महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-186, verse-111

सततं धावमानश्च चिन्तयानो विशां पते ।
आसादयामि नैवान्तं तस्य राजन्महात्मनः ॥१११॥

111. satataṁ dhāvamānaśca cintayāno viśāṁ pate ,
āsādayāmi naivāntaṁ tasya rājanmahātmanaḥ.

111. satatam dhāvamānaḥ ca cintayānaḥ viśām pate
āsādayāmi na eva antam tasya rājan mahātmanaḥ

111. Constantly running and pondering, O lord of the people (viśāṃ pate), O king (rājan), I could never find an end to that great soul (mahātman).

111. בעודי רץ ללא הפסקה ושוקל בליבי, הו אדון העמים, לא הצלחתי להגיע אל סופו של בעל הנפש הגדולה, הו מלך.

Words meanings summery:

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• धावमानः (dhāvamānaḥ) - running, flowing

• च (ca) - and

• चिन्तयानः (cintayānaḥ) - pondering, thinking, contemplating

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

• आसादयामि (āsādayāmi) - I reach, I obtain, I find

• न (na) - not

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अन्तम् (antam) - end, limit

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of that great soul (mahātman) (of the great soul, of the exalted one)

Words meanings and morphology

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

धावमानः (dhāvamānaḥ) - running, flowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhāvamāna

dhāvamāna - running, moving swiftly

Present Middle Participle

From root dhāv (to run)

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'aham' (implied speaker)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयानः (cintayānaḥ) - pondering, thinking, contemplating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintayāna

cintayāna - thinking, pondering, meditating

Present Middle Participle

From denominative root cintay (to think), derived from cit

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'aham' (implied speaker)

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, inhabitants, subjects

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, ruler

Note: Compound with 'viśām' makes 'viśāmpate' (lord of the people)

आसादयामि (āsādayāmi) - I reach, I obtain, I find

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āsāday

Present 1st person singular of root sad with prefix ā (causative)

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for emphasis with 'na'

अन्तम् (antam) - end, limit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Mahātman

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of that great soul (mahātman) (of the great soul, of the exalted one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble-minded, exalted one

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

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