महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-235, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततोऽर्जुनश्चित्रसेनं प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ।
मध्ये गन्धर्वसैन्यानां महेष्वासो महाद्युतिः ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tato'rjunaścitrasenaṁ prahasannidamabravīt ,
madhye gandharvasainyānāṁ maheṣvāso mahādyutiḥ.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tataḥ arjunaḥ citrasenam prahasan idam
abravīt madhye gandharvasainyānām maheṣvāsaḥ mahādyutiḥ

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Then, the great archer (Arjuna), of immense radiance, who was amidst the Gandharva armies, smilingly said this to Citrasena.

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, אז אמר אַרְג׳וּנַה, הקשת הגדול והזוהר, בצחוק אל צ׳ִיטְרַסֵנַה בתוך צבאות הגַנְדְהַרְוַה את הדברים הבאים.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• चित्रसेनम् (citrasenam) - to Citrasena

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smiling, laughing

• इदम् (idam) - Refers to the following speech. (this)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle of, among

• गन्धर्वसैन्यानाम् (gandharvasainyānām) - of the Gandharva armies

• महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - Epithet for Arjuna. (great archer)

• महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - Epithet for Arjuna. (of great splendor, very radiant)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

root vac, perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of the third Pāṇḍava)

चित्रसेनम् (citrasenam) - to Citrasena

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of citrasena

citrasena - Citrasena (name of a Gandharva king)

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smiling, laughing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - smiling, laughing

present active participle

formed from root has with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Arjuna.

इदम् (idam) - Refers to the following speech. (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vac

root vac, imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle of, among

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as a postposition and takes genitive case.

गन्धर्वसैन्यानाम् (gandharvasainyānām) - of the Gandharva armies

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of gandharvasainya

gandharvasainya - Gandharva army

Compound type : tatpurusha (gandharva+sainya)

• gandharva – Gandharva (a class of celestial beings)
  noun (masculine)
• sainya – army, host
  noun (neuter)

महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - Epithet for Arjuna. (great archer)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer, one with a great bow

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• iṣvāsa – archer, bowman
  noun (masculine)

महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - Epithet for Arjuna. (of great splendor, very radiant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - of great splendor, very radiant, illustrious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• dyuti – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

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