महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-192, verse-5

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एतदिच्छामि तत्त्वेन ज्ञातुं भार्गवसत्तम ।
विपर्यस्तं यथा नाम कुवलाश्वस्य धीमतः ॥५॥

5. etadicchāmi tattvena jñātuṁ bhārgavasattama ,
viparyastaṁ yathā nāma kuvalāśvasya dhīmataḥ.

5. etat icchāmi tattvena jñātum bhārgavasattama
viparyastam yathā nāma kuvalāśvasya dhīmataḥ

5. O best among the Bhṛgus (bhārgavasattama), I wish to know accurately this—how the name of the intelligent Kuvalāśva (Kuvalāśva) was indeed transformed.

5. אני רוצה לדעת זאת באמת, הו מובחר בני בְּהַרְגַוַה, איך השתנה גורלו של קוּוַלָאשְׁוַה החכם.

Words meanings summery:

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एतत् (etat) - Refers to the query about Kuvalāśva's transformation. (this, this matter)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - 'accurately' in the context of seeking knowledge. (truly, accurately, in essence)

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know, to learn, to understand

भार्गवसत्तम (bhārgavasattama) - Adressing a sage, likely the sage Mārkaṇḍeya. (O best of Bhṛgus, O most excellent descendant of Bhṛgu)

विपर्यस्तम् (viparyastam) - Referring to the change in Kuvalāśva's name or status. (reversed, inverted, transformed, changed)

यथा (yathā) - Introduces the clause explaining how the name was changed. (as, just as, how, in what manner)

नाम (nāma) - The name of Kuvalāśva. (name, appellation)

कुवलाश्वस्य (kuvalāśvasya) - Possessive, 'Kuvalāśva's name'. (of Kuvalāśva)

धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - Describing King Kuvalāśva. (of the intelligent, of the wise, of the discerning)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - Refers to the query about Kuvalāśva's transformation. (this, this matter)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative

Note: Object of jñātum

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

1st person singular, root iṣ (class 6, parasmaipada)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - 'accurately' in the context of seeking knowledge. (truly, accurately, in essence)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

Neuter noun

Root: tad

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know, to learn, to understand

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root jñā (class 9, parasmaipada)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Expresses purpose 'to know'

भार्गवसत्तम (bhārgavasattama) - Adressing a sage, likely the sage Mārkaṇḍeya. (O best of Bhṛgus, O most excellent descendant of Bhṛgu)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārgavasattama

bhārgavasattama - best of the Bhṛgus (descendants of sage Bhṛgu)

Compound noun (bhārgava + sattama)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhārgava+sattama)

bhārgava – descendant of Bhṛgu, relating to Bhṛgu
noun (masculine)
Derived from Bhṛgu
sattama – best, most excellent
adjective (masculine)
Superlative degree of 'sat' (good, excellent)

Note: Adresses the sage (Mārkaṇḍeya).

विपर्यस्तम् (viparyastam) - Referring to the change in Kuvalāśva's name or status. (reversed, inverted, transformed, changed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viparyasta

viparyasta - inverted, reversed, turned upside down, transformed, changed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from vi + pari + root as (to throw, to be) + -ta suffix

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with nāma (name), which is neuter.

यथा (yathā) - Introduces the clause explaining how the name was changed. (as, just as, how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)