महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-24, verse-13

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नरेन्द्र बहुशोऽन्विष्टा नैव विद्मश्च पाण्डवान् ।
अत्यन्तभावं नष्टास्ते भद्रं तुभ्यं नरर्षभ ॥१३॥

13. narendra bahuśo'nviṣṭā naiva vidmaśca pāṇḍavān ,
atyantabhāvaṁ naṣṭāste bhadraṁ tubhyaṁ nararṣabha.

13. narendra bahuśaḥ anviṣṭāḥ na eva vidmaḥ ca pāṇḍavān
atyantabhāvam naṣṭāḥ te bhadram tubhyam nararṣabha

13. O King, though we have searched repeatedly, we still do not know of the Pandavas. They are completely lost. May prosperity be to you, O best among men!

Words meanings summery:

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नरेन्द्र (narendra) - Addressed to a king like Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O King, O lord of men)

बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - many times, repeatedly, abundantly

अन्विष्टाः (anviṣṭāḥ) - searched for, investigated, sought

न (na) - not, no

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

विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pandavas (accusative)

अत्यन्तभावम् (atyantabhāvam) - completely, utterly, entirely

नष्टाः (naṣṭāḥ) - lost, vanished, destroyed

ते (te) - the Pandavas (they)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - May there be welfare. (welfare, good fortune, blessing)

तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you, for you

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - Refers to the King being addressed. (O best among men, O foremost of men)

Words meanings and morphology

नरेन्द्र (narendra) - Addressed to a king like Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O King, O lord of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narendra

narendra - king, lord of men

Compound of nara (man) + indra (chief, lord).

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+indra)

nara – man, person, human
noun (masculine)
indra – lord, chief, Indra (the deity)
noun (masculine)

बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - many times, repeatedly, abundantly

(indeclinable)

Derived from bahu (many) with the suffix -śas (denoting frequency or manner).

अन्विष्टाः (anviṣṭāḥ) - searched for, investigated, sought

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anviṣṭa

anviṣṭa - searched for, sought, investigated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root iṣ (to seek) with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: The action of searching was done by 'us' (the speakers).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Present Active Indicative

From root vid (class 2) 'to know'.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Negated by 'na eva'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the previous statement about searching with the statement about not knowing.

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pandavas (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a name for the Pandavas

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu.

Note: Object of 'vidmaḥ' (we know the Pandavas - negated).

अत्यन्तभावम् (atyantabhāvam) - completely, utterly, entirely

(indeclinable)

Compound of ati (over, beyond), anta (end, limit) + bhāva (state). Used adverbially.

Compound type : tatpurusha (ati+anta+bhāva)

ati – over, beyond, very, excessively
indeclinable
anta – end, limit, boundary
noun (masculine)
bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature (bhāva)
noun (masculine)
From root bhū (to be).
Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adverb modifying 'naṣṭāḥ'.

नष्टाः (naṣṭāḥ) - lost, vanished, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, disappeared, ruined, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost).

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Refers to 'te' (they).

ते (te) - the Pandavas (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad