महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-37

अतस्त्वां क्लीबवद्वाक्यं ब्रवीमि कुरुनन्दन ।
हृतोऽस्म्यर्थेन कौरव्य युद्धादन्यत्किमिच्छसि ॥३७॥

37. atastvāṁ klībavadvākyaṁ bravīmi kurunandana ,
hṛto'smyarthena kauravya yuddhādanyatkimicchasi.

37. atas tvām klībavat vākyam bravīmi kurunandana |
hṛtaḥ asmi arthena kauravya yuddhāt anyat kim icchasi

37. kurunandana,
atas tvām klībavat vākyam bravīmi.
kauravya,
arthena hṛtaḥ asmi; yuddhāt anyat kim icchasi?

37. Therefore, O joy of the Kurus (Kurunandana), I speak to you words like a eunuch. O Kuru (Kauravya), I have been carried away by wealth; what else do you desire apart from battle?

37. לכן אני מדבר אליך כאדם חלש, הו שמחתם של בני קוּרוּ. הממון שבה אותי, הו צאצא קוּרוּ, מה אתה רוצה מלבד קרב?

Words meanings summery:

• अतस् (atas) - therefore, hence, from this

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• क्लीबवत् (klībavat) - like a eunuch, impotently

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence, utterance

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O Arjuna, joy of the Kurus (joy of the Kurus, delight of the Kuru dynasty (Arjuna))

• हृतः (hṛtaḥ) - carried away (by wealth/obligation) (taken, carried away, deprived of)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• अर्थेन (arthena) - by wealth, by purpose, by means of wealth

• कौरव्य (kauravya) - O Arjuna, descendant of Kuru (descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kaurava lineage (Arjuna))

• युद्धात् (yuddhāt) - from battle, from war

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different, something else

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish for

Words meanings and morphology

अतस् (atas) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Accusative singular form of the second person pronoun.

क्लीबवत् (klībavat) - like a eunuch, impotently

(indeclinable)

Formed by suffix -vat to klība (eunuch, impotent).

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, utterance, statement

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Present Indicative Mood, Active Voice

Root brū (2nd class), Present tense, 1st person singular, Active voice.

Root: brū (class 2)

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O Arjuna, joy of the Kurus (joy of the Kurus, delight of the Kuru dynasty (Arjuna))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - joy of the Kurus, delight of the Kuru dynasty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – name of an ancient king and his dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – rejoicing, delighting, son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

हृतः (hṛtaḥ) - carried away (by wealth/obligation) (taken, carried away, deprived of)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛta

hṛta - taken, carried, stolen, removed, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root hṛ (to take, carry).

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative Mood, Active Voice

Root as (2nd class), Present tense, 1st person singular, Active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

अर्थेन (arthena) - by wealth, by purpose, by means of wealth

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, wealth, material prosperity

कौरव्य (kauravya) - O Arjuna, descendant of Kuru (descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kaurava lineage (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kaurava lineage

Patronymic suffix -ya (or related) from Kuru.

युद्धात् (yuddhāt) - from battle, from war

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war, combat

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different, something else

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(interrogative pronoun)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish for

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Indicative Mood, Active Voice

Root iṣ (6th class), Present tense, 2nd person singular, Active voice.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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