महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-131, verse-17

श्येन उवाच ।
न वराहं न चोक्षाणं न मृगान्विविधांस्तथा ।
भक्षयामि महाराज किमन्नाद्येन तेन मे ॥१७॥

17. śyena uvāca ,
na varāhaṁ na cokṣāṇaṁ na mṛgānvividhāṁstathā ,
bhakṣayāmi mahārāja kimannādyena tena me.

17. śyena uvāca na varāham na ca ukṣāṇam na mṛgān vividhān
tathā bhakṣayāmi mahārāja kim annādyena tena me

17. The hawk said: O great king, I do not eat boars, nor bulls, nor various deer; what use is such food to me?

17. הנץ אמר, הו מלך גדול, איני אוכל לא חזיר בר ולא שור ולא חיות בר למיניהן. מה לי ולמזון כזה?

Words meanings summery:

• श्येन (śyena) - the Hawk (speaking) (hawk, falcon)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• वराहम् (varāham) - boar, wild boar

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• उक्षाणम् (ukṣāṇam) - bull, ox

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, wild animals

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse, manifold

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

• भक्षयामि (bhakṣayāmi) - I eat, I consume

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O King Śibi (great king)

• किम् (kim) - what use? (what, why, how)

• अन्नाद्येन (annādyena) - by food, by provisions

• तेन (tena) - by that

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

Words meanings and morphology

श्येन (śyena) - the Hawk (speaking) (hawk, falcon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śyena

śyena - hawk, falcon

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

root vac, reduplicated, Class 2 perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

वराहम् (varāham) - boar, wild boar

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varāha

varāha - boar, wild boar, hog

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

उक्षाणम् (ukṣāṇam) - bull, ox

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ukṣan

ukṣan - bull, ox

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

भक्षयामि (bhakṣayāmi) - I eat, I consume

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhakṣ

present active

Causative of root BHAKṢ (Desiderative of BHAKṢA 'to eat'), 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O King Śibi (great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what use? (what, why, how)

(indeclinable)

interrogative pronoun used adverbially

अन्नाद्येन (annādyena) - by food, by provisions

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of annādya

annādya - food, provisions, eatable

Compound type : tatpurusha (anna+adya)

• anna – food, boiled rice
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ad (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• adya – to be eaten, food
  gerundive (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root ad (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

enclitic form

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