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?"

11. שאלנו אותו, האם אתה מכיר את המלך אִינְדְרַדְיוּמְנַה?

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)

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