महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-232, verse-19

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
अजातशत्रोर्वचनं तच्छ्रुत्वा तु धनंजयः ।
प्रतिजज्ञे गुरोर्वाक्यं कौरवाणां विमोक्षणम् ॥१९॥

19. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ajātaśatrorvacanaṁ tacchrutvā tu dhanaṁjayaḥ ,
pratijajñe gurorvākyaṁ kauravāṇāṁ vimokṣaṇam.

19. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ajātaśatroḥ vacanam tat śrutvā tu
dhanaṃjayaḥ pratijajñe guroḥ vākyam kauravāṇām vimokṣaṇam

19. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: 'Having heard those words of Ajātaśatru (Yudhishthira), Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna) then swore to fulfill his elder's command to liberate (mokṣa) the Kauravas.'

19. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, כששמע דְהַנַנְג׳ַיַה את דברי אַג׳ָטַשַׁטְרוּ, הוא התחייב למלא את דברי המורה ולשחרר את הקַאוּרַוַה.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• अजातशत्रोः (ajātaśatroḥ) - of Ajātaśatru (Yudhishthira)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, command

• तत् (tat) - that, those

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• धनंजयः (dhanaṁjayaḥ) - Dhanaṃjaya (conqueror of wealth, a name of Arjuna)

• प्रतिजज्ञे (pratijajñe) - he promised, he undertook, he swore

• गुरोः (guroḥ) - of Yudhishthira, the elder brother (of the teacher, of the elder)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, command

• कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

• विमोक्षणम् (vimokṣaṇam) - the liberation, the release

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

third person singular, perfect tense, active voice, from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अजातशत्रोः (ajātaśatroḥ) - of Ajātaśatru (Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ajātaśatru

ajātaśatru - one who has no born enemies, a name of Yudhishthira

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+jāta+śatru)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, command

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, speech, word

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(verb)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root śru with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

धनंजयः (dhanaṁjayaḥ) - Dhanaṃjaya (conqueror of wealth, a name of Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanaṃjaya

dhanaṁjaya - conqueror of wealth, a name of Arjuna

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, conquest, conqueror (as last part of compound)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ji (class 1)

प्रतिजज्ञे (pratijajñe) - he promised, he undertook, he swore

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of pratijñā

Perfect Middle

third person singular, perfect tense, middle voice (ātmanepada), from root jñā with upasarga prati

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

गुरोः (guroḥ) - of Yudhishthira, the elder brother (of the teacher, of the elder)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor, elder, heavy

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, command

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, sentence, word

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru, a member of the Kuru clan

patronymic from Kuru

विमोक्षणम् (vimokṣaṇam) - the liberation, the release

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vimokṣaṇa

vimokṣaṇa - liberation, release, freeing

derived from root muc with upasarga vi (to release)

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

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