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4,17

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-17, verse-28

उपास्ते स्म सभायां यं कृत्स्ना वीर वसुंधरा ।
तमुपासीनमद्यान्यं पश्य भारत भारतम् ॥२८॥
28. upāste sma sabhāyāṁ yaṁ kṛtsnā vīra vasuṁdharā ,
tamupāsīnamadyānyaṁ paśya bhārata bhāratam.
28. upāste sma sabhāyām yam kṛtsnā vīra vasundharā
tam upāsīnam adya anyam paśya bhārata bhāratam
28. O hero, descendant of Bharata! Behold today that descendant of Bharata whom the entire earth (vasundharā) once served in the assembly, now serving another!

Words meanings summery:

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  • उपास्ते (upāste) - served, worshipped (serves, worships, attends, sits near)
  • स्म (sma) - (indicates past action when used with present tense) (indeed, certainly (used with present tense verb to denote past action))
  • सभायाम् (sabhāyām) - in the assembly (in the assembly, in the court, in the gathering)
  • यम् (yam) - whom (whom, which)
  • कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire (entire, whole, complete)
  • वीर (vīra) - O hero (O hero, O brave one)
  • वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - the earth (vasundharā) (the earth, the world)
  • तम् (tam) - him (him, that (masculine accusative singular))
  • उपासीनम् (upāsīnam) - serving (serving, worshipping, attending (masculine accusative singular))
  • अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)
  • अन्यम् (anyam) - another (person) (another, other (masculine accusative singular))
  • पश्य (paśya) - behold (see, behold (imperative))
  • भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (O descendant of Bharata (vocative))
  • भारतम् (bhāratam) - that descendant of Bharata (Yudhiṣṭhira) (the descendant of Bharata (accusative))

Words meanings and morphology

उपास्ते (upāste) - served, worshipped (serves, worships, attends, sits near)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upa-ās
present tense, middle voice
ātmanepada, indicative mood
Prefix: upa
Root: ās (class 2)
स्म (sma) - (indicates past action when used with present tense) (indeed, certainly (used with present tense verb to denote past action))
(indeclinable)
सभायाम् (sabhāyām) - in the assembly (in the assembly, in the court, in the gathering)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of sabhā
sabhā - assembly, court, council, gathering
यम् (yam) - whom (whom, which)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what
कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire (entire, whole, complete)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna
kṛtsna - whole, entire, complete, all
वीर (vīra) - O hero (O hero, O brave one)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra
vīra - hero, brave man, warrior
वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - the earth (vasundharā) (the earth, the world)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vasundharā
vasundharā - the earth, producer of wealth
तम् (tam) - him (him, that (masculine accusative singular))
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
उपासीनम् (upāsīnam) - serving (serving, worshipping, attending (masculine accusative singular))
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of upa-āsīna
upa-āsīna - sitting near, attending, serving, worshipping
present active participle
Derived from `upa-ās` (to sit near, attend, serve) with `śānac` suffix.
Prefix: upa
Root: ās (class 2)
Note: Used here as an adjective modifying `bhāratam` or implicitly referring to Yudhiṣṭhira.
अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)
(indeclinable)
अन्यम् (anyam) - another (person) (another, other (masculine accusative singular))
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of anya
anya - other, another, different
पश्य (paśya) - behold (see, behold (imperative))
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś
present imperative, active voice
`paśya` is the strong stem of `dṛś` in present tense.
Root: dṛś (class 1)
भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (O descendant of Bharata (vocative))
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata
bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, an Indian, related to Bharata
Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Arjuna or generally any Bharata descendent.
भारतम् (bhāratam) - that descendant of Bharata (Yudhiṣṭhira) (the descendant of Bharata (accusative))
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of bhārata
bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, an Indian, related to Bharata
Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira, who is the object of the verb 'paśya' and the implied subject of 'upāsīnam anyam'.