महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-58, verse-32

पन्थानं हि ममाभीक्ष्णमाख्यासि नरसत्तम ।
अतोनिमित्तं शोकं मे वर्धयस्यमरप्रभ ॥३२॥

32. panthānaṁ hi mamābhīkṣṇamākhyāsi narasattama ,
atonimittaṁ śokaṁ me vardhayasyamaraprabha.

32. panthānam hi mama abhīkṣṇam ākhyāsi narasattama
ataḥ nimittam śokam me vardhayasi amaraprabha

32. Indeed, O best among men, you repeatedly describe my path to me. For this reason, O one radiant like a god, you increase my sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the path, the road

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मम (mama) - my, to me

• अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - repeatedly, constantly

• आख्यासि (ākhyāsi) - you tell, you relate, you describe

• नरसत्तम (narasattama) - O best among men

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this, hence

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - for this reason (reason, cause, on account of)

• शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow, grief

• मे (me) - my, to me

• वर्धयसि (vardhayasi) - you increase, you cause to grow

• अमरप्रभ (amaraprabha) - O one whose splendor is like that of a god, O resplendent like a god

Words meanings and morphology

पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the path, the road

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - repeatedly, constantly

(indeclinable)

आख्यासि (ākhyāsi) - you tell, you relate, you describe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ākhyā

Present Active

Root 'khyā' (2nd class, Adadi) with upasarga 'ā'. Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

नरसत्तम (narasattama) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narasattama

narasattama - best of men, excellent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+sattama)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama added to 'sat' (good, existent).

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this, hence

(indeclinable)

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - for this reason (reason, cause, on account of)

(indeclinable)

शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow, grief

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

Root: śuc (class 1)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

वर्धयसि (vardhayasi) - you increase, you cause to grow

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vardhaya

Causative Present Active

Causative stem of root 'vṛdh' (1st class) in present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice.

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

अमरप्रभ (amaraprabha) - O one whose splendor is like that of a god, O resplendent like a god

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of amaraprabha

amaraprabha - having the splendor of a god, radiant like a god

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amara+prabhā)

• amara – immortal, god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

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