महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-99

विशोकां कुरु मां क्षिप्रमशोक प्रियदर्शन ।
वीतशोकभयाबाधं कच्चित्त्वं दृष्टवान्नृपम् ॥९९॥

99. viśokāṁ kuru māṁ kṣipramaśoka priyadarśana ,
vītaśokabhayābādhaṁ kaccittvaṁ dṛṣṭavānnṛpam.

99. viśokām kuru mām kṣipram aśoka priyadarśana
vītaśokabhayābādham kaccit tvam dṛṣṭavān nṛpam

99. O beautiful aśoka tree, quickly make me free from sorrow! I hope you have seen the king, who is free from sorrow, fear, and affliction?

99. הו אשוקה יפה מראה, שחרר אותי מצער במהירות. האם ראית את המלך, שאין לו צער, פחד ומצוקה?

Words meanings summery:

• विशोकाम् (viśokām) - sorrow-less, free from grief

• कुरु (kuru) - make, do

• माम् (mām) - me (accusative)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• अशोक (aśoka) - O aśoka tree! (O aśoka tree! O sorrow-less one!)

• प्रियदर्शन (priyadarśana) - O beautiful one! (O one of pleasing sight! O beautiful one!)

• वीतशोकभयाबाधम् (vītaśokabhayābādham) - free from sorrow, fear, and affliction

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (I hope that, is it that (interrogative particle))

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative singular)

• दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - have seen (having seen, has seen)

• नृपम् (nṛpam) - the king

Words meanings and morphology

विशोकाम् (viśokām) - sorrow-less, free from grief

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśoka

viśoka - free from sorrow, sorrow-less, happy

compound vi (without) + śoka (sorrow)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+śoka)

• vi – without, away, apart
  indeclinable
• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)

कुरु (kuru) - make, do

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

imperative active

root kṛ (class 8)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

माम् (mām) - me (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

अशोक (aśoka) - O aśoka tree! (O aśoka tree! O sorrow-less one!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of aśoka

aśoka - aśoka tree, sorrow-less, free from grief

Nañ-tatpurusha compound

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+śoka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)

प्रियदर्शन (priyadarśana) - O beautiful one! (O one of pleasing sight! O beautiful one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of priyadarśana

priyadarśana - of pleasing appearance, beautiful, handsome

Bahuvrihi compound: priya (dear, pleasing) + darśana (sight, appearance)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (priya+darśana)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)
• darśana – sight, appearance, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  from root dṛś
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

वीतशोकभयाबाधम् (vītaśokabhayābādham) - free from sorrow, fear, and affliction

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vītaśokabhayābādha

vītaśokabhayābādha - whose sorrow, fear, and affliction have departed

Bahuvrihi compound of vīta (gone) and śokabhayābādha (compound of śoka, bhaya, ābādha)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vīta+śoka+bhaya+ābādha)

• vīta – gone, departed, disappeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from vi-i (to go away)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• ābādha – affliction, oppression, suffering
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-bādh
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bādh (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying nṛpam.

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (I hope that, is it that (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - have seen (having seen, has seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - having seen

Past Active Participle

from root dṛś with suffix ktavatū

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functions as a finite verb in combination with tvam.

नृपम् (nṛpam) - the king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (lit. protector of men)

compound nṛ (man) + pa (protector, from root pā)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  from root pā
  Root: pā (class 2)

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