महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-196, verse-2

श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवन्स्त्रीणां माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ।
कथ्यमानं त्वया विप्र सूक्ष्मं धर्मं च तत्त्वतः ॥२॥

2. śrotumicchāmi bhagavanstrīṇāṁ māhātmyamuttamam ,
kathyamānaṁ tvayā vipra sūkṣmaṁ dharmaṁ ca tattvataḥ.

2. śrotum icchāmi bhagavan strīṇām māhātmyam uttamam
kathyamānam tvayā vipra sūkṣmam dharmam ca tattvataḥ

2. O venerable one, O Brahmin, I wish to hear from you the supreme greatness of women, and the subtle essence of natural law (dharma), as it is being narrated by you.

2. הו אדון נכבד, אני רוצה לשמוע ממך על גדולתן העליונה של הנשים, ועל דרך היושר הדקה והעמוקה כפי שהיא באמת, הו בְּרַהְמִין.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O fortunate one

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, glory, majesty

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent, best

• कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) - being told, being narrated

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin, O sage

• सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle, profound, minute

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in essence, from truth

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with suffix -tum

Root: śru (class 5)

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)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O fortunate one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, fortunate, divine

Root: bhaj (class 1)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, glory, majesty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māhātmya

māhātmya - greatness, majesty, glory

derived from mahātman

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent, best

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent

Prefix: ut

Root: tam (class 5)

कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) - being told, being narrated

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kathyamāna

kathyamāna - being told, being narrated

Present Passive Participle

derived from root kath (10P)

Root: kath (class 10)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin, O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, learned

सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle, profound, minute

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine

Root: sūc (class 7)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in essence, from truth

(indeclinable)

formed with suffix -tas

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