महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-72, verse-21

तस्यास्तत्प्रियमाख्यानं प्रब्रवीहि महामते ।
तदेव वाक्यं वैदर्भी श्रोतुमिच्छत्यनिन्दिता ॥२१॥

21. tasyāstatpriyamākhyānaṁ prabravīhi mahāmate ,
tadeva vākyaṁ vaidarbhī śrotumicchatyaninditā.

21. tasyāḥ tat priyam ākhyānam prabravīhi mahā-mate
tat eva vākyam vaidarbhī śrotum icchati aninditā

21. O wise one, relate that dear account to her. The blameless Vaidarbhī wishes to hear that very message.

21. הו בעל תבונה גדולה, ספר לה את הסיפור היקר ההוא, כי וַידַרְבְּהִי חפה מכל דופי רוצה לשמוע בדיוק את הדברים האלה.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, to her

• तत् (tat) - that

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, agreeable

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - story, narration, account

• प्रब्रवीहि (prabravīhi) - speak, relate, tell

• महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O wise one, O greatly intelligent one

• तत् (tat) - that

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, message, speech

• वैदर्भी (vaidarbhī) - Sītā (the princess of Vidarbha, a woman from Vidarbha)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

• अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless, faultless

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, to her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Can also be ablative. Here, dative sense 'to her'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to 'ākhyānam'.

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, agreeable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, liked

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - story, narration, account

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - story, narration, account

Derived from root khyā (to tell) with prefix ā- and suffix -ana.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Object of 'prabravīhi'.

प्रब्रवीहि (prabravīhi) - speak, relate, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pra-brū

Imperative active 2nd singular, derived from root brū (to speak) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O wise one, O greatly intelligent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmat

mahāmat - great-minded, wise, greatly intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mat)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
  Feminine form of 'mahat', also used as a prefix 'mahā-'.
• mat – mind, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  From root man (to think), suffix -ti (kṛt suffix).
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to the interlocutor (e.g., Lakṣmaṇa).

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to 'vākyam'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, message, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākyam

vākyam - word, message, speech, sentence

Derived from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrotum icchati'.

वैदर्भी (vaidarbhī) - Sītā (the princess of Vidarbha, a woman from Vidarbha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidarbhī

vaidarbhī - a woman from Vidarbha, princess of Vidarbha

Feminine derivative of Vidarbha.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root śru (to hear) with suffix -tum.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Used with 'icchati'.

इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd singular.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless, faultless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anindita

anindita - unblamed, faultless, blameless

Past Passive Participle with negative prefix

From a (negative prefix) + nindita (past passive participle of nind - to blame).

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+nindita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• nindita – blamed, censured
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root nind (to blame) with suffix -kta.
  Root: nind (class 1)

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