महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-217, verse-4

मातॄणां प्रेक्षतीनां च भद्रशाखश्च कौशलः ।
ततः कुमारपितरं स्कन्दमाहुर्जना भुवि ॥४॥

4. mātṝṇāṁ prekṣatīnāṁ ca bhadraśākhaśca kauśalaḥ ,
tataḥ kumārapitaraṁ skandamāhurjanā bhuvi.

4. mātṝṇām prekṣatīnām ca bhadra-śākhaḥ ca kauśalaḥ
tataḥ kumāra-pitaram skandam āhuḥ janāḥ bhuvi

4. While the mothers watched, and as Bhadraśākha and Kauśala (manifested), then people on earth called Skanda the father of the Kumāras.

4. בעוד האמהות מביטות. (והוא) נקרא גם בְּהַדְרַשָׁאקְהַא, והוא מיומן. ומאז אנשי העולם מכנים את סְקַנְדַה אביהם של הילדים.

Words meanings summery:

• मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇām) - of mothers

• प्रेक्षतीनाम् (prekṣatīnām) - of those watching, of those looking on

• च (ca) - and

• भद्र-शाखः (bhadra-śākhaḥ) - Bhadraśākha (name/epithet of Skanda) (Bhadraśākha)

• च (ca) - and

• कौशलः (kauśalaḥ) - Kauśala (name/epithet of Skanda) (Kauśala)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• कुमार-पितरम् (kumāra-pitaram) - father of Kumāra(s)

• स्कन्दम् (skandam) - Skanda

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they called, they said

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, on the ground

Words meanings and morphology

मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇām) - of mothers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Part of genitive absolute construction.

प्रेक्षतीनाम् (prekṣatīnām) - of those watching, of those looking on

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of prekṣat

prekṣat - seeing, looking on

Present Active Participle

Feminine genitive plural of prekṣat, from root īkṣ with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with mātṝṇām.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Joins the genitive absolute phrase with the following names or implicitly another concurrent event.

भद्र-शाखः (bhadra-śākhaḥ) - Bhadraśākha (name/epithet of Skanda) (Bhadraśākha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhadra-śākha

bhadra-śākha - having auspicious branches; an epithet or form of Skanda

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhadra+śākha)

• bhadra – auspicious, propitious, blessed
  adjective (neuter)
• śākha – branch
  noun (masculine)

Note: Could be a name of Skanda himself or one of his prominent companions.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Bhadraśākha and Kauśala.

कौशलः (kauśalaḥ) - Kauśala (name/epithet of Skanda) (Kauśala)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kauśala

kauśala - skillful, clever; belonging to Kośala; an epithet or form of Skanda

Note: Another name of Skanda or a prominent companion.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the consequence or next event.

कुमार-पितरम् (kumāra-pitaram) - father of Kumāra(s)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kumāra-pitṛ

kumāra-pitṛ - father of Kumāra(s)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kumāra+pitṛ)

• kumāra – a boy, a youth, Skanda's name/attendants
  noun (masculine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

Note: Apposition to Skandam.

स्कन्दम् (skandam) - Skanda

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - name of the god of war, Kārttikeya, son of Śiva

Note: Object of āhuḥ.

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they called, they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, from root ah (or brū, as a substitute)

Root: ah (class 2)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - a person, people, mankind

Note: Subject of āhuḥ.

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhu

bhu - earth, ground, world

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