महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-3, verse-17

धौम्येन तु यथ प्रोक्तं पार्थाय सुमहात्मने ।
नाम्नामष्टशतं पुण्यं तच्छृणुष्व महामते ॥१७॥

17. dhaumyena tu yatha proktaṁ pārthāya sumahātmane ,
nāmnāmaṣṭaśataṁ puṇyaṁ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmate.

17. dhaumyena tu yathā proktam pārthāya sumahātmane
nāmnām aṣṭaśatam puṇyam tat śṛṇuṣva mahāmate

17. O great-minded one, listen to those one hundred and eight sacred names, which were recounted by Dhaumya to the highly noble Partha.

17. שמע, הו בעל התבונה, את מאה שמונה השמות הקדושים שאמר דְהַאוּמְיַה לפָּארְטְהַא בעל הנפש הגדולה.

Words meanings summery:

• धौम्येन (dhaumyena) - by Dhaumya, the priest of the Pandavas (by Dhaumya)

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, yet)

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, in what manner)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - recounted, spoken (spoken, declared, taught)

• पार्थाय (pārthāya) - to Partha (Yudhishthira) (to Partha)

• सुमहात्मने (sumahātmane) - to the highly noble one (Partha/Yudhishthira) (to the very great-souled one)

• नाम्नाम् (nāmnām) - of the names (of names)

• अष्टशतम् (aṣṭaśatam) - one hundred and eight (names) (a hundred and eight)

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, meritorious (sacred, holy, meritorious)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the 108 names) (that, it)

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (to them) (listen, hear)

• महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one (Janamejaya) (O great-minded one, O intelligent one)

Words meanings and morphology

धौम्येन (dhaumyena) - by Dhaumya, the priest of the Pandavas (by Dhaumya)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhaumya

dhaumya - Dhaumya (proper name of a sage)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'proktam'.

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - recounted, spoken (spoken, declared, taught)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - spoken, declared, taught

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'aṣṭaśatam'.

पार्थाय (pārthāya) - to Partha (Yudhishthira) (to Partha)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna, Yudhishthira, Bhima

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira in this context (as the one to whom Dhaumya spoke).

सुमहात्मने (sumahātmane) - to the highly noble one (Partha/Yudhishthira) (to the very great-souled one)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of sumahātman

sumahātman - very great-souled, very noble

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mahātman)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahātman – great-souled, noble, magnificent (mahā + ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies Pārthāya.

नाम्नाम् (nāmnām) - of the names (of names)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

Note: Qualifies aṣṭaśatam.

अष्टशतम् (aṣṭaśatam) - one hundred and eight (names) (a hundred and eight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṣṭaśata

aṣṭaśata - one hundred and eight

Compound type : dvigu (aṣṭa+śata)

• aṣṭa – eight
  numeral
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'proktam' (implied verb 'was').

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, meritorious (sacred, holy, meritorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, meritorious, virtuous

Note: Modifies aṣṭaśatam.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the 108 names) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'śṛṇuṣva'.

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (to them) (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative middle, 2nd singular

Root: śru (class 5)

महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one (Janamejaya) (O great-minded one, O intelligent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmati

mahāmati - great-minded, intelligent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• mati – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (feminine)

Note: Vocative of mahāmati, referring to Janamejaya.

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