महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-275, verse-7

उवाच च महात्मानं काकुत्स्थं दैन्यमास्थितम् ।
प्रतीच्छ देवीं सद्वृत्तां महात्मञ्जानकीमिति ॥७॥

7. uvāca ca mahātmānaṁ kākutsthaṁ dainyamāsthitam ,
pratīccha devīṁ sadvṛttāṁ mahātmañjānakīmiti.

7. uvāca ca mahātmānam kākutstham dainyam āsthitam
pratīccha devīm sadvṛttām mahātman jānakīm iti

7. And he said to the great-souled Rāma (Kakutstha), who was overcome with sorrow: 'O great-souled one, please accept the virtuous goddess Jānakī (Sītā).'

7. (אַוִינְדְהְיַה) פנה אל רָאמַה בעל הנפש הגדולה, ששרוי היה בעצבות, ואמר לו, הו בעל נפש גדולה, קבל את הגבירה הצדקנית ג׳ָאנַקִי.

Words meanings summery:

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - to the great-souled Rāma (to the great-souled, noble-minded)

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - to Rāma (Kakutstha) (to the descendant of Kakutstha, to Rāma)

• दैन्यम् (dainyam) - distress, sorrow (distress, misery, poverty, humility)

• आस्थितम् (āsthitam) - overcome with, in a state of (situated, being in, experiencing)

• प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - accept, receive

• देवीम् (devīm) - the goddess-like queen (goddess, queen)

• सद्वृत्ताम् (sadvṛttām) - virtuous (well-behaved, virtuous, chaste)

• महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great-souled Rāma! (O great-souled one!)

• जानकीम् (jānakīm) - Jānakī (Sītā) (Jānakī, Sītā)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so, in this manner)

Words meanings and morphology

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The subject is Avindhya from the previous verse.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - to the great-souled Rāma (to the great-souled, noble-minded)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble-minded; the supreme spirit (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - to Rāma (Kakutstha) (to the descendant of Kakutstha, to Rāma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha; an epithet of Rāma

Taddhita derivation from Kakutstha

दैन्यम् (dainyam) - distress, sorrow (distress, misery, poverty, humility)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dainya

dainya - misery, distress, depression, poverty, humility

from dīna (poor, miserable) + ya (abstract noun suffix)

Note: The object of āsthitam.

आस्थितम् (āsthitam) - overcome with, in a state of (situated, being in, experiencing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - situated in, placed on, entered into, undertaken, adopted, adhering to

past passive participle

past passive participle of ā-√sthā (to stand upon, enter, undertake)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with dainyam.

प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - accept, receive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of prati-icch

imperative

2nd person singular active, imperative (loṭ) of √icch (derived from √iṣ with sandhi) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: iṣ (class 6)

देवीम् (devīm) - the goddess-like queen (goddess, queen)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Feminine form of deva.

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Object of pratīccha.

सद्वृत्ताम् (sadvṛttām) - virtuous (well-behaved, virtuous, chaste)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sadvṛttā

sadvṛtta - well-behaved, chaste, virtuous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sat+vṛtta)

• sat – good, true, virtuous, existing
  adjective
  present active participle
  present active participle of √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• vṛtta – conduct, behavior, occurrence, past passive participle of √vṛt
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle (as noun)
  from √vṛt (to be, to exist, to behave)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies devīm.

महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great-souled Rāma! (O great-souled one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble-minded; the supreme spirit (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

जानकीम् (jānakīm) - Jānakī (Sītā) (Jānakī, Sītā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jānakī

jānakī - daughter of Janaka; Sītā

Taddhita derivation from Janaka

Note: In apposition to devīm.

इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

particle used to mark quotation or conclusion

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