महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-184, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
ततोऽहं निशि राजेन्द्र प्रणम्य शिरसा तदा ।
ब्राह्मणानां पितॄणां च देवतानां च सर्वशः ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tato'haṁ niśi rājendra praṇamya śirasā tadā ,
brāhmaṇānāṁ pitṝṇāṁ ca devatānāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ.

1. bhīṣma uvāca tataḥ aham niśi rājendra praṇamya śirasā
tadā brāhmaṇānām pitṝṇām ca devatānām ca sarvaśaḥ

1. tato niśi rājendra aham śirasā praṇamya brāhmaṇānām
pitṝṇām ca devatānām ca sarvaśaḥ bhīṣma uvāca tadā

1. Bhīṣma said: Then, O king, at night, after bowing with my head, I completely honored the brahmins, the ancestors, and the divine beings.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (speaker of the verse) (Bhīṣma (name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततस् (tatas) - then, thereupon, from there

• अहम् (aham) - I

• निशि (niśi) - in the night, at night

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king (O king of kings, O lord of kings)

• प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed down, after saluting

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the brahmins

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the manes

• च (ca) - and

• देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the divine beings, of the deities

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वशस् (sarvaśas) - completely, wholly, in every way

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (speaker of the verse) (Bhīṣma (name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable, Bhīṣma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ततस् (tatas) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

निशि (niśi) - in the night, at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king (O king of kings, O lord of kings)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - lord of kings, king of kings

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+indra)

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

प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed down, after saluting

(verb)

active, absolutive of praṇamya

absolutive

pra + nam with tyap suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the brahmins

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - brahmin, priest

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the manes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, manes

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the divine beings, of the deities

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - divine being, deity

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वशस् (sarvaśas) - completely, wholly, in every way

(indeclinable)

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