महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-287, verse-3
वैशंपायन उवाच ।
अयं राजन्ब्रवीम्येतद्यत्तद्गुह्यं विभावसोः ।
यादृशे कुण्डले चैव कवचं चैव यादृशम् ॥३॥
अयं राजन्ब्रवीम्येतद्यत्तद्गुह्यं विभावसोः ।
यादृशे कुण्डले चैव कवचं चैव यादृशम् ॥३॥
3. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ayaṁ rājanbravīmyetadyattadguhyaṁ vibhāvasoḥ ,
yādṛśe kuṇḍale caiva kavacaṁ caiva yādṛśam.
ayaṁ rājanbravīmyetadyattadguhyaṁ vibhāvasoḥ ,
yādṛśe kuṇḍale caiva kavacaṁ caiva yādṛśam.
3.
vaiśampāyana uvāca ayam rājan bravīmi etat yat tat guhyam
vibhāvasoḥ yādṛśe kuṇḍale ca eva kavacam ca eva yādṛśam
vibhāvasoḥ yādṛśe kuṇḍale ca eva kavacam ca eva yādṛśam
3.
Vaiśampāyana said: 'O King, I will now reveal to you this secret of Vibhāvasu (the Sun god): the nature of those earrings and the nature of that armor.'
Words meanings summery:
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- वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper noun)
- उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
- अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)
- राजन् (rājan) - Addressing King Janamejaya (O King)
- ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I tell, I speak
- एतत् (etat) - this secret (this)
- यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)
- तत् (tat) - that (demonstrative pronoun)
- गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret, hidden thing
- विभावसोः (vibhāvasoḥ) - of Vibhāvasu (the Sun god), of the one with much light
- यादृशे (yādṛśe) - of what kind (dual)
- कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - earrings (a pair)
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
- कवचम् (kavacam) - armor, mail, cuirass
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
- यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind (singular)
Words meanings and morphology
वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper noun)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana
vaiśampāyana - name of a celebrated sage, a pupil of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata
Note: Subject of `uvāca`.
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Note: Here, it acts as an emphatic particle or refers to the current speech/speaker.
राजन् (rājan) - Addressing King Janamejaya (O King)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, sovereign
Note: Addressing Janamejaya.
ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I tell, I speak
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of brū
Root: brū (class 2)
एतत् (etat) - this secret (this)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
Note: Object of `bravīmi`.
यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, that, who, what
Note: Refers to `guhyam`.
तत् (tat) - that (demonstrative pronoun)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Coreferential with `yat`.
गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret, hidden thing
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of guhya
guhya - secret, hidden, private; a secret (noun)
gerundive
Gerundive of √guh, meaning 'to be hidden' or 'what should be hidden'
Root: guh (class 1)
Note: The secret being told.
विभावसोः (vibhāvasoḥ) - of Vibhāvasu (the Sun god), of the one with much light
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of vibhāvasu
vibhāvasu - the sun, fire; name of a god
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+bhāvasu)
- vi – apart, asunder, away
indeclinable
Preverb - bhāvasu – shining, radiant, fire, sun
noun (masculine)
Note: Refers to the sun god, the father of Karṇa.
यादृशे (yādṛśe) - of what kind (dual)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, dual of yādṛśa
yādṛśa - of what sort, of what kind, such as
Note: Agrees with `kuṇḍale`.
कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - earrings (a pair)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of kuṇḍala
kuṇḍala - earring, ring, coil, bracelet
Note: Also accusative dual, but nominative makes more sense here.
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
कवचम् (kavacam) - armor, mail, cuirass
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kavaca
kavaca - armor, mail, cuirass
Note: Agrees with `yādṛśam`.
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind (singular)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa
yādṛśa - of what sort, of what kind, such as
Note: Agrees with `kavacam`.