महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-59, verse-15

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मैत्रेयेणाभिशप्तश्च पूर्वमेव महर्षिणा ।
ऊरू भेत्स्यति ते भीमो गदयेति परंतप ।
अतो दोषं न पश्यामि मा क्रुधस्त्वं प्रलम्बहन् ॥१५॥

15. maitreyeṇābhiśaptaśca pūrvameva maharṣiṇā ,
ūrū bhetsyati te bhīmo gadayeti paraṁtapa ,
ato doṣaṁ na paśyāmi mā krudhastvaṁ pralambahan.

15. maitreyeṇa abhiśaptaḥ ca pūrvam eva
maharṣiṇā ūrū bhetsyati te bhīmaḥ
gadayā iti parantapa ataḥ doṣam na
paśyāmi mā krudhaḥ tvam pralambahan

15. parantapa ca pūrvam eva maitreyeṇa
maharṣiṇā abhiśaptaḥ iti bhīmaḥ te
ūrū gadayā bhetsyati ataḥ doṣam na
paśyāmi pralambahan tvam mā krudhaḥ

15. And, O tormentor of foes (parantapa), you were cursed by the great sage Maitreya himself long ago, who said, 'Bhīma will break your thighs with his mace.' Therefore, I see no fault. O slayer of Pralamba (pralambahan), do not be angry.

Words meanings summery:

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मैत्रेयेण (maitreyeṇa) - by Maitreya

अभिशप्तः (abhiśaptaḥ) - cursed, imprecated

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

महर्षिणा (maharṣiṇā) - by Maitreya, the great sage (by the great sage)

ऊरू (ūrū) - thighs

भेत्स्यति (bhetsyati) - will break, will pierce

ते (te) - your, to you

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma

गदया (gadayā) - with a mace

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, (marks direct speech or thought)

परन्तप (parantapa) - O tormentor of foes (vocative addressing the addressee) (tormentor of foes)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this, hence

दोषम् (doṣam) - fault, defect, blame, sin

न (na) - not, no

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold, I consider

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

क्रुधः (krudhaḥ) - be angry (imperative)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

प्रलम्बहन् (pralambahan) - O slayer of Pralamba (an epithet for Kṛṣṇa) (slayer of Pralamba)

Words meanings and morphology

मैत्रेयेण (maitreyeṇa) - by Maitreya

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of maitreya

maitreya - name of a sage

अभिशप्तः (abhiśaptaḥ) - cursed, imprecated

(verbal derivative)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

महर्षिणा (maharṣiṇā) - by Maitreya, the great sage (by the great sage)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

mahā – great, large
adjective
ṛṣi – sage, seer
noun (masculine)

ऊरू (ūrū) - thighs

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ūru

ūru - thigh

भेत्स्यति (bhetsyati) - will break, will pierce

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhid

Root: bhid (class 7)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Can also be dative

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - formidable, terrible; name of one of the Pāṇḍava brothers

गदया (gadayā) - with a mace

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

परन्तप (parantapa) - O tormentor of foes (vocative addressing the addressee) (tormentor of foes)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of parantapa

parantapa - tormentor of foes, oppressor of enemies

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+tapa)

para – other, enemy, foe
noun (masculine)
tapa – one who heats, scorches, afflicts, torments
agent noun (masculine)
derived from root tap-
Root: tap (class 1)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this, hence

(indeclinable)

दोषम् (doṣam) - fault, defect, blame, sin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, error, blame

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold, I consider

(verb)

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

root uses replacement stem paśyā- in present tense