महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-266, verse-18

यैरियं सवना साद्रिः सपुरा सागराम्बरा ।
विचेतव्या मही वीर सग्रामनगराकरा ॥१८॥

18. yairiyaṁ savanā sādriḥ sapurā sāgarāmbarā ,
vicetavyā mahī vīra sagrāmanagarākarā.

18. yaiḥ iyam savanā sādrīḥ sapurā sāgarāmbarā
vicetavyā mahī vīra sagrāmanagarākarā

18. O hero, this entire earth, with its forests, mountains, cities, and with oceans as its garment, including its villages, towns, and mines, is to be thoroughly searched by them.

18. על הקופים האלה לסרוק את כל הארץ הזאת, הו גיבור, על יערותיה והרריה, עריה, הים שעוטף אותה, כפריה, ערי המכרות שלה וכל מה שיש בה.

Words meanings summery:

• यैः (yaiḥ) - by those (monkeys) (by whom, by which)

• इयम् (iyam) - this earth (this)

• सवना (savanā) - the earth with its forests (with forests, forested)

• साद्रिः (sādriḥ) - the earth with its mountains (with mountains, mountainous)

• सपुरा (sapurā) - the earth with its cities (with cities, urban)

• सागराम्बरा (sāgarāmbarā) - the earth, which has the oceans as its garment (having oceans as garment, ocean-girt)

• विचेतव्या (vicetavyā) - the earth is to be thoroughly searched (to be searched, to be sought)

• मही (mahī) - the entire earth (earth, ground, land)

• वीर (vīra) - O hero (addressed to Lakṣmaṇa) (hero, brave man)

• सग्रामनगराकरा (sagrāmanagarākarā) - the earth, including its villages, towns, and mines (with villages, cities, and mines)

Words meanings and morphology

यैः (yaiḥ) - by those (monkeys) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which

Relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the monkeys from the previous verse. Agent of the gerundive 'vicetavyā'.

इयम् (iyam) - this earth (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

सवना (savanā) - the earth with its forests (with forests, forested)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of savana

savana - with forests, forested

Bahuvrihi compound of 'sa' (with) and 'vana' (forest).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+vana)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

साद्रिः (sādriḥ) - the earth with its mountains (with mountains, mountainous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sadri

sadri - with mountains, mountainous

Bahuvrihi compound of 'sa' (with) and 'adri' (mountain).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+adri)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• adri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

सपुरा (sapurā) - the earth with its cities (with cities, urban)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sapura

sapura - with cities, urban

Bahuvrihi compound of 'sa' (with) and 'pura' (city).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+pura)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

सागराम्बरा (sāgarāmbarā) - the earth, which has the oceans as its garment (having oceans as garment, ocean-girt)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāgarāmbara

sāgarāmbara - having oceans as garment, ocean-girt

Bahuvrihi compound of 'sāgara' (ocean) and 'ambara' (garment).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sāgara+ambara)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• ambara – garment, cloth, sky
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

विचेतव्या (vicetavyā) - the earth is to be thoroughly searched (to be searched, to be sought)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicetavya

vicetavya - to be searched, to be sought, to be investigated

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Derived from root 'cit' (to perceive, observe) with prefix 'vi' and suffix '-tavya'.

Prefix: vi

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

मही (mahī) - the entire earth (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land, ground

Note: Subject of the gerundive 'vicetavyā'.

वीर (vīra) - O hero (addressed to Lakṣmaṇa) (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Addressed to Lakṣmaṇa.

सग्रामनगराकरा (sagrāmanagarākarā) - the earth, including its villages, towns, and mines (with villages, cities, and mines)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sagrāmanagarākara

sagrāmanagarākara - with villages, cities, and mines

Bahuvrihi compound of 'sa' (with) + 'grāma' (village) + 'nagara' (city) + 'ākara' (mine).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+grāma+nagara+ākara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• grāma – village, rural settlement
  noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• ākara – mine, source, origin
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

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