महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-145, verse-29

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ततः पौरा महाराज माता काली च मे शुभा ।
भृत्याः पुरोहिताचार्या ब्राह्मणाश्च बहुश्रुताः ।
मामूचुर्भृशसंतप्ता भव राजेति संततम् ॥२९॥

29. tataḥ paurā mahārāja mātā kālī ca me śubhā ,
bhṛtyāḥ purohitācāryā brāhmaṇāśca bahuśrutāḥ ,
māmūcurbhṛśasaṁtaptā bhava rājeti saṁtatam.

29. tataḥ paurāḥ mahārāja mātā kālī ca
me śubhā bhṛtyāḥ purohitācāryāḥ
brāhmaṇāḥ ca bahuśrutāḥ mām ūcuḥ
bhṛśasaṃtaptāḥ bhava rājā iti saṃtatam

29. tataḥ mahārāja me śubhā mātā kālī
ca paurāḥ bhṛtyāḥ purohitācāryāḥ ca
bahuśrutāḥ brāhmaṇāḥ bhṛśasaṃtaptāḥ
mām rājā bhava iti saṃtatam ūcuḥ

29. Then, O great king, the citizens, my auspicious mother Kali, the servants, the royal priests and teachers, and the highly learned Brahmins, all exceedingly distressed, repeatedly told me, 'Be king!'

Words meanings summery:

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ततः (tataḥ) - then (indicating sequence in narrative) (then, thence, afterwards)

पौराः (paurāḥ) - citizens (citizens, townsmen)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (vocative, addressing Bhishma implicitly) (O great king)

माता (mātā) - mother

काली (kālī) - Kali (Satyavati, Bhishma's stepmother, also known as Kali) (Kali (a name))

च (ca) - and (and, also)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

शुभा (śubhā) - auspicious (auspicious, beautiful)

भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants (servants, dependents)

पुरोहिताचार्याः (purohitācāryāḥ) - royal priests and teachers (priests and teachers)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

च (ca) - and (and, also)

बहुश्रुताः (bahuśrutāḥ) - highly learned (highly learned, widely heard)

माम् (mām) - me (Bhishma) (me (accusative))

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they told (they said, they spoke)

भृशसंतप्ताः (bhṛśasaṁtaptāḥ) - exceedingly distressed (exceedingly distressed, greatly agitated)

भव (bhava) - be (be, become)

राजा (rājā) - king

इति (iti) - thus (indicating the end of direct speech) (thus, so, indicates direct speech)

संततम् (saṁtatam) - constantly, repeatedly (continuously, constantly, perpetually)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (indicating sequence in narrative) (then, thence, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

पौराः (paurāḥ) - citizens (citizens, townsmen)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, townsman, belonging to a town

From pura (town)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (vocative, addressing Bhishma implicitly) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

mahā – great, mighty, large
adjective
rāja – king, ruler
noun (masculine)

Note: This is an address to the listener, implicitly Bhishma.

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

काली (kālī) - Kali (Satyavati, Bhishma's stepmother, also known as Kali) (Kali (a name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālī

kālī - Kali (name of a goddess, or a woman with dark complexion)

Note: Refers to Satyavati.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

शुभा (śubhā) - auspicious (auspicious, beautiful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, beautiful, bright, pure

Note: Qualifies 'mātā kālī'.

भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants (servants, dependents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, dependent, to be maintained

Gerundive

Derived from root bhṛ (to bear, support, maintain)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

पुरोहिताचार्याः (purohitācāryāḥ) - royal priests and teachers (priests and teachers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of purohitācārya

purohitācārya - priests and teachers

Compound type : dvandva (purohita+ācārya)

purohita – family priest, royal chaplain
noun (masculine)
From puras (before) + hita (placed)
Prefix: puras
Root: dhā (class 3)
ācārya – teacher, preceptor
noun (masculine)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

बहुश्रुताः (bahuśrutāḥ) - highly learned (highly learned, widely heard)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahuśruta

bahuśruta - highly learned, well-versed, widely heard

Past Passive Participle (secondary derivative usage)

Compound of bahu (much) and śruta (heard/learned). Śruta is PPP of śru.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+śruta)

bahu – much, many, abundant
adjective
śruta – heard, learned, knowledge
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root śru (to hear)
Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇāḥ'.

माम् (mām) - me (Bhishma) (me (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they told (they said, they spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect form from root vac.

भृशसंतप्ताः (bhṛśasaṁtaptāḥ) - exceedingly distressed (exceedingly distressed, greatly agitated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhṛśasaṃtapta

bhṛśasaṁtapta - greatly distressed, exceedingly agitated

Past Passive Participle (secondary derivative usage)

Compound of bhṛśa (very) and saṃtapta (distressed, PPP of saṃ + tap)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+saṃtapta)

bhṛśa – very, exceedingly, much
indeclinable
saṃtapta – distressed, afflicted, heated
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From saṃ + tap (to heat, to distress)
Prefix: sam
Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the subjects (citizens, mother, servants, etc.).

भव (bhava) - be (be, become)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used in direct speech.

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Predicate nominative to 'bhava'.

इति (iti) - thus (indicating the end of direct speech) (thus, so, indicates direct speech)