महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-129, verse-18

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तत्र सभ्रातृकः स्नात्वा स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः ।
लोमशं पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१८॥

18. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tatra sabhrātṛkaḥ snātvā stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ ,
lomaśaṁ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha idaṁ vacanamabravīt.

18. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tatra sabhrātṛkaḥ snātvā stūyamānaḥ
maharṣibhiḥ lomaśam pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha idam vacanam abravīt

18. Vaiśampāyana said: "There, O best of the Pāṇḍavas (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha), (Yudhiṣṭhira), along with his brothers, having bathed and being praised by the great sages, spoke this word to Lomaśa."

18. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, שם התרחץ מיטב בני פָּאנְדוּ יחד עם אחיו, בעוד החוזים הגדולים משבחים אותו, ואמר ללוֹמַשַׁה את הדברים הבאים.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• सभ्रातृकः (sabhrātṛkaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira with his brothers (with his brothers, accompanied by brothers)

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

• स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira being praised (being praised)

• महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by the great sages

• लोमशम् (lomaśam) - to Lomaśa (name of a sage)

• पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha) - O Janamejaya (the listener of the Mahābhārata narration), identifying him with the best of his ancestors, the Pāṇḍavas. (O best of the Pāṇḍavas)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

सभ्रातृकः (sabhrātṛkaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira with his brothers (with his brothers, accompanied by brothers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sabhrātṛka

sabhrātṛka - having brothers, accompanied by brothers

formed with prefix "sa-" (with) and "bhrātṛ" (brother) and suffix -ka

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+bhrātṛ)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix for bahuvrihi compounds
• bhrātṛ – brother
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira.

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: snā (class 2)

स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira being praised (being praised)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stūyamāna

stūyamāna - being praised

Present Passive Participle

derived from root stu (to praise)

Root: stu (class 2)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (Yudhiṣṭhira).

महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by the great sages

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ

Note: Denotes the agent of praising.

लोमशम् (lomaśam) - to Lomaśa (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - Lomaśa (a sage mentioned in the Mahābhārata who accompanies the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha) - O Janamejaya (the listener of the Mahābhārata narration), identifying him with the best of his ancestors, the Pāṇḍavas. (O best of the Pāṇḍavas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha

pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha - best of the Pāṇḍavas

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇḍava+śreṣṭha)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pāṇḍu
  noun (masculine)
  patronymic from Paṇḍu
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, foremost
  adjective (masculine)
  superl. of pra- (excellent)

Note: Addressed by Vaiśampāyana.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement

derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vac

Imperfect

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

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