महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-30

दमयन्ती तथा तेन पृच्छ्यमाना विशां पते ।
सर्वमेतद्यथावृत्तमाचचक्षेऽस्य भारत ॥३०॥

30. damayantī tathā tena pṛcchyamānā viśāṁ pate ,
sarvametadyathāvṛttamācacakṣe'sya bhārata.

30. damayantī tathā tena pṛcchyamānā viśām pate
sarvam etat yathāvṛttam ācacaksṣe asya bhārata

30. O lord of people, O Bhārata, Damayantī, being thus questioned by him, recounted to him everything exactly as it had transpired.

30. הו אדון בני האדם, הו בְּהָארַטַה, דַמַיַנְטִי נשאלה כך על ידו, וסיפרה לו את כל זה כפי שאירע.

Words meanings summery:

• दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī (name of the princess)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• तेन (tena) - by the hunter (by him)

• पृच्छ्यमाना (pṛcchyamānā) - being asked, being questioned

• विशाम् (viśām) - of people, of subjects

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एतत् (etat) - this

• यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, exactly as it occurred

• आचचक्स्षे (ācacaksṣe) - told, narrated, explained

• अस्य (asya) - to the hunter (to him, of him)

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

Words meanings and morphology

दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī (name of the princess)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (a proper name)

Note: Subject.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies pṛcchyamānā.

तेन (tena) - by the hunter (by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Agent of the passive participle pṛcchyamānā.

पृच्छ्यमाना (pṛcchyamānā) - being asked, being questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛcchyamāna

pṛcchyamāna - being asked, being questioned, being inquired

Present Passive Participle

From √praś (to ask) with suffix -yamāna

Root: praś (class 6)

Note: Agrees with damayantī.

विशाम् (viśām) - of people, of subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community

Note: Part of the compound viśāṃ pate.

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, ruler

Note: Vocative address, referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Object of ācacaksṣe.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Agrees with sarvam.

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, exactly as it occurred

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – happened, occurred, past event
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vṛt (to be, exist, happen)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Adverbial modifier.

आचचक्स्षे (ācacaksṣe) - told, narrated, explained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (Lit) of ācacaksṣe

perfect

Reduplicated perfect, middle voice, from ā + √cakṣ (to speak, tell)

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

अस्य (asya) - to the hunter (to him, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, it

Note: Used as a dative, "to him".

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

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, Indian, O Bhārata

Note: Address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

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