महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-228, verse-20

मृगयां चैव नो गन्तुमिच्छा संवर्धते भृशम् ।
स्मारणं च चिकीर्षामो न तु पाण्डवदर्शनम् ॥२०॥

20. mṛgayāṁ caiva no gantumicchā saṁvardhate bhṛśam ,
smāraṇaṁ ca cikīrṣāmo na tu pāṇḍavadarśanam.

20. mṛgayām ca eva naḥ gantum icchā saṃvardhate bhṛśam
smāraṇam ca cikīrṣāmaḥ na tu pāṇḍava-darśanam

20. Indeed, our desire to go hunting is greatly increasing. We wish to engage in recollection, but not to see the Pandavas.

20. גם הרצון שלנו ללכת לצוד גובר מאוד, ואנו רוצים לערוך את הפיקוח על העדרים, ולא לראות את בני פָּאנְדוּ.

Words meanings summery:

• मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, the chase

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our, us

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go, for going

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

• संवर्धते (saṁvardhate) - grows, increases, prospers

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, strongly, exceedingly

• स्मारणम् (smāraṇam) - remembering, recollection, reminding

• च (ca) - and, also

• चिकीर्षामः (cikīrṣāmaḥ) - we wish to do, we desire to perform

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• पाण्डव-दर्शनम् (pāṇḍava-darśanam) - the seeing of the Pandavas, sight of the Pandavas

Words meanings and morphology

मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, the chase

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgayā

mṛgayā - hunting, the chase, pursuit of game

From verb root mṛg 'to hunt, search'

Root: mṛg (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our, us

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go, for going

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form from root gam + tumun suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, inclination

From desiderative root iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

संवर्धते (saṁvardhate) - grows, increases, prospers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃvardh

Present Middle

From root vṛdh with upasarga sam; causative form vardh

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, strongly, exceedingly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of bhṛśa (adj. "strong, violent")

स्मारणम् (smāraṇam) - remembering, recollection, reminding

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of smāraṇa

smāraṇa - remembering, recollection, reminding, memory

From causative root smṛ (smārayati) + lyuṭ suffix

Root: smṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चिकीर्षामः (cikīrṣāmaḥ) - we wish to do, we desire to perform

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of cikīrṣ

Desiderative Present Active

Desiderative form of root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

पाण्डव-दर्शनम् (pāṇḍava-darśanam) - the seeing of the Pandavas, sight of the Pandavas

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāṇḍavadarśana

pāṇḍavadarśana - seeing the Pandavas, sight of the Pandavas

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍava+darśana)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava
  proper noun (masculine)
  From Pāṇḍu + a (taddhita suffix)
• darśana – seeing, sight, vision, doctrine
  noun (neuter)
  From root dṛś + lyuṭ suffix
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

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