महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-2, verse-2
साधु पृष्टं महाभागे जगतां हितकारिणि ।
एतादृशः शुभः प्रश्नो न केनापि कृतः पुरा ॥२॥
एतादृशः शुभः प्रश्नो न केनापि कृतः पुरा ॥२॥
2. sādhu pṛṣṭaṁ mahābhāge jagatāṁ hitakāriṇi ,
etādṛśaḥ śubhaḥ praśno na kenāpi kṛtaḥ purā.
etādṛśaḥ śubhaḥ praśno na kenāpi kṛtaḥ purā.
2.
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahābhāge jagatāṃ hitakāriṇi
etādṛśaḥ śubhaḥ praśno na kenāpi kṛtaḥ purā
etādṛśaḥ śubhaḥ praśno na kenāpi kṛtaḥ purā
2.
mahābhāge jagatāṃ hitakāriṇi sādhu pṛṣṭam
etādṛśaḥ śubhaḥ praśnaḥ purā na kenāpi kṛtaḥ
etādṛśaḥ śubhaḥ praśnaḥ purā na kenāpi kṛtaḥ
2. O noble lady, who brings welfare to the worlds, you have asked well. Such an auspicious question has never been asked by anyone before.
Words meanings summery:
(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)
- साधु (sādhu) - well, excellently (well, rightly, properly)
- पृष्टम् (pṛṣṭam) - asked (asked, questioned)
- महाभागे (mahābhāge) - O noble lady (O noble one, O fortunate one)
- जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds
- हितकारिणि (hitakāriṇi) - O you who bring welfare (doing welfare, beneficent)
- एतादृशः (etādṛśaḥ) - such (such, of this kind)
- शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious (auspicious, bright, good)
- प्रश्नः (praśnaḥ) - question (question, inquiry)
- न (na) - not
- केनापि (kenāpi) - by anyone (by anyone, by someone)
- कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - asked, made (done, made)
- पुरा (purā) - before, previously (formerly, before, in the past)
Words meanings and morphology
साधु (sādhu) - well, excellently (well, rightly, properly)
(adverb)
Note: Used adverbially here
पृष्टम् (pṛṣṭam) - asked (asked, questioned)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭa
pṛṣṭa - asked, inquired
Past Passive Participle
From root praśch with ta suffix
Root: prach (class 6)
Note: Used impersonally in passive construction
महाभागे (mahābhāge) - O noble lady (O noble one, O fortunate one)
(adjective)
Vocative, feminine, singular of mahābhāgā
mahābhāgā - noble, highly fortunate, blessed
Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+bhāgā)
- mahā – great
adjective - bhāgā – fortunate, endowed with fortune
adjective (feminine)
जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of jagat
jagat - moving world, universe, earth
हितकारिणि (hitakāriṇi) - O you who bring welfare (doing welfare, beneficent)
(adjective)
Vocative, feminine, singular of hitakārin
hitakārin - doing good, beneficent, bringing welfare
Compound type : upapada (hita+kārin)
- hita – welfare, good, benefit
noun (neuter) - kārin – doing, making
adjective (masculine)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
एतादृशः (etādṛśaḥ) - such (such, of this kind)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of etādṛśa
etādṛśa - such, of this kind
शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious (auspicious, bright, good)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śubha
śubha - auspicious, bright, beautiful, good
प्रश्नः (praśnaḥ) - question (question, inquiry)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of praśna
praśna - question, inquiry
Root: prach (class 6)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
केनापि (kenāpi) - by anyone (by anyone, by someone)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of kenāpi
ka - who, what, someone, anyone
ka (instrumental singular kena) combined with api
कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - asked, made (done, made)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta
kṛta - done, made, performed
Past Passive Participle
From root kṛ with ta suffix
Root: kṛ (class 8)
पुरा (purā) - before, previously (formerly, before, in the past)
(indeclinable)