महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-16, verse-2

वासुदेव उवाच ।
हतं श्रुत्वा महाबाहो मया श्रौतश्रवं नृपम् ।
उपायाद्भरतश्रेष्ठ शाल्वो द्वारवतीं पुरीम् ॥२॥

2. vāsudeva uvāca ,
hataṁ śrutvā mahābāho mayā śrautaśravaṁ nṛpam ,
upāyādbharataśreṣṭha śālvo dvāravatīṁ purīm.

2. vāsudevaḥ uvāca hatam śrutvā mahābāho mayā śrautaśravam
nṛpam upāyāt bharataśreṣṭha śālvaḥ dvāravatīm purīm

2. Vāsudeva said: 'O mighty-armed one, O best of the Bharatas, when Śālva heard that King Śrutaśrava had been slain by me, he approached the city of Dvāravatī.'

2. וָאסוּדֵוַה אמר, הו אדיר הזרועות, כששָׁאלְוַה שמע שהרגתי את המלך בן שְׁרוּטַשְׁרַוָא, הוא הגיע, הו נעלה בין בני בְּהַרַטַה, אל העיר דְוָארַוַטִי.

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (Krishna)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हतम् (hatam) - slain, killed

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• मया (mayā) - by me

• श्रौतश्रवम् (śrautaśravam) - Śrutaśrava (a king)

• नृपम् (nṛpam) - king

• उपायात् (upāyāt) - approached, came near

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas

• शाल्वः (śālvaḥ) - Śālva (name of a king)

• द्वारवतीम् (dvāravatīm) - Dvāravatī (the city of)

• पुरीम् (purīm) - city

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (Krishna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva (son of Vasudeva, an epithet of Krishna)

Note: Name of Krishna

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

हतम् (hatam) - slain, killed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, to kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nṛpam'

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'śru' (to hear) with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: śru (class 5)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'hatam'

श्रौतश्रवम् (śrautaśravam) - Śrutaśrava (a king)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śrautaśrava

śrautaśrava - Śrutaśrava (name of a king, brother of Śiśupāla)

नृपम् (nṛpam) - king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

उपायात् (upāyāt) - approached, came near

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (aorist) (luṅ) of upā-yā

Prefix: upā

Root: yā (class 2)

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best of the Bharatas, pre-eminent among Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

शाल्वः (śālvaḥ) - Śālva (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śālva

śālva - Śālva (name of a king, enemy of Krishna)

द्वारवतीम् (dvāravatīm) - Dvāravatī (the city of)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dvāravatī

dvāravatī - Dvāravatī (the city of Krishna, Dvārakā)

पुरीम् (purīm) - city

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town

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