महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-188, verse-18

उक्त्वा भीष्मवधायेति प्रविवेश हुताशनम् ।
ज्येष्ठा काशिसुता राजन्यमुनामभितो नदीम् ॥१८॥

18. uktvā bhīṣmavadhāyeti praviveśa hutāśanam ,
jyeṣṭhā kāśisutā rājanyamunāmabhito nadīm.

18. uktvā bhīṣmavadhāya iti praviveśa hutāśanam
jyeṣṭhā kāśisutā rājan yamunām abhitaḥ nadīm

18. rājan jyeṣṭhā kāśisutā bhīṣmavadhāya iti uktvā
yamunām abhitaḥ nadīm hutāśanam praviveśa

18. O king, the eldest daughter of Kashi, having declared "for the slaying of Bhishma" thus, entered the fire (hutāśanam) near the Yamuna river.

18. אמרה (שהיא עושה זאת) כדי להרוג את בְּהִישְׁמַה, ונכנסה אל האש, היא הבכורה בבנות קָאשִׁי, הו מלך, על יד נהר יַמוּנָה.

Words meanings summery:

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken, having said

• भीष्मवधाय (bhīṣmavadhāya) - for the slaying of Bhishma, for Bhishma's death

• इति (iti) - introduces or concludes a direct quote (thus, so, saying)

• प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered

• हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - the fire (one who consumes oblations)

• ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - the eldest (daughter) (the eldest, the oldest, the best)

• काशिसुता (kāśisutā) - Ambā, the daughter of the king of Kashi (daughter of Kashi)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

• यमुनाम् (yamunām) - the Yamuna river (the Yamuna river (accusative))

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - near (the Yamuna river) (near, around, on both sides of)

• नदीम् (nadīm) - the river

Words meanings and morphology

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken, having said

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from √vac (to speak) with the suffix -tvā

Root: vac (class 2)

भीष्मवधाय (bhīṣmavadhāya) - for the slaying of Bhishma, for Bhishma's death

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bhīṣmavadhā

bhīṣmavadhā - the slaying of Bhishma

Compound type : Tatpurusha (bhīṣma+vadha)

• bhīṣma – Bhishma (name of a character)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vadha – slaying, killing, murder
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Used to express purpose: 'for the slaying'.

इति (iti) - introduces or concludes a direct quote (thus, so, saying)

(indeclinable)

प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - the fire (one who consumes oblations)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, one who consumes oblations

Compound type : Tatpurusha (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, cast into fire
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of √hu (to offer, sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, that which eats
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aś (class 9)

ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - the eldest (daughter) (the eldest, the oldest, the best)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, oldest, best, most excellent

Note: Agrees with 'kāśisutā'.

काशिसुता (kāśisutā) - Ambā, the daughter of the king of Kashi (daughter of Kashi)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāśisutā

kāśisutā - daughter of Kashi

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kāśi+sutā)

• kāśi – Kashi (name of a kingdom/city, or its king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)

राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

यमुनाम् (yamunām) - the Yamuna river (the Yamuna river (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yamunā

yamunā - Yamuna (name of a sacred river)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - near (the Yamuna river) (near, around, on both sides of)

(indeclinable)

नदीम् (nadīm) - the river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

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