महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-7

तमृते पुरुषव्याघ्रं पाण्डवा जनमेजय ।
मुदमप्राप्नुवन्तो वै काम्यके न्यवसंस्तदा ॥७॥

7. tamṛte puruṣavyāghraṁ pāṇḍavā janamejaya ,
mudamaprāpnuvanto vai kāmyake nyavasaṁstadā.

7. tam ṛte puruṣavyāghram pāṇḍavāḥ janamejaya
mudam aprāpnuvantaḥ vai kāmyake nyavasan tadā

7. O Janamejaya, without that tiger among men (puruṣavyāghra) who was Arjuna, the Pandavas then resided in the Kamyaka forest, truly experiencing no joy.

7. הו ג׳ַנַמֵג׳ַיַה, בלעדיו, הגיבור הדגול, לא מצאו בני פָּאנְדוּ שמחה, וישבו אז בקָאמְיַקַה.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

• पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - the best of men (Arjuna) (tiger among men, best of men)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pandu, the Pandavas

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (a king to whom the Mahabharata is narrated)

• मुदम् (mudam) - joy, delight, happiness

• अप्राप्नुवन्तः (aprāpnuvantaḥ) - not obtaining, not reaching, not acquiring

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• काम्यके (kāmyake) - in the Kamyaka forest (in Kamyaka)

• न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, lived

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - the best of men (Arjuna) (tiger among men, best of men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pandu, the Pandavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, son of Pandu

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (a king to whom the Mahabharata is narrated)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a Kuru king, son of Parikshit, to whom Vyasa's pupil Vaishampayana narrates the Mahabharata)

मुदम् (mudam) - joy, delight, happiness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mud

mud - joy, delight, happiness, pleasure

Root: mud (class 1)

अप्राप्नुवन्तः (aprāpnuvantaḥ) - not obtaining, not reaching, not acquiring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aprāpnuvat

aprāpnuvat - not obtaining, not reaching, not acquiring

Present Active Participle

from the root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra- and negative prefix a-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

काम्यके (kāmyake) - in the Kamyaka forest (in Kamyaka)

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāmyaka

kāmyaka - Kamyaka (name of a forest)

न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, lived

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Previous Verse Next Verse