महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-169, verse-28

मातलिरुवाच ।
आसीदिदं पुरा पार्थ देवराजस्य नः पुरम् ।
ततो निवातकवचैरितः प्रच्याविताः सुराः ॥२८॥

28. mātaliruvāca ,
āsīdidaṁ purā pārtha devarājasya naḥ puram ,
tato nivātakavacairitaḥ pracyāvitāḥ surāḥ.

28. mātaliḥ uvāca āsīt idam purā pārtha devarājasya naḥ
puram tataḥ nivātakavacaiḥ itaḥ pracyāvitāḥ surāḥ

28. Matali said: 'O Pārtha, this was formerly our city, the capital of the king of gods. From here, the gods were then driven away by the Nivātakavacas.'

28. מָאטַלִי אמר, הו פָּארְתַה, פעם זו הייתה עירו של מלך האלים, שלנו, ומשם גירשו בני נִיוָאטַקַוַצ׳ַה את האלים.

Words meanings summery:

• मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Matali (Indra's charioteer)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was

• इदम् (idam) - this

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)

• देवराजस्य (devarājasya) - of the king of gods (Indra)

• नः (naḥ) - our

• पुरम् (puram) - city, capital

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

• निवातकवचैः (nivātakavacaiḥ) - by the Nivātakavacas (a class of demons)

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here

• प्रच्याविताः (pracyāvitāḥ) - driven away, dislodged

• सुराः (surāḥ) - gods

Words meanings and morphology

मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Matali (Indra's charioteer)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Matali (the charioteer of Indra)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, that

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

(indeclinable)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), an epithet of Arjuna

देवराजस्य (devarājasya) - of the king of gods (Indra)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of devarāja

devarāja - king of gods (Indra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+rāja)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

नः (naḥ) - our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

पुरम् (puram) - city, capital

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress, capital

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

(indeclinable)

निवातकवचैः (nivātakavacaiḥ) - by the Nivātakavacas (a class of demons)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nivātakavaca

nivātakavaca - a class of powerful demons

इतः (itaḥ) - from here

(indeclinable)

प्रच्याविताः (pracyāvitāḥ) - driven away, dislodged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pracyāvita

pracyāvita - driven away, dislodged, removed

Past Passive Participle

derived from √cyu (to fall, to move) with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'surāḥ'.

सुराः (surāḥ) - gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

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