महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-33, verse-58

स मां राजन्कर्मवतीमागतामाह सान्त्वयन् ।
शुश्रूषमाणामासीनां पितुरङ्के युधिष्ठिर ॥५८॥

58. sa māṁ rājankarmavatīmāgatāmāha sāntvayan ,
śuśrūṣamāṇāmāsīnāṁ pituraṅke yudhiṣṭhira.

58. saḥ māṃ rājan karmavatīm āgatām āha sāntvayan
śuśrūṣamāṇām āsīnām pituḥ aṅke yudhiṣṭhira

58. O King Yudhiṣṭhira, he (the Brahmin), while consoling me, spoke to me when I had come, engaged in my duties (karma), and was seated on my father's lap, desirous of serving him.

58. הו מלך, הו יוּדְהִישְׁתְהִירַה, כשבאתי אליו וישבתי בחיק אבי ורציתי להקשיב, הוא פנה אליי בדברי ניחומים.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - the Brahmin from previous verses (he, that (masculine))

• मां (māṁ) - the speaker (a female character) (me)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• कर्मवतीम् (karmavatīm) - engaged in my duties (karma) (active, engaged in work/duties, possessing action (karma))

• आगताम् (āgatām) - having come, arrived

• आह (āha) - he said, he spoke

• सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling, pacifying, comforting

• शुश्रूषमाणाम् (śuśrūṣamāṇām) - desiring to serve, wishing to hear, attentive

• आसीनाम् (āsīnām) - sitting, seated

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (of the father)

• अङ्के (aṅke) - on the lap, in the lap

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - the Brahmin from previous verses (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मां (māṁ) - the speaker (a female character) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कर्मवतीम् (karmavatīm) - engaged in my duties (karma) (active, engaged in work/duties, possessing action (karma))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of karmavatī

karmavat - active, engaged in work/duties, possessing action (karma)

From karma + matup (possessive suffix), feminine form

आगताम् (āgatām) - having come, arrived

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āgata

āgata - having come, arrived, come forth

Past Passive Participle

From ā + gam (to go)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

आह (āha) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of āha

Perfect

Perfect form of root vac, often listed as root ah

Root: vac (class 2)

सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling, pacifying, comforting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayat

sāntvayat - consoling, pacifying, comforting

Present Active Participle

From root sāntv (to console)

Root: sāntv (class 10)

शुश्रूषमाणाम् (śuśrūṣamāṇām) - desiring to serve, wishing to hear, attentive

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śuśrūṣamāṇa

śuśrūṣamāṇa - desiring to serve, wishing to hear, attentive

Present Middle Participle (Desiderative)

From desiderative stem of śru (to hear/serve)

Root: śru (class 5)

आसीनाम् (āsīnām) - sitting, seated

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āsīna

āsīna - sitting, seated

Past Active Participle (Attributive)

From root ās (to sit), 'kānaś' suffix sometimes treated as ppp-like in meaning.

Root: ās (class 2)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

अङ्के (aṅke) - on the lap, in the lap

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṅka

aṅka - lap, side, proximity, mark

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

He who is firm in battle (yudhi sthira)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, war
  noun (feminine)
  From root yudh (to fight)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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