - Refers to Mount Mahendra (there, in that place)

• ताम् (tām) - Refers to 'rajinīm' (night) (her, that (fem.))

• उषित्वा (uṣitvā) - having stayed, having dwelt

• एकां (ekāṁ) - Agrees with 'rajinīm' (one, a single)

• रजिनीं (rajinīṁ) - Accusative of duration (night)

• पृथिवीपतिः (pṛthivīpatiḥ) - King Yudhiṣṭhira (lord of the earth, king)

• तापसानाम् (tāpasānām) - of the ascetics

• परम् (param) - Agrees with 'satkāraṃ' (great, excellent, supreme)

• चक्रे (cakre) - performed, made

• सत्कारं (satkāraṁ) - hospitality, honor, respect

• भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers

• सह (saha) - with, along with

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

स (sa) - Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira. (he, that (masc.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he/she/it

तत्र (tatra) - Refers to Mount Mahendra (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

locative adverb derived from tad

ताम् (tām) - Refers to 'rajinīm' (night) (her, that (fem.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he/she/it

उषित्वा (uṣitvā) - having stayed, having dwelt

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root vas with ktvā suffix

Root: vas (class 1)

एकां (ekāṁ) - Agrees with 'rajinīm' (one, a single)

(numeral)

रजिनीं (rajinīṁ) - Accusative of duration (night)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rajinī

rajinī - night

Root: raj (class 1)

पृथिवीपतिः (pṛthivīpatiḥ) - King Yudhiṣṭhira (lord of the earth, king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthivīpati

pṛthivīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivī+pati)

• pṛthivī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

तापसानाम् (tāpasānām) - of the ascetics

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tāpasa

tāpasa - ascetic, hermit, devotee

Derived from tapas (austerity)

Root: tap (class 1)

परम् (param) - Agrees with 'satkāraṃ' (great, excellent, supreme)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, excellent, highest, chief

चक्रे (cakre) - performed, made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

perfect tense

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular, ātmanepada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: ātmanepada

सत्कारं (satkāraṁ) - hospitality, honor, respect

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of satkāra

satkāra - hospitality, respect, honor, good treatment

Compound type : tatpurusha (sat+kāra)

• sat – good, true, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle of as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• kāra – making, doing, performing
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

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