महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-4

ततो भीमं महाराज भार्या वचनमब्रवीत् ।
दमयन्ती तव सुता भर्तारमनुशोचति ॥४॥

4. tato bhīmaṁ mahārāja bhāryā vacanamabravīt ,
damayantī tava sutā bhartāramanuśocati.

4. tataḥ bhīmam mahārāja bhāryā vacanam abravīt
damayantī tava sutā bhartāram anuśocati

4. Then, O great King Bhīma, the queen spoke these words: "Your daughter, Damayantī, mourns for her husband."

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• भीमम् (bhīmam) - to Bhīma, O Bhīma

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife, queen

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī (proper name)

• तव (tava) - your (singular)

• सुता (sutā) - daughter

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband

• अनुशोचति (anuśocati) - mourns for, grieves for

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

भीमम् (bhīmam) - to Bhīma, O Bhīma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (name of a king, father of Damayantī)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan

mahārājan - great king, emperor

Compound of 'mahā' and 'rājan'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife, queen

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle (secondary meaning)

Originally 'one to be supported', hence 'wife'.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, speech, word, statement

action noun

Derived from root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (name of the princess, wife of Nala)

तव (tava) - your (singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

सुता (sutā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

Derived from root 'sū' (to beget)

Root: sū (class 2)

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, master, husband

agent noun

Derived from root 'bhṛ' with agentive suffix -tṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

अनुशोचति (anuśocati) - mourns for, grieves for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śuc

With prefix 'anu', meaning 'to grieve after' or 'for'

Prefix: anu

Root: śuc (class 1)

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