महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
स ददर्श हतान्भ्रातॄँल्लोकपालानिव च्युतान् ।
युगान्ते समनुप्राप्ते शक्रप्रतिमगौरवान् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
sa dadarśa hatānbhrātṝँllokapālāniva cyutān ,
yugānte samanuprāpte śakrapratimagauravān.

1. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca saḥ dadarśa hatān bhrātṝn lokapālān
iva cyutān yugānte samanuprāpte śakrapratimagauravān

1. Vaiśampāyana said: He saw his slain brothers, who, mighty like Indra, resembled fallen guardians of the world (lokapāla) at the approach of the end of an age (yuga).

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, הוא ראה את אחיו הרוגים, כשומרי עולמות שנפלו עם בוא סוף העידן, והדר גדולתם כהדרו של אִינְדְרַה.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सः (saḥ) - Yudhishthira (he)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• हतान् (hatān) - slain, killed

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• लोकपालान् (lokapālān) - guardians of the world

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• च्युतान् (cyutān) - fallen, displaced

• युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an age (yuga)

• समनुप्राप्ते (samanuprāpte) - having fully arrived, having reached

• शक्रप्रतिमगौरवान् (śakrapratimagauravān) - having glory like Indra, mighty like Indra

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyasa, narrator of the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

Derived from the root √vac (to speak, say) in the perfect tense.

Root: √vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - Yudhishthira (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of dadarśa

Perfect Active

Derived from the root √dṛś (to see) in the perfect tense.

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

हतान् (hatān) - slain, killed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √han (to strike, kill).

Root: √han (class 2)

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

लोकपालान् (lokapālān) - guardians of the world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of lokapāla

lokapāla - guardian of the world, a regent of one of the cardinal directions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+pāla)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• pāla – guardian, protector, keeper
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √pā (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

च्युतान् (cyutān) - fallen, displaced

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of cyuta

cyuta - fallen, dropped, displaced, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √cyu (to fall, move).

Root: √cyu (class 1)

युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an age (yuga)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yugānta

yugānta - end of an age, destruction of the world (yuga)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+anta)

• yuga – age, epoch, yoke
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

समनुप्राप्ते (samanuprāpte) - having fully arrived, having reached

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of samanuprāpta

samanuprāpta - having fully arrived, having reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √āp (to obtain, reach) with prefixes 'sam', 'anu', and 'pra'.

Prefixes: sam+anu+pra

Root: √āp (class 5)

शक्रप्रतिमगौरवान् (śakrapratimagauravān) - having glory like Indra, mighty like Indra

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śakrapratimagaurava

śakrapratimagaurava - having glory equal to Indra, having the dignity or greatness of Indra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śakra+pratima+gaurava)

• śakra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pratima – image, likeness, resembling, equal to
  noun (masculine)
• gaurava – heaviness, gravity, dignity, importance, glory
  noun (neuter)

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