महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-5

नलेन संगृहीतेषु पुरेव नलवाजिषु ।
सदृशं रथनिर्घोषं मेने भैमी तथा हयाः ॥५॥

5. nalena saṁgṛhīteṣu pureva nalavājiṣu ,
sadṛśaṁ rathanirghoṣaṁ mene bhaimī tathā hayāḥ.

5. nalena saṃgṛhīteṣu pura iva nalavājiṣu
sadṛśam rathanirghoṣam mene bhaimī tathā hayāḥ

5. Damayantī (Bhaimī) and the horses perceived a chariot sound similar to when Nala used to drive his horses before.

5. בְּהַימִי חשבה שקול המרכבה דומה לקול של פעם, כשנַלַה היה אוחז בסוסי נַלַה, וכך גם הסוסים.

Words meanings summery:

• नलेन (nalena) - by Nala

• संगृहीतेषु (saṁgṛhīteṣu) - in those (horses) that were controlled/driven by (Nala) (in those that were held, controlled, collected)

• पुर (pura) - formerly, previously, before

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नलवाजिषु (nalavājiṣu) - in Nala's horses

• सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - similar, resembling

• रथनिर्घोषम् (rathanirghoṣam) - sound of a chariot

• मेने (mene) - thought, perceived, considered

• भैमी (bhaimī) - Damayantī (daughter of Bhīma)

• तथा (tathā) - and (and, likewise, so)

• हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

Words meanings and morphology

नलेन (nalena) - by Nala

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (proper name of a king)

संगृहीतेषु (saṁgṛhīteṣu) - in those (horses) that were controlled/driven by (Nala) (in those that were held, controlled, collected)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, plural of saṃgṛhīta

saṁgṛhīta - held, collected, controlled, taken

past passive participle

past passive participle of saṃ + gṛh (to seize, to hold)

Prefix: sam

Root: gṛh (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'nalavājiṣu'.

पुर (pura) - formerly, previously, before

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of 'pureva' (pura + iva).

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of 'pureva' (pura + iva).

नलवाजिषु (nalavājiṣu) - in Nala's horses

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of nalavājin

nalavājin - Nala's horses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nala+vājin)

• nala – Nala (proper name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vājin – horse, steed
  noun (masculine)

सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - similar, resembling

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, resembling, like

Note: Qualifies 'rathanirghoṣam'.

रथनिर्घोषम् (rathanirghoṣam) - sound of a chariot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rathanirghoṣa

rathanirghoṣa - sound of a chariot, chariot's roar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+nirghoṣa)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• nirghoṣa – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

मेने (mene) - thought, perceived, considered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

perfect middle

3rd person singular perfect middle of the root man

Root: man (class 4)

भैमी (bhaimī) - Damayantī (daughter of Bhīma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhaimī

bhaimī - Damayantī (daughter of Bhīma)

तथा (tathā) - and (and, likewise, so)

(indeclinable)

हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse, steed

Root: hi (class 5)

Note: Subject of 'mene' along with 'bhaimī'.

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