महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-139, verse-16

प्रीतास्तस्याभवन्देवाः कर्मणार्वावसोर्नृप ।
तं ते प्रवरयामासुर्निरासुश्च परावसुम् ॥१६॥

16. prītāstasyābhavandevāḥ karmaṇārvāvasornṛpa ,
taṁ te pravarayāmāsurnirāsuśca parāvasum.

16. prītāḥ tasya abhavan devāḥ karmaṇā arvāvasoḥ
nṛpa tam te pravarayāmāsuḥ nirāsuḥ ca parāvasum

16. O king, the gods were pleased by the deed (karma) of Arvāvasu. They esteemed him and rejected Parāvasu.

16. האלים שמחו על מעשהו של אַרְוָאוַסוּ, הו מלך, והציעו לו לבחור משאלה, ואת פַּרָאוַסוּ גירשו מן הטקס.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased, delighted

• तस्य (tasya) - of Arvāvasu (of him, his)

• अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by the righteous deed (karma) of Arvāvasu (by the action, by the deed)

• अर्वावसोः (arvāvasoḥ) - of Arvāvasu

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King Yudhiṣṭhira (implied) (O king)

• तम् (tam) - Arvāvasu (him)

• ते (te) - the gods (they)

• प्रवरयामासुः (pravarayāmāsuḥ) - they caused to choose, they favored, they appointed as best

• निरासुः (nirāsuḥ) - they rejected, cast out

• च (ca) - and

• परावसुम् (parāvasum) - Parāvasu

Words meanings and morphology

प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased, delighted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prīta

prīta - pleased, delighted, satisfied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √prī (to please, to love)

Root: prī (class 9)

तस्य (tasya) - of Arvāvasu (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by the righteous deed (karma) of Arvāvasu (by the action, by the deed)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अर्वावसोः (arvāvasoḥ) - of Arvāvasu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of Arvāvasu

Arvāvasu - name of a sage, son of Raibhya

नृप (nṛpa) - O King Yudhiṣṭhira (implied) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

Compound of nṛ (man) and pa (protector, from √pā)

तम् (tam) - Arvāvasu (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ते (te) - the gods (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रवरयामासुः (pravarayāmāsuḥ) - they caused to choose, they favored, they appointed as best

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pra-√vṛ

Causative perfect

Causative of √vṛ + perfect ending

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛ (class 9)

निरासुः (nirāsuḥ) - they rejected, cast out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of nir-√as

Perfect

Perfect form with prefix 'nir-'

Prefix: nir

Root: as (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

परावसुम् (parāvasum) - Parāvasu

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Parāvasu

Parāvasu - name of a sage, brother of Arvāvasu

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