महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-191, verse-13

ततः सोऽस्माभिः पृष्टः ।
अस्ति कश्चिदन्यो भवतश्चिरजाततर इति ॥१३॥

13. tataḥ so'smābhiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ ,
asti kaścidanyo bhavataścirajātatara iti.

13. tataḥ saḥ asmābhiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ asti kaścid
anyaḥ bhavataḥ cirajātataraḥ iti

13. Then he was asked by us, "Is there someone else older than you?"

Words meanings summery:

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

• सः (saḥ) - the person who was asked (he, that one)

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

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, interrogated

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कश्चिद् (kaścid) - someone (else) (someone, something, anyone, anything)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - someone else (than the current speaker) (other, another)

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - than the person being addressed (the current old speaker) (of Your Honor, than Your Honor, than you)

• चिरजाततरः (cirajātataraḥ) - more ancient in age (older, longer-born, born earlier)

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

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - the person who was asked (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'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कश्चिद् (kaścid) - someone (else) (someone, something, anyone, anything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, something, any, certain

Composed of interrogative pronoun 'ka' and particle 'cit'

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - someone else (than the current speaker) (other, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - than the person being addressed (the current old speaker) (of Your Honor, than Your Honor, than you)

(pronoun)

Ablative, 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 with comparative 'cirajātataraḥ' to indicate comparison.

चिरजाततरः (cirajātataraḥ) - more ancient in age (older, longer-born, born earlier)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cirajātatara

cirajātatara - older, born much earlier (comparative degree)

Comparative form of 'cirajāta' (long-born), formed with suffix -tara

Compound type : tatpurusha (cira+jāta)

• cira – long, ancient, of old
  adjective (neuter)
• jāta – born, produced, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Comparative degree.

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

(indeclinable)