महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-137, verse-12

तावब्रवीदृषिः क्रुद्धो यवक्रीर्वध्यतामिति ।
जग्मतुस्तौ तथेत्युक्त्वा यवक्रीतजिघांसया ॥१२॥

12. tāvabravīdṛṣiḥ kruddho yavakrīrvadhyatāmiti ,
jagmatustau tathetyuktvā yavakrītajighāṁsayā.

12. tau abravīt ṛṣiḥ kruddhaḥ yavakrīḥ vadhyatām iti |
jagmatuḥ tau tathā iti uktvā yavakrīta-jighāṃsayā

12. The enraged sage (ṛṣi) told those two, 'Let Yavakrīta be killed!' Saying 'So be it,' they both departed with the intention of slaying Yavakrīta.

12. החוזה הזועם אמר להם, שיַוַקְרִי יומת. הם אמרו שכך יהיה והלכו מתוך רצון להרוג את יַוַקְרִי.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - the two disciples (Parāvasu and Arvāvasu) (those two)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - Raibhya, the father of the two disciples (a sage, a seer)

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged, furious

• यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - Yavakrīta (proper name)

• वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - let him be killed, should be killed

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they both went

• तौ (tau) - the two disciples (those two)

• तथा (tathā) - meaning 'so be it' or 'as you wish' (so, thus, in that manner)

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• यवक्रीत-जिघांसया (yavakrīta-jighāṁsayā) - with the desire to kill Yavakrīta

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - the two disciples (Parāvasu and Arvāvasu) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - Raibhya, the father of the two disciples (a sage, a seer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - a sage, an inspired poet, a seer

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, provoked

past passive participle

from root krudh

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'ṛṣiḥ'.

यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - Yavakrīta (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yavakrī

yavakrī - Yavakrī (name of a sage's son)

वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - let him be killed, should be killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vadhyatā

passive imperative from root han (vadh- form)

Root: han (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they both went

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

तौ (tau) - the two disciples (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तथा (tathā) - meaning 'so be it' or 'as you wish' (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root vac with suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

यवक्रीत-जिघांसया (yavakrīta-jighāṁsayā) - with the desire to kill Yavakrīta

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yavakrīta-jighāṃsā

yavakrīta-jighāṁsā - the desire to kill Yavakrīta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yavakrīta+jighāṃsā)

• yavakrīta – Yavakrīta (name of a sage's son)
  proper noun (masculine)
• jighāṃsā – desire to kill, bloodthirstiness
  noun (feminine)
  desiderative formation from root han
  Root: han (class 2)

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