महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-191, verse-11

सोऽस्माभिः पृष्टः ।
भवानिन्द्रद्युम्नं राजानं प्रत्यभिजानातीति ॥११॥

11. so'smābhiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ ,
bhavānindradyumnaṁ rājānaṁ pratyabhijānātīti.

11. saḥ asmābhiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ bhavān indradyumnaṃ
rājānaṃ pratyabhijānāti iti

11. He was asked by us, "Do you recognize King Indradyumna?"

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - the specific person being addressed (he, that one)

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by the narrator and his companions (by us)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, interrogated

• भवान् (bhavān) - Your Honor, you (formal)

• इन्द्रद्युम्नं (indradyumnaṁ) - King Indradyumna (Indradyumna)

• राजानं (rājānaṁ) - King Indradyumna (king, ruler)

• प्रत्यभिजानाति (pratyabhijānāti) - recognizes, perceives, recollects

• इति (iti) - Marks the end of the direct speech. (thus, so, (marks direct speech))

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - the specific person being addressed (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by the narrator and his companions (by us)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, interrogated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, interrogated, questioned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √prach (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'saḥ'.

भवान् (bhavān) - Your Honor, you (formal)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), Your Honor, being

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √bhū (to be, exist), used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as an honorific second-person pronoun.

इन्द्रद्युम्नं (indradyumnaṁ) - King Indradyumna (Indradyumna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of indradyumna

indradyumna - Indradyumna (name of a king)

राजानं (rājānaṁ) - King Indradyumna (king, ruler)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Note: Accusative object of 'pratyabhijānāti'.

प्रत्यभिजानाति (pratyabhijānāti) - recognizes, perceives, recollects

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratyabhijñā

Prefixes: prati+abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Verb of the 9th conjugation class.

इति (iti) - Marks the end of the direct speech. (thus, so, (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)