महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-279, verse-2

ततो वृद्धान्द्विजान्सर्वानृत्विजः सपुरोहितान् ।
समाहूय तिथौ पुण्ये प्रययौ सह कन्यया ॥२॥

2. tato vṛddhāndvijānsarvānṛtvijaḥ sapurohitān ,
samāhūya tithau puṇye prayayau saha kanyayā.

2. tatas vṛddhān dvijān sarvān ṛtvijaḥ sa-purohitān
samāhūya tithau puṇye práyayau saha kanyayā

2. Then, on a sacred day, he summoned all the elderly Brahmins, the ritual priests, and their chief priest, and set out with his daughter.

2. אחר כך זימן את כל הבְּרַהְמִינִים הזקנים, כוהני הטקסים וכוהני הבית, ובמועד מבורך יצא לדרך יחד עם בתו.

Words meanings summery:

• ततस् (tatas) - then, next (then, thereafter, from there)

• वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elderly (elderly, old, grown)

• द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins (twice-born, Brahmins)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (all, every)

• ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - ritual priests

• स-पुरोहितान् (sa-purohitān) - along with the chief priest (with the chief priest, along with the purohita)

• समाहूय (samāhūya) - having summoned (having summoned, having called together)

• तिथौ (tithau) - on a day (on a lunar day, on a specific day)

• पुण्ये (puṇye) - sacred, auspicious (sacred, auspicious, virtuous)

• प्र्áययौ (práyayau) - he set out (he went, he set out)

• सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

• कन्यया (kanyayā) - with his daughter (by the daughter, with the daughter)

Words meanings and morphology

ततस् (tatas) - then, next (then, thereafter, from there)

(indeclinable)

वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elderly (elderly, old, grown)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, grown, elderly, augmented

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛdh (to grow).

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Modifies dvijān, ṛtvijaḥ, and purohitān.

द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins (twice-born, Brahmins)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, bird, tooth

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (all, every)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Modifies dvijān and ṛtvijaḥ.

ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - ritual priests

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṛtvij

ṛtvij - sacrificing priest, ritual priest

स-पुरोहितान् (sa-purohitān) - along with the chief priest (with the chief priest, along with the purohita)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sa-purohita

sa-purohita - together with a chief priest, having a chief priest

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+purohita)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• purohita – chief priest, family priest
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies dvijān and ṛtvijaḥ, referring to them as being accompanied by their chief priest.

समाहूय (samāhūya) - having summoned (having summoned, having called together)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from prefix sam- + ā- + root hū (to call) + suffix -ya.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hū (class 3)

तिथौ (tithau) - on a day (on a lunar day, on a specific day)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tithi

tithi - lunar day, date

पुण्ये (puṇye) - sacred, auspicious (sacred, auspicious, virtuous)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - virtuous, sacred, auspicious, merit

Note: Agrees with tithau.

प्र्áययौ (práyayau) - he set out (he went, he set out)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of pra-yā

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice, from root yā with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: The subject is implied, 'he' (the king).

सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

कन्यया (kanyayā) - with his daughter (by the daughter, with the daughter)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - daughter, maiden, girl

Note: Governed by saha.

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