महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-68, verse-20

ततश्चानाय्य तं विप्रं दमयन्ती युधिष्ठिर ।
अब्रवीत्संनिधौ मातुर्दुःखशोकसमन्विता ॥२०॥

20. tataścānāyya taṁ vipraṁ damayantī yudhiṣṭhira ,
abravītsaṁnidhau māturduḥkhaśokasamanvitā.

20. tataḥ ca ānāyya tam vipram damayantī yudhiṣṭhira
abravīt saṃnidhau mātuḥ duḥkhaśokasamantavitā

20. And then, O Yudhiṣṭhira, Damayantī, overwhelmed with sorrow (duḥkha) and grief (śoka), summoned that Brahmin (Parṇāda) and spoke in the presence of her mother.

20. ואז דַמַיַנְטִי זימנה את הבְּרַהְמִין סוּדֵוַה, הו יוּדְהִישְׁתְהִירַה, ואמרה לו בנוכחות אמה, מלאה צער ויגון.

Words meanings summery:

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

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• आनाय्य (ānāyya) - having summoned (having summoned, having brought)

• तम् (tam) - that (Brahmin, Parṇāda) (him, that (masculine singular accusative))

• विप्रम् (vipram) - the Brahmin (Parṇāda) (the brahmin)

• दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī (a proper name)

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (addressing the listener of the story) (Yudhiṣṭhira (a proper name))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she spoke (he spoke, she spoke, he said)

• संनिधौ (saṁnidhau) - in the presence of (in the presence of, near, in the vicinity)

• मातुः (mātuḥ) - of her mother (of the mother, from the mother)

• दुःखशोकसमन्तविता (duḥkhaśokasamantavitā) - overwhelmed with sorrow (duḥkha) and grief (śoka) (accompanied by sorrow and grief, filled with distress and lamentation)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of tad (that) used as an adverb.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

आनाय्य (ānāyya) - having summoned (having summoned, having brought)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root nī (to lead, carry) with the prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Variant form of the absolutive for root ni with prefix ā.

तम् (tam) - that (Brahmin, Parṇāda) (him, that (masculine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

विप्रम् (vipram) - the Brahmin (Parṇāda) (the brahmin)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, a wise man, inspired

दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (name of the wife of King Nala)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (addressing the listener of the story) (Yudhiṣṭhira (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she spoke (he spoke, she spoke, he said)

(verb)

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

Imperfect 3rd singular active

Root `bru` (2nd class, adādi) in the imperfect tense (laṅ lakāra).

Root: bru (class 2)

संनिधौ (saṁnidhau) - in the presence of (in the presence of, near, in the vicinity)

(indeclinable)

Derived from `sam-nidhā` (to place together).

मातुः (mātuḥ) - of her mother (of the mother, from the mother)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

दुःखशोकसमन्तविता (duḥkhaśokasamantavitā) - overwhelmed with sorrow (duḥkha) and grief (śoka) (accompanied by sorrow and grief, filled with distress and lamentation)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥkhaśokasamantavita

duḥkhaśokasamantavita - accompanied by sorrow and grief, filled with distress and lamentation

Compound type : tatpurusha (duḥkha+śoka+samanvita)

• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain, distress
  noun (neuter)
• śoka – grief, lamentation, anguish, sorrow
  noun (masculine)
• samanvita – accompanied, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root i (to go) with prefixes sam- and anu-.
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

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