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4,38

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-38, verse-35

निर्दिशस्व यथातत्त्वं मया पृष्टा बृहन्नडे ।
विस्मयो मे परो जातो दृष्ट्वा सर्वमिदं महत् ॥३५॥
35. nirdiśasva yathātattvaṁ mayā pṛṣṭā bṛhannaḍe ,
vismayo me paro jāto dṛṣṭvā sarvamidaṁ mahat.
35. nirdeśasva yathātattvam mayā pṛṣṭā bṛhannale
vismayaḥ me paraḥ jātaḥ dṛṣṭvā sarvam idam mahat
35. Bṛhannalā, as I have asked you, please explain the truth. Great astonishment has arisen in me after seeing all this magnificent display.

Words meanings summery:

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  • निर्देशस्व (nirdeśasva) - explain, tell, point out
  • यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - truthfully, according to the truth
  • मया (mayā) - by me
  • पृष्टा (pṛṣṭā) - asked, questioned
  • बृहन्नले (bṛhannale) - O Bṛhannalā
  • विस्मयः (vismayaḥ) - astonishment, wonder, surprise
  • मे (me) - my, to me
  • परः (paraḥ) - great, supreme, excellent
  • जातः (jātaḥ) - born, arisen, produced, become
  • दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing
  • सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every, whole
  • इदम् (idam) - this
  • महत् (mahat) - great, magnificent, large

Words meanings and morphology

निर्देशस्व (nirdeśasva) - explain, tell, point out
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of √diś
Imperative, middle voice, 2nd person singular
Prefix: nir
Root: diś (class 6)
यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - truthfully, according to the truth
(indeclinable)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tattva)
  • yathā – as, like, according to
    indeclinable
  • tattva – truth, reality, principle
    noun (neuter)
मया (mayā) - by me
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
पृष्टा (pṛṣṭā) - asked, questioned
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛṣṭa
pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned
Past Passive Participle
Root: prach (class 6)
Note: Qualifies 'Bṛhannalā'.
बृहन्नले (bṛhannale) - O Bṛhannalā
(proper noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of bṛhannalā
bṛhannalā - Bṛhannalā (Arjuna's disguise)
विस्मयः (vismayaḥ) - astonishment, wonder, surprise
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vismaya
vismaya - astonishment, wonder, surprise
मे (me) - my, to me
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
परः (paraḥ) - great, supreme, excellent
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of para
para - other, supreme, highest, excellent
Note: Modifies 'vismayaḥ'.
जातः (jātaḥ) - born, arisen, produced, become
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta
jāta - born, arisen, produced, become
Past Passive Participle
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Qualifies 'vismayaḥ'.
दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
Root: dṛś (class 1)
सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every, whole
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Modifies 'idam mahat'.
इदम् (idam) - this
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this
Note: Modifies 'mahat'.
महत् (mahat) - great, magnificent, large
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, important, magnificent
Note: Refers to 'all this' (sarvam idam).