महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-12

ऋणैश्चतुर्भिः संयुक्ता जायन्ते मनुजा भुवि ।
पितृदेवर्षिमनुजदेयैः शतसहस्रशः ॥१२॥

12. ṛṇaiścaturbhiḥ saṁyuktā jāyante manujā bhuvi ,
pitṛdevarṣimanujadeyaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ.

12. ṛṇaiḥ caturbhiḥ saṃyuktāḥ jāyante manujāḥ
bhuvi pitṛdevarṣimanujadeyaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

12. Human beings are born on earth burdened by four debts: those owed to ancestors, gods, sages, and other humans. These debts arise in countless ways.

12. בני האדם נולדים בעולם כשהם קשורים בארבעה חובות, חובות לאבות, לאלים, לחוזים ולבני האדם, במאות ובאלפים של צורות.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋणैः (ṛṇaiḥ) - by debts

• चतुर्भिः (caturbhiḥ) - by four

• संयुक्ताः (saṁyuktāḥ) - burdened, endowed (joined, connected, endowed)

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born (they are born, arise)

• मनुजाः (manujāḥ) - human beings (human beings, men)

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth (on earth, in the world)

• पितृदेवर्षिमनुजदेयैः (pitṛdevarṣimanujadeyaiḥ) - owed to ancestors, gods, sages, and humans

• शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - in countless ways (by hundreds of thousands, in countless ways)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋणैः (ṛṇaiḥ) - by debts

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of ṛṇa

ṛṇa - debt, obligation, duty

चतुर्भिः (caturbhiḥ) - by four

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'ṛṇaiḥ'

संयुक्ताः (saṁyuktāḥ) - burdened, endowed (joined, connected, endowed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃyukta

saṁyukta - joined, connected, endowed, accompanied by

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'manujāḥ'

जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born (they are born, arise)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

मनुजाः (manujāḥ) - human beings (human beings, men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manuja

manuja - human being, man (literally 'born of Manu')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manu+ja)

• manu – Manu (progenitor of mankind), man
  proper noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix for derivation
  Derived from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth (on earth, in the world)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, land, ground

पितृदेवर्षिमनुजदेयैः (pitṛdevarṣimanujadeyaiḥ) - owed to ancestors, gods, sages, and humans

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pitṛdevarṣimanujadeya

pitṛdevarṣimanujadeya - owed to ancestors, gods, sages, and humans

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+deva+ṛṣi+manuja+deya)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• manuja – human being, man
  noun (masculine)
• deya – to be given, due, owed
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from root dā
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'ṛṇaiḥ'

शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - in countless ways (by hundreds of thousands, in countless ways)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śaḥ added to śatasahasra (hundred thousand)

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