महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-267, verse-26

केचिन्नौभिर्व्यवस्यन्ति केचिच्च विविधैः प्लवैः ।
नेति रामश्च तान्सर्वान्सान्त्वयन्प्रत्यभाषत ॥२६॥

26. kecinnaubhirvyavasyanti kecicca vividhaiḥ plavaiḥ ,
neti rāmaśca tānsarvānsāntvayanpratyabhāṣata.

26. kecit naubhiḥ vyavasyanti kecit ca vividhaiḥ plavaiḥ
na iti rāmaḥ ca tān sarvān sāntvayan prati abhāṣata

26. Some proposed [crossing] by boats, and others by various rafts. Rama, comforting all of them, addressed them, saying, "That is not the way."

26. יש שהחליטו על ספינות ויש על רפסודות שונות. אך רָאמַה הרגיע את כולם ואמר להם שלא כך,

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• नौभिः (naubhiḥ) - by boats, with boats

• व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they propose (a method of crossing) (they resolve, they decide, they attempt, they propose)

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• च (ca) - and, also

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, with diverse

• प्लवैः (plavaiḥ) - by floats, by rafts, by boats (small)

• न (na) - "not so" (not, no)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of Rama's direct statement 'na') (thus, so, (particle indicating direct speech or thought))

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• च (ca) - and, also

• तान् (tān) - those, them

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, everyone

• सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting, consoling, appeasing

• प्रति (prati) - towards (used as a preverb with 'abhāṣata' to mean 'addressed') (towards, against)

• अभाषत (abhāṣata) - he spoke, he addressed

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some

Indefinite pronoun formed from kim + cid.

नौभिः (naubhiḥ) - by boats, with boats

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of nau

nau - boat, ship, vessel

Root: nu

व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they propose (a method of crossing) (they resolve, they decide, they attempt, they propose)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of syā

From root so/sā (to bind, to finish) with prefixes vi and ava; Present Indicative, Parasmaipada.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some

Indefinite pronoun formed from kim + cid.

Note: Repetition for "some... others" construction.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, with diverse

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

From vi (apart) + vidha (kind).

Note: Agrees with 'plavaiḥ'.

प्लवैः (plavaiḥ) - by floats, by rafts, by boats (small)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of plava

plava - float, raft, boat

From root plu (to float, to swim).

Root: plu (class 1)

न (na) - "not so" (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negation particle.

इति (iti) - (marks the end of Rama's direct statement 'na') (thus, so, (particle indicating direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Root: i (class 2)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of the prince of Ayodhya)

Root: ram (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

तान् (tān) - those, them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, them

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the monkeys.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Universal pronoun.

Note: Agrees with 'tān'.

सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting, consoling, appeasing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayant

sāntvayant - comforting, consoling, appeasing

Present Active Participle

From root sāntv (to console, appease), with the suffix -at (śatṛ).

Root: sāntv (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'rāmaḥ'.

प्रति (prati) - towards (used as a preverb with 'abhāṣata' to mean 'addressed') (towards, against)

(indeclinable)

Upasarga.

अभाषत (abhāṣata) - he spoke, he addressed

(verb)

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

Root bhāṣ (1st conj., ātmanepada) in Imperfect Tense.

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

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