महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-24

महाराज महारण्ये मामिहैकाकिनीं सतीम् ।
आभाषमाणां स्वां पत्नीं किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे ॥२४॥

24. mahārāja mahāraṇye māmihaikākinīṁ satīm ,
ābhāṣamāṇāṁ svāṁ patnīṁ kiṁ māṁ na pratibhāṣase.

24. mahārāja mahāraṇye mām iha ekākinīm satīm |
ābhāṣamāṇām svām patnīm kim mām na pratibhāṣase

24. O great king (mahārāja), why do you not respond to me, your own wife, who is chaste and speaking to you here alone in this great forest?

24. הו מלך גדול, אני אשתך הנאמנה, בודדה ביער הגדול הזה, ופונה אליך. מדוע אינך משיב לי?

Words meanings summery:

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• महारण्ये (mahāraṇye) - in this great forest (in the great forest)

• माम् (mām) - me

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• एकाकिनीम् (ekākinīm) - alone (solitary, alone)

• सतीम् (satīm) - chaste (chaste, faithful, virtuous)

• आभाषमाणाम् (ābhāṣamāṇām) - speaking to you (speaking, addressing)

• स्वाम् (svām) - your own (one's own, my own)

• पत्नीम् (patnīm) - wife (wife, mistress)

• किम् (kim) - why? (what?, why?)

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not

• प्रतिभाषसे (pratibhāṣase) - you respond to (you speak to, you respond to)

Words meanings and morphology

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

महारण्ये (mahāraṇye) - in this great forest (in the great forest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāraṇya

mahāraṇya - great forest, vast wilderness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+araṇya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

एकाकिनीम् (ekākinīm) - alone (solitary, alone)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ekākinī

ekākin - solitary, alone, lonely

From `eka` (one) + suffix `akin`.

Note: Modifies 'mām' and 'patnīm'.

सतीम् (satīm) - chaste (chaste, faithful, virtuous)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of satī

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, real

Present Active Participle

From root `as` (to be) + suffix `śatṛ`. Feminine form `satī`.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'mām' and 'patnīm'.

आभाषमाणाम् (ābhāṣamāṇām) - speaking to you (speaking, addressing)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ābhāṣamāṇā

ābhāṣamāṇa - speaking, addressing, talking

Present Middle Participle

From prefix `ā` + root `bhāṣ` (to speak) + suffix `śānac`.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'patnīm'.

स्वाम् (svām) - your own (one's own, my own)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svā

sva - own, one's own

Note: Modifies 'patnīm'.

पत्नीम् (patnīm) - wife (wife, mistress)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress, female owner

From `pati` (master, husband) + suffix `ṇīp`.

Note: Object of 'pratibhāṣase'.

किम् (kim) - why? (what?, why?)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभाषसे (pratibhāṣase) - you respond to (you speak to, you respond to)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratibhāṣ

From prefix `prati` + root `bhāṣ` (to speak).

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Middle voice, used with object in accusative 'mām'.

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