महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-9

बृहदश्व उवाच ।
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य सुदेवस्य विशां पते ।
सुनन्दा शोधयामास पिप्लुप्रच्छादनं मलम् ॥९॥

9. bṛhadaśva uvāca ,
tacchrutvā vacanaṁ tasya sudevasya viśāṁ pate ,
sunandā śodhayāmāsa piplupracchādanaṁ malam.

9. bṛhadaśva uvāca | tat śrutvā vacanam tasya sudevasya
viśām pate | sunandā śodhayām āsa piplupracchādanam malam

9. Bṛhadaśva said: Having heard those words from Sudeva, the lord of the people, Sunandā cleansed away the dirt (mala) that concealed the bodily mark (piplu).

9. בְּרְהַדַשְׁוַה אמר, הו אדון בני האדם, לאחר ששמעה את דברי סוּדֵוַה, סוּנַנְדָה ניקתה את הלכלוך שכיסה את השומה.

Words meanings summery:

• बृहदश्व (bṛhadaśva) - The sage Bṛhadaśva (Bṛhadaśva (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• तत् (tat) - those (words) (that, those)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words, speech (speech, word, statement)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Sudeva's) (his, of him, of that)

• सुदेवस्य (sudevasya) - of Sudeva

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of people, of subjects, of the Vaisyas)

• पते (pate) - lord (vocative address for Sudeva) (O lord, master, ruler)

• सुनन्दा (sunandā) - Sunandā (Sunandā (a proper name))

• शोधयाम् (śodhayām) - cleansed (purified, cleansed)

• आस (āsa) - (auxiliary for perfect tense) (became, was (auxiliary verb))

• पिप्लुप्रच्छादनम् (piplupracchādanam) - that which concealed the bodily mark (piplu) (covering of a bodily mark, concealing a mole)

• मलम् (malam) - dirt, blemish (dirt, impurity, blemish)

Words meanings and morphology

बृहदश्व (bṛhadaśva) - The sage Bṛhadaśva (Bṛhadaśva (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhadaśva

bṛhadaśva - Bṛhadaśva (a proper name, lit. 'one with great horses')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bṛhat+aśva)

• bṛhat – great, large, vast
  adjective
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the sage Bṛhadaśva, who is narrating.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - those (words) (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the speech/words.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

वचनम् (vacanam) - words, speech (speech, word, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, saying

Derived from verb root vac- 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

तस्य (tasya) - his (Sudeva's) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to Sudeva.

सुदेवस्य (sudevasya) - of Sudeva

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sudeva

sudeva - Sudeva (a proper name, lit. 'good god' or 'good ruler')

Note: Possessive, qualifying 'vacanam'.

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of people, of subjects, of the Vaisyas)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community, clan

Note: Genitive plural, part of the compound-like expression 'viśām pate'.

पते (pate) - lord (vocative address for Sudeva) (O lord, master, ruler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, ruler

Note: Used here as an honorific title for Sudeva.

सुनन्दा (sunandā) - Sunandā (Sunandā (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sunandā

sunandā - Sunandā (a proper name, lit. 'good joy' or 'joyful')

Note: Subject of the verb 'śodhayām āsa'.

शोधयाम् (śodhayām) - cleansed (purified, cleansed)

(verb)

active

causative verbal stem

Root śudh + ya (causative) + ām (auxiliary for perfect tense). Part of a periphrastic perfect verb form.

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Forms a periphrastic perfect with 'āsa'.

आस (āsa) - (auxiliary for perfect tense) (became, was (auxiliary verb))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पिप्लुप्रच्छादनम् (piplupracchādanam) - that which concealed the bodily mark (piplu) (covering of a bodily mark, concealing a mole)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of piplupracchādana

piplupracchādana - covering/concealment of a piplu (spot/mole)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (piplu+pracchādana)

• piplu – a spot, mole, mark on the body
  noun (masculine)
• pracchādana – covering, concealment, cloak
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root chad- 'to cover' with prefix pra-.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: chad (class 10)

Note: Object of 'śodhayām āsa'.

मलम् (malam) - dirt, blemish (dirt, impurity, blemish)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, stain, blemish

Note: Object of 'śodhayām āsa', qualified by 'piplupracchādanam'.

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