महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-96

शृणु संजय मे सर्वं न मेऽसूयितुमर्हसि ।
श्रुतवानसि मेधावी बुद्धिमान्प्राज्ञसंमतः ॥९६॥

96. śṛṇu saṁjaya me sarvaṁ na me'sūyitumarhasi ,
śrutavānasi medhāvī buddhimānprājñasaṁmataḥ.

96. śṛṇu saṃjaya me sarvaṃ na me asūyitum arhasi
śrutavān asi medhāvī buddhimān prājñasaṃmataḥ

96. Sanjaya, listen to all I have to say. You should not find fault with me, for you are learned, intelligent, wise, and respected by the discerning.

96. הקשב לכל דבריי, הו סַנְג׳ַיַה, ואל תתרעם עליי. אתה שומע ומלומד, בעל תבונה ושכל, ומוערך בעיני החכמים.

Words meanings summery:

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• संजय (saṁjaya) - Sanjaya (O Sanjaya)

• मे (me) - from me (implied: my words, what I have to say) (to me, for me, my)

• सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - everything (I have to say) (all, everything)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मे (me) - towards me, at me (to me, for me)

• असूयितुम् (asūyitum) - to find fault, to blame (to be envious, to find fault, to blame)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should, you ought (you ought, you are able, you deserve)

• श्रुतवान् (śrutavān) - learned, knowing (you have heard things) (having heard, learned, knowing)

• असि (asi) - you are

• मेधावी (medhāvī) - intelligent, wise (intelligent, wise, discerning)

• बुद्धिमान् (buddhimān) - intelligent, wise (wise, intelligent, discerning)

• प्राज्ञसंमतः (prājñasaṁmataḥ) - respected by the discerning (approved by the wise, respected by the learned)

Words meanings and morphology

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

संजय (saṁjaya) - Sanjaya (O Sanjaya)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (proper name); victory, triumph

Note: Addressed person.

मे (me) - from me (implied: my words, what I have to say) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Acts as an ablative of source with "sarvam" and "śṛṇu" implying "from me".

सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - everything (I have to say) (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Object of 'śṛṇu'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - towards me, at me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Dative of interest, "to me" or "against me" for finding fault.

असूयितुम् (asūyitum) - to find fault, to blame (to be envious, to find fault, to blame)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root asūy (denom. from asūyā) + -tum suffix for infinitive

Root: asūy (class 10)

Note: Used with 'arhasi'.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should, you ought (you ought, you are able, you deserve)

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)

श्रुतवान् (śrutavān) - learned, knowing (you have heard things) (having heard, learned, knowing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrutavat

śru - to hear, to listen

perfect active participle

root śru + -tavat suffix

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Predicative adjective for Sanjaya.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

मेधावी (medhāvī) - intelligent, wise (intelligent, wise, discerning)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of medhāvin

medhāvin - intelligent, wise, discerning; possessed of intellect (medhā)

from medhā (intellect) + -vin suffix

Note: Predicative adjective for Sanjaya.

बुद्धिमान् (buddhimān) - intelligent, wise (wise, intelligent, discerning)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddhimat

buddhimat - intelligent, wise, discerning; possessed of intellect (buddhi)

from buddhi (intellect) + -mat suffix

Note: Predicative adjective for Sanjaya.

प्राज्ञसंमतः (prājñasaṁmataḥ) - respected by the discerning (approved by the wise, respected by the learned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājñasaṃmata

prājñasaṁmata - approved by the wise, agreed to by the intelligent

Note: Predicative adjective for Sanjaya.

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