महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-127, verse-5

तं जातं मातरः सर्वाः परिवार्य समासते ।
सततं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा कामभोगान्विशां पते ॥५॥

5. taṁ jātaṁ mātaraḥ sarvāḥ parivārya samāsate ,
satataṁ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā kāmabhogānviśāṁ pate.

5. tam jātam mātaraḥ sarvāḥ parivārya samāsate
satatam pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā kāmabhogān viśām pate

5. O lord of the people, all the mothers constantly surrounded that newborn child and sat with him, having set aside all worldly pleasures.

5. הו אדון העמים, כל האמהות הקיפו את הילד שנולד והתיישבו סביבו, ובכל עת השאירו מאחור את תענוגותיהן.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - the newborn child Jantu (him, that)

• जातम् (jātam) - the newborn child (born, produced)

• मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded, enclosing

• समासते (samāsate) - they sit around (the child) (they sit together, they sit around)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - put behind, set aside (behind, from behind, backwards)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having put, having set (having done, having made)

• कामभोगान् (kāmabhogān) - worldly pleasures (enjoyments of desires, sensual pleasures)

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - the newborn child Jantu (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Accusative singular masculine of tad

जातम् (jātam) - the newborn child (born, produced)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, occurred

Past Passive Participle

From √jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with tam

मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with mātaraḥ

परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded, enclosing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (lyabanta)

From √vṛ (to enclose, choose) with upasarga pari (around) and the suffix -ya (after a prefix)

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)

समासते (samāsate) - they sit around (the child) (they sit together, they sit around)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (Laṭ) of ās

Present

From √ās (to sit) with upasarga sam (together), in the middle voice (ātmanepada).

Prefix: sam

Root: ās (class 2)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - put behind, set aside (behind, from behind, backwards)

(indeclinable)

Formed from pṛṣṭha (back) + suffix -tas

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having put, having set (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कामभोगान् (kāmabhogān) - worldly pleasures (enjoyments of desires, sensual pleasures)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kāmabhoga

kāmabhoga - enjoyment of desires, sensual pleasure

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāma+bhoga)

• kāma – desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, possession
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community

Note: Part of vocative compound viśāmpate

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - master, lord, husband

Note: Forms a vocative compound with viśām (viśāmpate)

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