महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
किर्मीरस्य वधं क्षत्तः श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथ्यताम् ।
रक्षसा भीमसेनस्य कथमासीत्समागमः ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
kirmīrasya vadhaṁ kṣattaḥ śrotumicchāmi kathyatām ,
rakṣasā bhīmasenasya kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca kirmīrasya vadham kṣattaḥ śrotum icchāmi
kathyatām rakṣasā bhīmasenasya katham āsīt samāgamaḥ

1. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: "O charioteer, I wish to hear about the killing of Kirmīra; please tell me. How did the encounter (samāgamaḥ) between Bhīmasena and the rākṣasa take place?"

1. דְהְרִיתַרָאשְׁטְרַה אמר, הו וִידוּרַה, אני רוצה לשמוע על הריגתו של קִירְמִירַה, ספר לי. כיצד התרחשה המפגש בין הרָאקְשַׁסַה לבְּהִימַסֵנַה?

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - King Dhritarashtra (Dhritarashtra)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• किर्मीरस्य (kirmīrasya) - of the rākṣasa Kirmīra (of Kirmīra)

• वधम् (vadham) - the killing (killing, slaying)

• क्षत्तः (kṣattaḥ) - O charioteer (addressing Sañjaya) (O charioteer, O attendant)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - please tell me (lit: let it be told) (let it be told, may it be narrated)

• रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon (rākṣasa) (by the rākṣasa)

• भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - took place, was (was, existed)

• समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - the encounter (meeting, encounter, coming together)

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - King Dhritarashtra (Dhritarashtra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (proper noun)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect (lit)

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

किर्मीरस्य (kirmīrasya) - of the rākṣasa Kirmīra (of Kirmīra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kirmīra

kirmīra - Kirmira (name of a rākṣasa)

वधम् (vadham) - the killing (killing, slaying)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, striking

क्षत्तः (kṣattaḥ) - O charioteer (addressing Sañjaya) (O charioteer, O attendant)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣattṛ

kṣattṛ - charioteer, chamberlain, doorkeeper, attendant

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of verb śru

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present

Present 1st singular active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - please tell me (lit: let it be told) (let it be told, may it be narrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Imperative

Imperative 3rd singular passive

Root: kath (class 10)

रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon (rākṣasa) (by the rākṣasa)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, rākṣasa

Note: Often refers to malevolent beings or demons in mythology.

भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - took place, was (was, existed)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: as (class 2)

समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - the encounter (meeting, encounter, coming together)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, encounter, assembly, confluence

Derived from sam-ā-gam

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Derived from `sam-ā-gam`.

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