महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-149, verse-8

आबभाषे च हनुमान्भीमसेनं स्मयन्निव ।
एतावदिह शक्तस्त्वं रूपं द्रष्टुं ममानघ ॥८॥

8. ābabhāṣe ca hanumānbhīmasenaṁ smayanniva ,
etāvadiha śaktastvaṁ rūpaṁ draṣṭuṁ mamānagha.

8. ābabhāṣe ca hanumān bhīmasenam smayan iva etāvat
iha śaktaḥ tvam rūpam draṣṭum mama anagha

8. And Hanuman, as if smiling, said to Bhimasena: 'O sinless one (anagha), you are only capable of seeing this much of my form here.'

8. הַנוּמָאן דיבר אל בְּהִימַסֵנַה כשהוא מחייך קלות. הו חף מפשע, עד כאן בלבד אתה יכול לראות את צורתי.

Words meanings summery:

• आबभाषे (ābabhāṣe) - spoke, addressed

• च (ca) - and

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - to Bhimasena

• स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• एतावत् (etāvat) - this much, so much

• इह (iha) - here, in this matter

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

Words meanings and morphology

आबभाषे (ābabhāṣe) - spoke, addressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of ābabhāṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanuman (name of the monkey deity, son of Vayu)

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - to Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (another name for Bhima)

स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smayat

smayat - smiling, laughing

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle derived from the root √smi (to smile).

Root: smi (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

एतावत् (etāvat) - this much, so much

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, so large, so great, only this much

Note: Implied object of 'draṣṭum', specifying the extent of the form.

इह (iha) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle derived from the root √śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

रूपम् (rūpam) - form

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form derived from the root √dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, innocent

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+agha)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, fault, evil, distress
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as an address to Bhima.

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