महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-2

विदुर उवाच ।
शृणु भीमस्य कर्मेदमतिमानुषकर्मणः ।
श्रुतपूर्वं मया तेषां कथान्तेषु पुनः पुनः ॥२॥

2. vidura uvāca ,
śṛṇu bhīmasya karmedamatimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ ,
śrutapūrvaṁ mayā teṣāṁ kathānteṣu punaḥ punaḥ.

2. viduraḥ uvāca śṛṇu bhīmasya karma idam atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ
śrutapūrvam mayā teṣām kathānteṣu punaḥ punaḥ

2. Vidura said: "Listen to this deed (karma) of Bhīma, who performs superhuman deeds (karma). I have heard it before, repeatedly, at the end of their narratives."

2. וִידוּרַה אמר, שמע את מעשהו של בְּהִימַה, בעל המעשים שמעבר לאנושי. שמעתי עליו מהם שוב ושוב בסוף הסיפורים.

Words meanings summery:

• विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma

• कर्म (karma) - deed (karma) (action, deed, work)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अतिमानुषकर्मणः (atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ) - who performs superhuman deeds (karma) (of superhuman action/deed)

• श्रुतपूर्वम् (śrutapūrvam) - heard before

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of their (stories) (of them)

• कथान्तेषु (kathānteṣu) - at the end of their narratives (at the ends of stories/narratives)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, further)

Words meanings and morphology

विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidura

vidura - Vidura (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)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative

Imperative 2nd singular active

Root: śru (class 5)

भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava)

कर्म (karma) - deed (karma) (action, deed, work)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate

Derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun/adjective)

अतिमानुषकर्मणः (atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ) - who performs superhuman deeds (karma) (of superhuman action/deed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of atimānuṣakarman

atimānuṣakarman - having superhuman deeds/actions

Compound type : bahuvrihi (atimānuṣa+karman)

• atimānuṣa – superhuman
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ati
• karman – deed, action
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: This adjective describes Bhīma.

श्रुतपूर्वम् (śrutapūrvam) - heard before

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrutapūrva

śrutapūrva - heard before, previously heard

Past Passive Participle compound

Compound of śruta (PPP of śru) and pūrva

Compound type : tatpurusha (śruta+pūrva)

• śruta – heard
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root śru
  Root: śru (class 5)
• pūrva – before, previous
  adjective (neuter)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of their (stories) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas and their deeds.

कथान्तेषु (kathānteṣu) - at the end of their narratives (at the ends of stories/narratives)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kathānta

kathānta - end of a story/narrative

Compound type : tatpurusha (kathā+anta)

• kathā – story, narrative, tale
  noun (feminine)
• anta – end, boundary
  noun (masculine)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, further)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition of 'punaḥ' emphasizes 'repeatedly'.

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