महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-145, verse-22

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तामुपेत्य महात्मानः सह तैर्ब्राह्मणर्षभैः ।
अवतेरुस्ततः सर्वे राक्षसस्कन्धतः शनैः ॥२२॥

22. tāmupetya mahātmānaḥ saha tairbrāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ ,
avaterustataḥ sarve rākṣasaskandhataḥ śanaiḥ.

22. tām upetya mahātmānaḥ saha taiḥ brāhmaṇa-ṛṣabhaiḥ
avateruḥ tataḥ sarve rākṣasa-skandhataḥ śanaiḥ

22. Having reached that [place], the great-souled ones (mahātmānaḥ), accompanied by those foremost Brahmins (brāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ), all slowly descended from the shoulders of the Rākṣasas.

22. כשהגיעו אל העץ, ירדו כולם לאט מכתפי הרָאקְשַׁסִים, גדולי הנפש, יחד עם אותם בְּרַהְמִינים דגולים.

Words meanings summery:

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ताम् (tām) - referring to the region/land described in the previous verse (that (feminine, acc. sg.))

उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached, having gone near

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - (likely refers to the Pāṇḍavas, though they are explicitly mentioned later) (the great-souled ones)

सह (saha) - with, together with

तैः (taiḥ) - with those (Brahmins) (by/with them (masculine/neuter, instrumental plural))

ब्राह्मणर्षभैः (brāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ) - by/with the chief/best among Brahmins

अवतेरुः (avateruḥ) - they descended

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, then

सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (the Mahātmānas and Brahmins) (all (masculine nominative plural))

राक्षसस्कन्धतः (rākṣasaskandhataḥ) - from the shoulder(s) of the Rākṣasa(s)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - referring to the region/land described in the previous verse (that (feminine, acc. sg.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to the "deśa" (land) or `bhūmi` (earth) implicitly mentioned or understood from the previous verse, treated as feminine.

उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached, having gone near

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

`upa` + root `i` (to go) + `lyaP` suffix

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - (likely refers to the Pāṇḍavas, though they are explicitly mentioned later) (the great-souled ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great person; the supreme Self (ātman)

`mahā` (great) + `ātman` (self)

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+ātman)

mahā – great, large
adjective
ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, the supreme Self (ātman)
noun (masculine)
Root: an (class 2)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

तैः (taiḥ) - with those (Brahmins) (by/with them (masculine/neuter, instrumental plural))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to the `brāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ`.

ब्राह्मणर्षभैः (brāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ) - by/with the chief/best among Brahmins

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇarṣabha

brāhmaṇarṣabha - foremost among Brahmins, excellent Brahmin

`brāhmaṇa` (Brahmin) + `ṛṣabha` (bull, chief, excellent one)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+ṛṣabha)

brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, belonging to Brahman, related to the Veda
noun (masculine)
from `brahman`
ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent one
noun (masculine)

अवतेरुः (avateruḥ) - they descended

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of avatar

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

`ava` (down) + root `tṛ` (to cross)

Prefix: ava

Root: tṛ (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, then

(indeclinable)

सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (the Mahātmānas and Brahmins) (all (masculine nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva