महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
भगवन्काम्यकात्पार्थे गते मे प्रपितामहे ।
पाण्डवाः किमकुर्वन्त तमृते सव्यसाचिनम् ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
bhagavankāmyakātpārthe gate me prapitāmahe ,
pāṇḍavāḥ kimakurvanta tamṛte savyasācinam.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca bhagavan kāmyakāt pārthe gate me
prapitāmahe pāṇḍavāḥ kim akurvanta tam ṛte savyasācinam

1. Janamejaya said: "O venerable one (bhagavan), after my great-grandfather Pārtha (Arjuna), the ambidextrous warrior (savyasācin), had departed from the Kāmyaka forest, what did the Pāṇḍavas do without him?"

1. ג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה אמר, הו אדוני, לאחר שפָּארְטְהַא, סבא רבא שלי, עזב את קָאמְיַקַה, מה עשו בני פָּאנְדוּ בלעדי סַוְיַסָאצ׳ִין?

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing Vaiśampāyana (O venerable one, O Lord, O divine one)

• काम्यकात् (kāmyakāt) - from the Kāmyaka forest (from Kāmyaka (forest))

• पार्थे (pārthe) - when Pārtha (Arjuna) (in Pārtha, when Pārtha)

• गते (gate) - having departed (gone, departed, having gone)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• प्रपितामहे (prapitāmahe) - (when) my great-grandfather (Arjuna) (in the great-grandfather, when the great-grandfather)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

• किम् (kim) - what? (what? why?)

• अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they did, they made

• तम् (tam) - him (Arjuna) (him, that)

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

• सव्यसाचिनम् (savyasācinam) - Arjuna, the ambidextrous warrior (ambidextrous, Savyasācin (name for Arjuna))

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a king, descendant of the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect, parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing Vaiśampāyana (O venerable one, O Lord, O divine one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, glorious, divine, fortunate

Mat-suffix derivative from bhaga

काम्यकात् (kāmyakāt) - from the Kāmyaka forest (from Kāmyaka (forest))

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāmyaka

kāmyaka - Kāmyaka (name of a forest)

Note: Source of departure

पार्थे (pārthe) - when Pārtha (Arjuna) (in Pārtha, when Pārtha)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā, Arjuna

Derivative of Pṛthā

Note: Part of locative absolute construction

गते (gate) - having departed (gone, departed, having gone)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From root gam with suffix -ta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction with pārthe and prapitāmahe

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive

प्रपितामहे (prapitāmahe) - (when) my great-grandfather (Arjuna) (in the great-grandfather, when the great-grandfather)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prapitāmaha

prapitāmaha - great-grandfather

Compound type : tatpurusha (pra+pitāmaha)

• pra – fore, before, greatly
  indeclinable
• pitāmaha – grandfather
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction, referring to Arjuna as Janamejaya's great-grandfather.

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Derived from Pāṇḍu

Note: Subject of 'akurvanta'

किम् (kim) - what? (what? why?)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Interrogative particle

अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they did, they made

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Imperfect, ātmanepada, 3rd plural

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: From √kṛ (class 8, ātmanepada)

तम् (tam) - him (Arjuna) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of ṛte

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs accusative 'tam savyasācinam'

सव्यसाचिनम् (savyasācinam) - Arjuna, the ambidextrous warrior (ambidextrous, Savyasācin (name for Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - ambidextrous, Savyasācin (Arjuna)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left, left-handed
  adjective (masculine)
• sācin – shooting, drawing (bow)
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root sañj (to attach/cast), but contextually related to archery action.
  Root: sac (class 1)

Note: Refers to Arjuna

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