महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-110, verse-12

एककालं चरन्भैक्षं कुलानि द्वे च पञ्च च ।
असंभवे वा भैक्षस्य चरन्ननशनान्यपि ॥१२॥

12. ekakālaṁ caranbhaikṣaṁ kulāni dve ca pañca ca ,
asaṁbhave vā bhaikṣasya carannanaśanānyapi.

12. ekakālam caran bhaikṣam kulāni dve ca pañca ca
asaṃbhave vā bhaikṣasya caran anaśanāni api

12. Wandering for alms (bhaikṣam) once a day, to two or five families (kulāni); or, in the absence (asaṃbhave) of alms, observing fasts (anaśanāni).

12. אחזר על הפתחים לנדבות פעם אחת ביום, בשניים או בחמישה בתים, ואם אין אפשרות לקבל נדבות, אסתובב גם בלי לאכול כלל.

Words meanings summery:

• एककालम् (ekakālam) - once, at one time

• चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving, practicing, performing

• भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms, food obtained by begging

• कुलानि (kulāni) - families, households, clans

• द्वे (dve) - two

• च (ca) - and

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• च (ca) - and

• असंभवे (asaṁbhave) - in the absence, in the non-occurrence, if not possible

• वा (vā) - or

• भैक्षस्य (bhaikṣasya) - of alms

• चरन् (caran) - performing, observing

• अनशनानि (anaśanāni) - fasts, abstinence from food

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

एककालम् (ekakālam) - once, at one time

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+kāla)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral/adjective
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially.

चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving, practicing, performing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - moving, wandering, practicing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root car (to move, wander, practice)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to the subject, likely a mendicant.

भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms, food obtained by begging

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaikṣa

bhaikṣa - alms, mendicancy, begging

Root: bhikṣ

Note: Object of 'caran'.

कुलानि (kulāni) - families, households, clans

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kula

kula - family, household, lineage, clan

Note: Object of 'caran'.

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

Note: Refers to 'kulāni'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Refers to 'kulāni'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

असंभवे (asaṁbhave) - in the absence, in the non-occurrence, if not possible

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of asaṃbhava

asaṁbhava - non-occurrence, impossibility, absence

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbhava)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃbhava – occurrence, possibility, origin, existence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam + bhū + a (Ghañ suffix)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Conditional locative: 'if there is non-occurrence'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

भैक्षस्य (bhaikṣasya) - of alms

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhaikṣa

bhaikṣa - alms, mendicancy, begging

Root: bhikṣ

Note: Genitive with 'asaṃbhave' meaning 'absence of alms'.

चरन् (caran) - performing, observing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - moving, wandering, practicing, performing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root car (to move, wander, practice)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to the subject, likely a mendicant.

अनशनानि (anaśanāni) - fasts, abstinence from food

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of anaśana

anaśana - not eating, fasting, abstinence from food

Derived from an (negative) + aśana (eating).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+aśana)

• an – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root aś (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Object of 'caran'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'anaśanāni'.

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