महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-29

वनादस्माद्विवासं तु रोचयेऽहमरिंदम ।
न हि नस्तमृते वीरं रमणीयमिदं वनम् ॥२९॥

29. vanādasmādvivāsaṁ tu rocaye'hamariṁdama ,
na hi nastamṛte vīraṁ ramaṇīyamidaṁ vanam.

29. vanāt asmāt vivāsam tu rocaye aham arim-dama
na hi naḥ tam ṛte vīram ramaṇīyam idam vanam

29. O subduer of enemies, I would prefer exile from this forest. Indeed, without that hero, this forest is not delightful for us.

29. הו כובש אויבים, אני מעדיף שנעזוב את היער הזה, כי בלי הגיבור הזה היער הזה אינו נעים לנו.

Words meanings summery:

• वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this (forest) (from this)

• विवासम् (vivāsam) - exile, banishment, dwelling elsewhere

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• रोचये (rocaye) - I like, I prefer, I desire

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अरिम्-दम (arim-dama) - O subduer of enemies

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• नः (naḥ) - for us, our, to us

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

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, besides

• वीरम् (vīram) - the hero (Arjuna) (hero, brave man)

• रमणीयम् (ramaṇīyam) - delightful, pleasing, charming

• इदम् (idam) - this (forest) (this)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

Words meanings and morphology

वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this (forest) (from this)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

विवासम् (vivāsam) - exile, banishment, dwelling elsewhere

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vivāsa

vivāsa - dwelling in a foreign country, exile, change of dwelling

Root vas (to dwell) with prefix vi (away, apart)

Prefix: vi

Root: vas (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

रोचये (rocaye) - I like, I prefer, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ruc

Present tense, 1st person singular, Middle voice (Ātmanepada)

Root ruc (class 10, often causative or desiderative usage 'rocay') or denominative.

Root: ruc (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अरिम्-दम (arim-dama) - O subduer of enemies

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of arim-dama

arim-dama - subduer of enemies, vanquisher of foes

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe, rival
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ
• dama – subduing, taming; one who tames or subdues
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root dam (to tame, subdue)
  Root: dam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - for us, our, to us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, besides

(indeclinable)

वीरम् (vīram) - the hero (Arjuna) (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, champion, brave, strong

रमणीयम् (ramaṇīyam) - delightful, pleasing, charming

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ramaṇīya

ramaṇīya - delightful, pleasing, lovely, beautiful

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Root ram (to delight) + anīya suffix

Root: ram (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this (forest) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

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