महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-134, verse-19

बन्द्युवाच ।
त्रयोदशी तिथिरुक्ता महोग्रा त्रयोदशद्वीपवती मही च ॥१९॥

19. bandyuvāca ,
trayodaśī tithiruktā mahogrā; trayodaśadvīpavatī mahī ca.

19. Bandiḥ uvāca | trayodaśī tithiḥ uktā
mahogrā | trayodaśadvīpavatī mahī ca

19. Bandy spoke: "The thirteenth day (tithi) is declared to be extremely terrible. And the earth (mahī) is said to have thirteen continents."

19. בַּנְדִי אמר, היום הירחי השלושה עשר (טִיטְהִי) מוכרז כנורא מאוד, והארץ היא בת שלושה עשר איים,

Words meanings summery:

• बन्दिः (bandiḥ) - The sage Bandi (Bandi (name of a sage, son of Bandya))

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• त्रयोदशी (trayodaśī) - the thirteenth (day/tithi) (the thirteenth)

• तिथिः (tithiḥ) - lunar day (tithi) (lunar day, day)

• उक्ता (uktā) - is declared, is called (said, declared, spoken)

• महोग्रा (mahogrā) - extremely terrible (greatly terrible, extremely fierce)

• त्रयोदशद्वीपवती (trayodaśadvīpavatī) - having thirteen continents (having thirteen islands/continents)

• मही (mahī) - the earth (mahī) (earth, ground)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

बन्दिः (bandiḥ) - The sage Bandi (Bandi (name of a sage, son of Bandya))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Bandi

Bandi - Name of a sage, son of Bandya, the opponent of Aṣṭāvakra in the debate; a bard.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular, Perfect active, of `vac`

Root: vac (class 2)

त्रयोदशी (trayodaśī) - the thirteenth (day/tithi) (the thirteenth)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of trayodaśa

trayodaśa - thirteen

Feminine form of `trayodaśa` (thirteenth).

तिथिः (tithiḥ) - lunar day (tithi) (lunar day, day)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tithi

tithi - lunar day; one of the thirty divisions of a lunation

उक्ता (uktā) - is declared, is called (said, declared, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root `vac` (to speak). Feminine form.

Root: vac (class 2)

महोग्रा (mahogrā) - extremely terrible (greatly terrible, extremely fierce)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahogrā

mahogrā - greatly terrible, very fierce, dreadful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ugra)

• mahā – great, large, powerful
  adjective
• ugra – terrible, fierce, formidable
  adjective

त्रयोदशद्वीपवती (trayodaśadvīpavatī) - having thirteen continents (having thirteen islands/continents)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of trayodaśadvīpavatī

trayodaśadvīpavatī - having thirteen continents/islands

Bahuvrīhi compound, feminine.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (trayodaśa+dvīpa+vat)

• trayodaśa – thirteen
  numeral
• dvīpa – island, continent
  noun (masculine)
• vat – possessive suffix
  suffix (feminine)
  possessive suffix -vat, feminine form -vatī

मही (mahī) - the earth (mahī) (earth, ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

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