महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-8

भवतः प्रियमित्येवं महद्व्यसनमीदृशम् ।
धर्मकामे प्रतीतस्य प्रतिपन्नाः स्म भारत ॥८॥

8. bhavataḥ priyamityevaṁ mahadvyasanamīdṛśam ,
dharmakāme pratītasya pratipannāḥ sma bhārata.

8. bhavataḥ priyam iti evam mahat vyasanam īdṛśam
dharmakāme pratītasya pratipannāḥ sma bhārata

8. O Bhārata, we have submitted to such a great calamity as this, all because we believed it was pleasing to you, who are (said to be) devoted to both righteous conduct (dharma) and worldly desires.

8. הו בְּהָארַטַה, כדי לרצות אותך,אנו הידועים בשאיפה לדרך היושר, נכנסנו לאסון גדול כזה.

Words meanings summery:

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - to you (of you (honorific))

• प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing (dear, pleasing, agreeable)

• इति (iti) - (marks quote/reason) (thus, so)

• एवम् (evam) - (reinforces 'iti') (thus, in this manner)

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large)

• व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - calamity (calamity, misfortune)

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such as this (such, of this kind)

• धर्मकामे (dharmakāme) - in both righteous conduct (dharma) and worldly desires (in dharma and kāma)

• प्रतीतस्य (pratītasya) - of one (who is said to be) devoted (of one known, of one understood, of one devoted)

• प्रतिपन्नाः (pratipannāḥ) - we have submitted (undertaken, incurred, agreed to, submitted to)

• स्म (sma) - (particle for past tense) (indeed, certainly (particle indicating past tense))

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - to you (of you (honorific))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you

प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing (dear, pleasing, agreeable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, pleasing, agreeable

इति (iti) - (marks quote/reason) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - (reinforces 'iti') (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast

व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - calamity (calamity, misfortune)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - calamity, misfortune, addiction, ruin

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such as this (such, of this kind)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind

धर्मकामे (dharmakāme) - in both righteous conduct (dharma) and worldly desires (in dharma and kāma)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharmakāma

dharmakāma - righteous conduct and desire, dharma and kāma

Compound type : dvandva (dharma+kāma)

• dharma – righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature, constitutional principle, merit
  noun (masculine)
• kāma – desire, love, pleasure, worldly desire
  noun (masculine)

प्रतीतस्य (pratītasya) - of one (who is said to be) devoted (of one known, of one understood, of one devoted)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pratīta

pratīta - known, understood, believed, devoted, celebrated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: i (class 2)

प्रतिपन्नाः (pratipannāḥ) - we have submitted (undertaken, incurred, agreed to, submitted to)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratipanna

pratipanna - undertaken, incurred, agreed to, submitted to, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

स्म (sma) - (particle for past tense) (indeed, certainly (particle indicating past tense))

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

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