महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-119, verse-23

दृष्ट्वा मूर्ध्ना नतान्पुत्रांस्तापसी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
दौहित्रास्तव राजेन्द्र मम पुत्रा न ते पराः ।
इमे त्वां तारयिष्यन्ति दिष्टमेतत्पुरातनम् ॥२३॥

23. dṛṣṭvā mūrdhnā natānputrāṁstāpasī vākyamabravīt ,
dauhitrāstava rājendra mama putrā na te parāḥ ,
ime tvāṁ tārayiṣyanti diṣṭametatpurātanam.

23. dṛṣṭvā mūrdhnā natān putrān tāpasī
vākyam abravīt dauhitrāḥ tava rāja-indra
mama putrāḥ na te parāḥ ime
tvām tārayiṣyanti diṣṭam etat purātanam

23. Seeing her sons bowing with their heads, the female ascetic spoke these words: "Your grandsons, O king of kings, are my sons, not strangers. These will liberate you; this is an ancient decree (diṣṭa)."

23. כשראתה את הבנים שחנו את ראשיהם, אמרה הסגפנית, הו מלך המלכים, אלה בני בתך, בניי, ואינם זרים לך. הם יושיעו אותך, וזהו גורל עתיק יומין.

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• मूर्ध्ना (mūrdhnā) - with the head

• नतान् (natān) - bowed, bent

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• तापसी (tāpasī) - Madhavi, the daughter of Yayati (female ascetic)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• दौहित्राः (dauhitrāḥ) - grandsons (daughter's sons)

• तव (tava) - your

• राज-इन्द्र (rāja-indra) - O Yayati! (O king of kings!, O chief of kings!)

• मम (mama) - my

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• न (na) - not

• ते (te) - those (they)

• पराः (parāḥ) - others, strangers

• इमे (ime) - these

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (singular, accusative)

• तारयिष्यन्ति (tārayiṣyanti) - will cause to cross, will save, will liberate

• दिष्टम् (diṣṭam) - destiny, fate, decree

• एतत् (etat) - this

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मूर्ध्ना (mūrdhnā) - with the head

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head

नतान् (natān) - bowed, bent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nata

nata - bent, bowed, humbled

Past Passive Participle

From root nam (to bow, bend)

Root: nam (class 1)

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

तापसी (tāpasī) - Madhavi, the daughter of Yayati (female ascetic)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāpasī

tāpasī - female ascetic, a female practitioner of penance

Feminine form of tāpasa, from tapas (penance)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

दौहित्राः (dauhitrāḥ) - grandsons (daughter's sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dauhitra

dauhitra - daughter's son, grandson

From duhitṛ (daughter) + aṇ (Pāṇini 4.1.115)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

राज-इन्द्र (rāja-indra) - O Yayati! (O king of kings!, O chief of kings!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāja-indra

rāja-indra - king of kings, chief of kings

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra (the god)
  noun (masculine)

मम (mama) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

पराः (parāḥ) - others, strangers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, strange, distant

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (singular, accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तारयिष्यन्ति (tārayiṣyanti) - will cause to cross, will save, will liberate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of tārayiṣyati

causal

Causal form of root tṛ (to cross)

Root: tṛ (class 1)

दिष्टम् (diṣṭam) - destiny, fate, decree

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of diṣṭa

diṣṭa - directed, appointed, destined, fate, decree (as noun)

Past Passive Participle

From root diś (to point, ordain)

Root: diś (class 6)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primordial

From purā (formerly) + suffix -tana

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