महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-294, verse-11

विशालं पृथिवीराज्यं क्षेमं निहतकण्टकम् ।
प्रतिगृह्णीष्व मत्तस्त्वं साधु ब्राह्मणपुंगव ॥११॥

11. viśālaṁ pṛthivīrājyaṁ kṣemaṁ nihatakaṇṭakam ,
pratigṛhṇīṣva mattastvaṁ sādhu brāhmaṇapuṁgava.

11. viśālam pṛthivīrājyam kṣemam nihatakaṇṭakam
pratigṛhṇīṣva mattaḥ tvam sādhu brāhmaṇapuṅgava

11. O foremost among Brahmins, please accept from me this vast, secure, and unhindered earthly kingdom.

11. הו בְּרַהְמִין דגול, קבל ממני ברצון ממלכה רחבת ידיים על פני האדמה, שלווה וחפה מאויבים.

Words meanings summery:

• विशालम् (viśālam) - vast, extensive, large

• पृथिवीराज्यम् (pṛthivīrājyam) - earthly kingdom, dominion over the earth

• क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - safe, secure, prosperous; welfare, well-being

• निहतकण्टकम् (nihatakaṇṭakam) - free from thorns, unhindered, without enemies or obstacles

• प्रतिगृह्णीष्व (pratigṛhṇīṣva) - please accept, receive

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• साधु (sādhu) - O good one (good, righteous, virtuous; well, properly)

• ब्राह्मणपुङ्गव (brāhmaṇapuṅgava) - foremost among Brahmins, excellent Brahmin

Words meanings and morphology

विशालम् (viśālam) - vast, extensive, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viśāla

viśāla - vast, extensive, large, broad

Note: Agrees with 'pṛthivīrājyam'.

पृथिवीराज्यम् (pṛthivīrājyam) - earthly kingdom, dominion over the earth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛthivīrājya

pṛthivīrājya - earthly kingdom, dominion over the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthivī+rājya)

• pṛthivī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• rājya – kingdom, sovereignty, dominion
  noun (neuter)
  from root rāj + suffix -ya
  Root: rāj (class 1)

क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - safe, secure, prosperous; welfare, well-being

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣema

kṣema - safe, secure, prosperous (adj); welfare, well-being, security (noun)

Note: Agrees with 'pṛthivīrājyam'.

निहतकण्टकम् (nihatakaṇṭakam) - free from thorns, unhindered, without enemies or obstacles

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nihatakaṇṭaka

nihatakaṇṭaka - free from thorns, cleared of enemies, unobstructed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nihata+kaṇṭaka)

• nihata – killed, destroyed, struck down
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root han with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: han (class 2)
• kaṇṭaka – thorn, obstacle, enemy
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'pṛthivīrājyam'.

प्रतिगृह्णीष्व (pratigṛhṇīṣva) - please accept, receive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of pratigrah

Imperative, Middle Voice

2nd person singular imperative, middle voice, from root grah with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of mad

asmad - I, we (pronoun)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tva

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

साधु (sādhu) - O good one (good, righteous, virtuous; well, properly)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, righteous, virtuous (adj); good man, saint (noun)

Note: Used in address, referring to the Brahmin.

ब्राह्मणपुङ्गव (brāhmaṇapuṅgava) - foremost among Brahmins, excellent Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇapuṅgava

brāhmaṇapuṅgava - foremost among Brahmins, excellent Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+puṅgava)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, excellent, chief, best (often used as the second part of a compound to indicate excellence)
  noun (masculine)

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