महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-222, verse-56

प्रथमं प्रतिबुध्यामि चरमं संविशामि च ।
नित्यकालमहं सत्ये एतत्संवननं मम ॥५६॥

56. prathamaṁ pratibudhyāmi caramaṁ saṁviśāmi ca ,
nityakālamahaṁ satye etatsaṁvananaṁ mama.

56. prathamam pratibudhyāmi caram am saṃviśāmi ca
nityakālam aham satye etat saṃvananam mama

56. I am the first to awaken and the last to retire. O truthful one (satye), this constant dedication of mine is my way of winning affection (saṃvanana).

56. אני מתעוררת ראשונה והולכת לישון אחרונה, ותמיד אני נאמנה לאמת. זו דרכי לכבוש את לב בעלי.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first (first, at first)

• प्रतिबुध्यामि (pratibudhyāmi) - I awaken (I wake up, I awaken, I perceive)

• चरमम् (caramam) - last (last, finally, at last)

• संविशामि (saṁviśāmi) - I retire (go to sleep) (I enter, I lie down, I go to sleep)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• नित्यकालम् (nityakālam) - constant dedication (always, constantly, perpetually)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सत्ये (satye) - O truthful one! (addressing Yudhisthira) (O truthful one!)

• एतत् (etat) - this (my constant dedication) (this, that)

• संवननम् (saṁvananam) - way of winning affection (saṃvanana) (conciliation, enchantment, winning over, charm)

• मम (mama) - my (my, mine, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first (first, at first)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage of accusative singular neuter.

प्रतिबुध्यामि (pratibudhyāmi) - I awaken (I wake up, I awaken, I perceive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratibudh

Prefix: prati

Root: budh (class 4)

चरमम् (caramam) - last (last, finally, at last)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage of accusative singular neuter.

संविशामि (saṁviśāmi) - I retire (go to sleep) (I enter, I lie down, I go to sleep)

(verb)

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

Prefix: sam

Root: viś (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

नित्यकालम् (nityakālam) - constant dedication (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nitya+kāla)

• nitya – constant, eternal, perpetual, regular
  adjective (masculine)
• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

सत्ये (satye) - O truthful one! (addressing Yudhisthira) (O truthful one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of satyā

satyā - truthful, honest (feminine form)

Note: Addressing Yudhisthira, whose name means 'firm in truth'.

एतत् (etat) - this (my constant dedication) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

संवननम् (saṁvananam) - way of winning affection (saṃvanana) (conciliation, enchantment, winning over, charm)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃvanana

saṁvanana - conciliation, enchantment, charming, winning over, alluring

Verbal noun

Derived from root √van (to win, to gain) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: van (class 1)

मम (mama) - my (my, mine, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

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