महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-121, verse-23

home » Scriptures Library » Mahabharata

View complete chapter

नासत्यौ च कथं ब्रह्मन्कृतवान्सोमपीथिनौ ।
एतत्सर्वं यथावृत्तमाख्यातु भगवान्मम ॥२३॥

23. nāsatyau ca kathaṁ brahmankṛtavānsomapīthinau ,
etatsarvaṁ yathāvṛttamākhyātu bhagavānmama.

23. Nāsatyau ca katham brahman kṛtavān somapīthinau
etat sarvam yathāvṛttam ākhyātu bhagavān mama

23. And how, O Brāhmaṇa, did he make the two Nāsatyas (Aśvins) drinkers of soma? May the venerable sir tell me all this exactly as it occurred.

23. והאם, הו בְּרַהְמִין, איך הפך את האַשְׁוִינִים (נָאסַטְיַאוּ) לשותי סוֹמַה? אנא שיספר לי האדון את כל זה כפי שהיה.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

नासत्यौ (nāsatyau) - Refers to the Aśvin twins, divine physicians. (the two Nāsatyas (Aśvins))

च (ca) - and, also

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Yudhiṣṭhira is addressing Lomaśa, who is a Brāhmaṇa. (O Brāhmaṇa, O holy one)

कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - caused them to become (made, did, caused)

सोमपीथिनौ (somapīthinau) - drinkers of Soma

एतत् (etat) - this

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, exactly as it occurred

आख्यातु (ākhyātu) - may he tell, tell

भगवान् (bhagavān) - Refers to Lomaśa. (venerable, divine, illustrious, lord)

मम (mama) - to me (to me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

नासत्यौ (nāsatyau) - Refers to the Aśvin twins, divine physicians. (the two Nāsatyas (Aśvins))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of nāsatya

nāsatya - Nāsatya (an epithet of the Aśvins, usually in dual)

Note: Object of 'kṛtavān'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects this question with the previous one.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Yudhiṣṭhira is addressing Lomaśa, who is a Brāhmaṇa. (O Brāhmaṇa, O holy one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brāhmaṇa; holy person; the ultimate reality (brahman)

Note: Used as an address for Lomaśa.

कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - caused them to become (made, did, caused)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtavat

kṛtavat - having done, having made

Past Active Participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix '-vat'. Nominative masculine singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Implies the agent 'he' (referring to Bhargava/Cyavana from the previous verse).

सोमपीथिनौ (somapīthinau) - drinkers of Soma

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of somapīthin

somapīthin - drinker of Soma

Compound of Soma (moon-plant juice) and Pīthin (drinker)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (soma+pīthin)

soma – Soma (a divine drink, or the plant from which it is made)
noun (masculine)
pīthin – drinker
noun (masculine)
Agent noun from √pā (to drink)
Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Predicate accusative with 'nāsatyau'.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the entire story.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

Note: Qualifies 'etat'.

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, exactly as it occurred

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it happened, exactly as it occurred

Indeclinable compound (avyayībhāva) meaning 'according to what happened'.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

yathā – as, in which manner
indeclinable
vṛtta – occurred, happened, course
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From √vṛt (to be, to exist, to happen)
Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Adverbially modifying 'ākhyātu'.

आख्यातु (ākhyātu) - may he tell, tell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of khyā

Imperative Active

root 'khyā' (2nd class) with prefix 'ā' in imperative mood, 3rd person singular active voice.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: The agent is 'bhagavān'.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - Refers to Lomaśa. (venerable, divine, illustrious, lord)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat