महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-4

वासुदेवं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वे ते क्षत्रियर्षभाः ।
परिवार्योपविविशुर्धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥४॥

4. vāsudevaṁ puraskṛtya sarve te kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ,
parivāryopaviviśurdharmarājaṁ yudhiṣṭhiram.

4. vāsudevam puraskṛtya sarve te kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ
parivārya upaviviśuḥ dharmarājam yudhiṣṭhiram

4. With Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) leading, all those chief kṣatriyas (warriors) sat down surrounding Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira.

4. כל גדולי הלוחמים האלה הציבו את וָאסוּדֵוַה בראש, הקיפו את דְהַרְמַרָאג׳ַה יוּדְהִישְׁתְהִירַה וישבו סביבו.

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

• पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front, having made a leader

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• ते (te) - they

• क्षत्रियर्षभाः (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ) - chief of kṣatriyas, best of warriors

• परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded, having encircled

• उपविविशुः (upaviviśuḥ) - they sat down near

• धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - Dharmarāja, king of dharma (natural law)

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa

पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front, having made a leader

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'kṛ' with prefix 'puras'

Prefix: puras

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्षत्रियर्षभाः (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ) - chief of kṣatriyas, best of warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriyarṣabha

kṣatriyarṣabha - a bull among kṣatriyas, chief of kṣatriyas, best of warriors

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatriya+ṛṣabha)

• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the kṣatriya (warrior) class
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull (used metaphorically for 'best, chief')
  noun (masculine)

परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded, having encircled

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'vṛ' (to cover, encompass) with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)

उपविविशुः (upaviviśuḥ) - they sat down near

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (lit) of upaviś

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - Dharmarāja, king of dharma (natural law)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of righteousness, Dharmarāja (epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, intrinsic nature, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāja – king, ruler, sovereign
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (steadfast in battle, name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

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