महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-4

ते वयं दमयन्त्यर्थे चरामः पृथिवीमिमाम् ।
सेयमासादिता बाला तव पुत्रनिवेशने ॥४॥

4. te vayaṁ damayantyarthe carāmaḥ pṛthivīmimām ,
seyamāsāditā bālā tava putraniveśane.

4. te vayam damayantyarthe carāmaḥ pṛthivīm imām
| sā iyam āsāditā bālā tava putraniveśane

4. Therefore, we wander this earth for Damayantī's sake. This young woman has now been found in your son's dwelling.

4. ואנחנו מסתובבים בכל הארץ הזאת למען דַמַיַנְטִי, והנה מצאנו את הנערה הזאת בארמון בנך.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - Therefore (introducing the statement by 'we') (those, they, therefore)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• दमयन्त्यर्थे (damayantyarthe) - for Damayantī's sake, for the purpose of Damayantī

• चरामः (carāmaḥ) - we wander, we roam

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• आसादिता (āsāditā) - found, reached, obtained

• बाला (bālā) - young woman, girl

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पुत्रनिवेशने (putraniveśane) - in the dwelling of the son, in the son's house

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - Therefore (introducing the statement by 'we') (those, they, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions here as an emphatic or connecting particle 'thus, therefore'.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

दमयन्त्यर्थे (damayantyarthe) - for Damayantī's sake, for the purpose of Damayantī

(indeclinable)

locative form of a compound, used adverbially

Compound type : tatpurusha (damayantī+artha)

• damayantī – Damayantī (a proper name)
  proper noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, sake, meaning
  noun (masculine)

Note: The compound itself functions adverbially.

चरामः (carāmaḥ) - we wander, we roam

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of car

Present Active

root 'car' (1st class) in present tense, 1st person plural active

Root: car (class 1)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground

Note: Object of the verb 'carāmaḥ'.

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Adjective to 'pṛthivīm'.

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to Damayantī.

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Emphasizes 'sā', meaning 'this very one'.

आसादिता (āsāditā) - found, reached, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsādita

āsādita - found, reached, obtained, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

from root 'sad' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bālā'.

बाला (bālā) - young woman, girl

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young girl, young woman

feminine form of 'bāla'

Note: Refers to Damayantī.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

पुत्रनिवेशने (putraniveśane) - in the dwelling of the son, in the son's house

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of putraniveśana

putraniveśana - son's dwelling, son's house

Compound type : tatpurusha (putra+niveśana)

• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• niveśana – dwelling, house, abode
  noun (neuter)
  from ni + viś
  Prefix: ni
  Root: viś (class 6)

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