महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-65, verse-37

एवमुक्तस्तया राजन्सुदेवो द्विजसत्तमः ।
सुखोपविष्ट आचष्ट दमयन्त्या यथातथम् ॥३७॥

37. evamuktastayā rājansudevo dvijasattamaḥ ,
sukhopaviṣṭa ācaṣṭa damayantyā yathātatham.

37. evam uktaḥ tayā rājan sudevaḥ dvijasattamaḥ
sukha upaviṣṭaḥ ācaṣṭa damayantyāḥ yathātatham

37. Thus addressed by her, O King, Sudeva, that excellent Brahmin, being comfortably seated, began to recount the story of Damayantī exactly as it had happened.

37. הו מלך, כשהמלכה פנתה אליו כך, סוּדֵוַה, הבְּרַהְמִין המעולה, התיישב בנוחות וסיפר את סיפורה של דַמַיַנְטִי כפי שהיה.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

• तया (tayā) - by her

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• सुदेवः (sudevaḥ) - Sudeva

• द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - best among Brahmins, excellent Brahmin

• सुख (sukha) - comfortably, at ease

• उपविष्टः (upaviṣṭaḥ) - seated, sat down

• आचष्ट (ācaṣṭa) - recounted, told, narrated

• दमयन्त्याः (damayantyāḥ) - of Damayantī

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - as it was, truthfully, accurately

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

तया (tayā) - by her

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

सुदेवः (sudevaḥ) - Sudeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudeva

sudeva - Sudeva (proper name)

द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - best among Brahmins, excellent Brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best or most excellent among the twice-born (Brahmins)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born, Brahmin, bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
  dvi (twice) + ja (born)
• sattama – best, most excellent, supreme
  adjective
  superlative suffix -tama

सुख (sukha) - comfortably, at ease

(indeclinable)

Note: used adverbially

उपविष्टः (upaviṣṭaḥ) - seated, sat down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upaviṣṭa

upaviṣṭa - seated, having sat down

Past Passive Participle

from upa + √viś (to enter, sit)

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

आचष्ट (ācaṣṭa) - recounted, told, narrated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of ācakṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

दमयन्त्याः (damayantyāḥ) - of Damayantī

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (proper name of a princess)

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - as it was, truthfully, accurately

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tatham)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• tatham – truth, reality
  noun (neuter)

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