महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-161, verse-27

ततः स तेषां कुरुपुंगवानां तेषां च सूर्याग्निसमप्रभाणाम् ।
विप्रर्षभाणामुपविश्य मध्ये सर्वं यथावत्कथयां बभूव ॥२७॥

27. tataḥ sa teṣāṁ kurupuṁgavānāṁ; teṣāṁ ca sūryāgnisamaprabhāṇām ,
viprarṣabhāṇāmupaviśya madhye; sarvaṁ yathāvatkathayāṁ babhūva.

27. tataḥ saḥ teṣām kurupuṅgavānām
teṣām ca sūryāgnisamaprabhāṇām
viprarṣabhāṇām upaviśya madhye
sarvam yathāvat kathayām babhūva

27. Then, having sat down among those best among the Kurus and those foremost Brahmins who shone like the sun and fire, he narrated everything exactly as it had occurred.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• कुरुपुङ्गवानाम् (kurupuṅgavānām) - of the foremost among the Kurus, of the best of the Kurus

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• च (ca) - and, also

• सूर्याग्निसमप्रभाणाम् (sūryāgnisamaprabhāṇām) - of those whose splendor is like the sun and fire

• विप्रर्षभाणाम् (viprarṣabhāṇām) - of the best of Brahmins, of the chief seers

• उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it happened, truthfully, properly, duly

• कथयाम् (kathayām) - narrating, telling

• बभूव (babhūva) - he became, there happened, he narrated

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'tad'

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुरुपुङ्गवानाम् (kurupuṅgavānām) - of the foremost among the Kurus, of the best of the Kurus

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kurupuṅgava

kurupuṅgava - foremost among the Kurus, best of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+puṅgava)

• kuru – Kuru (a member of the Kuru dynasty, or the land of the Kurus)
  proper noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull; chief, excellent, foremost
  noun (masculine)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सूर्याग्निसमप्रभाणाम् (sūryāgnisamaprabhāṇām) - of those whose splendor is like the sun and fire

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sūryāgnisamaprabha

sūryāgnisamaprabha - whose splendor is like the sun and fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sūrya+agni+sama+prabhā)

• sūrya – sun, Sun God
  noun (masculine)
• agni – fire, God of fire
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

विप्रर्षभाणाम् (viprarṣabhāṇām) - of the best of Brahmins, of the chief seers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of viprarṣabha

viprarṣabha - best of Brahmins, chief seer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vipra+ṛṣabha)

• vipra – Brahmin, inspired, wise
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; best, excellent, chief
  noun (masculine)

उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down

(indeclinable)

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it happened, truthfully, properly, duly

(indeclinable)

कथयाम् (kathayām) - narrating, telling

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, narration, tale, speech

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Used in periphrastic perfect construction with 'babhūva'

बभूव (babhūva) - he became, there happened, he narrated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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