महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-10, verse-27

शल्य उवाच ।
महर्षिवचनं श्रुत्वा तानुवाच महाद्युतिः ।
अवश्यं भगवन्तो मे माननीयास्तपस्विनः ॥२७॥

27. śalya uvāca ,
maharṣivacanaṁ śrutvā tānuvāca mahādyutiḥ ,
avaśyaṁ bhagavanto me mānanīyāstapasvinaḥ.

27. śalya uvāca | maharṣivacanam śrutvā tān uvāca mahādyutiḥ
| avaśyam bhagavantaḥ me mānanīyāḥ tapasvinaḥ

27. Śalya said: Having heard the words of the great sage, the greatly radiant one addressed them: "Certainly, revered ascetics, you are to be honored by me."

27. שַׁלְיַה אמר. כששמע את דברי החוזים הגדולים, פנה אליהם בעל הזוהר הרב ואמר, הו נכבדים בעלי העוצמה הרוחנית, ללא ספק אתם ראויים אצלי לכבוד.

Words meanings summery:

• शल्य (śalya) - Śalya (Śalya (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• महर्षिवचनम् (maharṣivacanam) - the words of the great sage

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, having listened)

• तान् (tān) - them (referring to the ascetics) (them (masculine plural accusative))

• उवाच (uvāca) - addressed (said, spoke)

• महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - the greatly radiant one (greatly radiant, very brilliant)

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (certainly, necessarily, undoubtedly)

• भगवन्तः (bhagavantaḥ) - revered sirs (revered sirs, blessed ones, illustrious ones)

• मे (me) - by me (by me, to me, for me)

• माननीयाः (mānanīyāḥ) - to be honored (to be honored, to be respected, venerable)

• तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics (ascetics, devotees, those performing penance)

Words meanings and morphology

शल्य (śalya) - Śalya (Śalya (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Śalya (name of a king, brother of Mādrī, maternal uncle of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense

Perfect active third person singular of root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

महर्षिवचनम् (maharṣivacanam) - the words of the great sage

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maharṣivacana

maharṣivacana - words of a great sage, utterance of a seer

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (maharṣi+vacana)

• maharṣi – great sage, great seer
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of mahā (great) + ṛṣi (sage).
• vacana – speech, word, saying, utterance
  noun (neuter)
  From root √vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, having listened)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (indeclinable participle) from root √śru (to hear) + -tvā suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

तान् (tān) - them (referring to the ascetics) (them (masculine plural accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - addressed (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense

Perfect active third person singular of root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - the greatly radiant one (greatly radiant, very brilliant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - greatly radiant, splendid, very brilliant, a person of great splendor

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, extensive
  adjective (feminine)
• dyuti – light, splendor, radiance, luster, brilliance
  noun (feminine)
  From root √dyut (to shine).
  Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca', referring to Śalya.

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (certainly, necessarily, undoubtedly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avaśya

avaśya - certain, necessary, undoubtedly, certainly, inevitable

From a- (not) + vaśya (submissive, dependent), meaning 'independent' or 'certain'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vaśya)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
• vaśya – obedient, dependent, submissive, controllable, to be subjugated
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root √vaś (to wish, desire, command).
  Root: vaś (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to emphasize certainty.

भगवन्तः (bhagavantaḥ) - revered sirs (revered sirs, blessed ones, illustrious ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, illustrious, divine, revered (often used as an honorific)

Possessive suffix -vat from bhaga (fortune, excellence).

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Used here in a vocative sense.

मे (me) - by me (by me, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

माननीयाः (mānanīyāḥ) - to be honored (to be honored, to be respected, venerable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānanīya

mānanīya - to be honored, to be respected, venerable, worshipful, respectable

Gerundive

From root √mān (to honor) + anīya suffix.

Root: mān (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective, agreeing with 'tapasvinaḥ'.

तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics (ascetics, devotees, those performing penance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, devotee, practicing penance, austere, hermit

Possessive suffix -vin from tapas (penance, austerity).

Note: Subject of the implied 'are'.

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