महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-296, verse-15

भ्राता चिरायते तात सहदेव तवाग्रजः ।
तं चैवानय सोदर्यं पानीयं च त्वमानय ॥१५॥

15. bhrātā cirāyate tāta sahadeva tavāgrajaḥ ,
taṁ caivānaya sodaryaṁ pānīyaṁ ca tvamānaya.

15. bhrātā cirāyate tāta sahadeva tava agrajaḥ |
taṃ ca eva ānaya sodaryaṃ pānīyaṃ ca tvaṃ ānaya

15. Dear Sahadeva, your elder brother is taking a long time. Go and bring him, your full brother. And you yourself, bring water.

15. הו בני סַהַדֵוַה, אחיך הבכור מתעכב. הבא אותו, את אחיך מאותה בטן, והבא גם מים.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• चिरायते (cirāyate) - delays, tarries, is taking a long time

• तात (tāta) - dear, beloved

• सहदेव (sahadeva) - Sahadeva

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अग्रजः (agrajaḥ) - elder brother, born first

• तं (taṁ) - (your elder brother) (him, that)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

• आनय (ānaya) - bring, fetch

• सोदर्यं (sodaryaṁ) - full brother, uterine brother

• पानीयं (pānīyaṁ) - water to drink (water, drinkable (thing))

• च (ca) - and

• त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

• आनय (ānaya) - bring, fetch

Words meanings and morphology

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

चिरायते (cirāyate) - delays, tarries, is taking a long time

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √cirāy

Denominative verb from ciram (long time), 10th class derivative

Root: cir (class 10)

Note: From cirā (< ciram) + nominal stem suffix -ya + middle endings.

तात (tāta) - dear, beloved

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father; dear one, beloved; son (when used by elders)

सहदेव (sahadeva) - Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (proper name of the youngest Pandava)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Pronominal form.

अग्रजः (agrajaḥ) - elder brother, born first

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agraja

agraja - elder brother, born first, senior

Formed from agra (front, first) and ja (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agra+ja)

• agra – front, first, foremost
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jan (to be born) with suffix -a
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to one of Sahadeva's older brothers, likely Nakula in this context.

तं (taṁ) - (your elder brother) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to agrajaḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

आनय (ānaya) - bring, fetch

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √nī

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Derived from ā (upasarga) + nī (root).

सोदर्यं (sodaryaṁ) - full brother, uterine brother

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sodarya

sodarya - born of the same womb, full brother, uterine brother

Formed from sa- (same) + udara (womb) + -ya (suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+udara)

• sa – with, together, same
  indeclinable
• udara – womb, belly, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agreement with taṃ.

पानीयं (pānīyaṁ) - water to drink (water, drinkable (thing))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pānīya

pānīya - drinkable, water, beverage

Gerundive

Formed from root pā (to drink) with suffix -anīya

Root: pā (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Emphatic, 'you yourself'.

आनय (ānaya) - bring, fetch

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √nī

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Derived from ā (upasarga) + nī (root).

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