महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-8, verse-17
मातरं पितरं बृद्धं भार्याञ्चैव पतिव्रताम् ।
शिशुञ्च तनयं हित्वा नावधूताश्रमं व्रजेत् ॥१७॥
शिशुञ्च तनयं हित्वा नावधूताश्रमं व्रजेत् ॥१७॥
17. mātaraṁ pitaraṁ bṛddhaṁ bhāryāñcaiva pativratām ,
śiśuñca tanayaṁ hitvā nāvadhūtāśramaṁ vrajet.
śiśuñca tanayaṁ hitvā nāvadhūtāśramaṁ vrajet.
17.
mātaram pitaram vṛddham bhāryām ca eva pativratām
śiśum ca tanayam hitvā na avadhūtāśramam vrajet
śiśum ca tanayam hitvā na avadhūtāśramam vrajet
17.
mātaram pitaram vṛddham bhāryām ca eva pativratām
śiśum ca tanayam hitvā avadhūtāśramam na vrajet
śiśum ca tanayam hitvā avadhūtāśramam na vrajet
17. Without abandoning his mother, his elderly father, his devoted wife, a young child, and his son, one should not enter the avadhūta stage of life.
Words meanings summery:
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- मातरम् (mātaram) - mother
- पितरम् (pitaram) - father
- वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - old, elderly, aged
- भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife
- च (ca) - and
- एव (eva) - indeed, certainly
- पतिव्रताम् (pativratām) - devoted wife, faithful to her husband
- शिशुम् (śiśum) - infant, child, young one
- च (ca) - and
- तनयम् (tanayam) - son, offspring
- हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having left
- न (na) - not
- अवधूताश्रमम् (avadhūtāśramam) - avadhūta stage of life
- व्रजेत् (vrajet) - should go, should enter
Words meanings and morphology
मातरम् (mātaram) - mother
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ
mātṛ - mother
पितरम् (pitaram) - father
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ
pitṛ - father
वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - old, elderly, aged
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛddha
vṛddha - old, aged, grown
Past Passive Participle
from root vṛdh
Root: vṛdh (class 1)
Note: qualifies pitaram
भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā
bhāryā - wife
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly
(indeclinable)
पतिव्रताम् (pativratām) - devoted wife, faithful to her husband
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of pativratā
pativratā - devoted wife, faithful woman
patinā vrataṃ yasyāḥ sā
Compound type : bahuvrihi (pati+vrata)
- pati – husband, lord
noun (masculine) - vrata – vow, religious observance
noun (neuter)
शिशुम् (śiśum) - infant, child, young one
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of śiśu
śiśu - child, infant
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
तनयम् (tanayam) - son, offspring
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tanaya
tanaya - son, child
हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having left
(verb)
absolutive
from root hā with ktvā suffix
Root: hā (class 3)
Note: absolutive
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
अवधूताश्रमम् (avadhūtāśramam) - avadhūta stage of life
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of avadhūtāśrama
avadhūtāśrama - the avadhūta stage of life
avadhūtasya āśramaḥ
Compound type : tatpurusha (avadhūta+āśrama)
- avadhūta – avadhūta, one who has cast off worldly attachments
noun (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from ava + dhū
Prefix: ava
Root: dhū (class 9) - āśrama – stage of life, hermitage
noun (masculine)
from ā + śram
Prefix: ā
Root: śram (class 4)
व्रजेत् (vrajet) - should go, should enter
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-lin) of vraj
Root: vraj (class 1)