महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-2

शुश्रूषुरनहंवादी संयतात्मा जितेन्द्रियः ।
स्वर्गं गन्तुं पराक्रान्तः स्वेन वीर्येण भारत ॥२॥

2. śuśrūṣuranahaṁvādī saṁyatātmā jitendriyaḥ ,
svargaṁ gantuṁ parākrāntaḥ svena vīryeṇa bhārata.

2. śuśrūṣuḥ anahaṃvādī saṃyatātmā jitendriyaḥ
svargam gantum parākrāntaḥ svena vīryeṇa bhārata

2. O Bhārata, eager to serve, humble, with a disciplined self (ātman), and having conquered his senses, he exerted himself with his own valor to attain heaven.

2. הוא היה מסור לשירות, נטול גאווה, רוחו מרוסנת וחושיו מנוצחים. הו בְּהַרַטַה, הוא התאמץ להגיע לשמיים בכוחו שלו.

Words meanings summery:

• शुश्रूषुः (śuśrūṣuḥ) - eager to serve (desirous of hearing, obedient, serving, respectful)

• अनहंवादी (anahaṁvādī) - humble, not boastful (not boastful, humble, free from ego, not speaking egoistically)

• संयतात्मा (saṁyatātmā) - having a disciplined self (ātman) (self-controlled, having a disciplined mind)

• जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - having conquered his senses (one who has conquered his senses, self-controlled)

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven (heaven, celestial abode)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to attain (to go, to reach, to attain)

• पराक्रान्तः (parākrāntaḥ) - strived, exerted himself (mighty, powerful, valorous, exerted, attacked)

• स्वेन (svena) - by his own (by his own, by one's own)

• वीर्येण (vīryeṇa) - by valor (by valor, by energy, by strength, by potency)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative addressing the listener, likely Dhritarashtra or Sanjaya) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

Words meanings and morphology

शुश्रूषुः (śuśrūṣuḥ) - eager to serve (desirous of hearing, obedient, serving, respectful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuśrūṣu

śuśrūṣu - desirous of hearing, obedient, serving, respectful

Desiderative Adjective

Formed from the desiderative stem of √śru (to hear) + -u affix.

Root: śru (class 5)

अनहंवादी (anahaṁvādī) - humble, not boastful (not boastful, humble, free from ego, not speaking egoistically)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anahaṃvādin

anahaṁvādin - not boastful, humble, free from ego, not speaking egoistically

Compound formed with 'an' (not) and 'ahaṃvādin' (one who speaks egoistically).

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (an+ahaṃvādin)

• an – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ahaṃvādin – one who speaks egoistically, boastful
  adjective (masculine)
  From ahaṃ (I, ego) + vādin (speaking)
  Root: vad (class 1)

संयतात्मा (saṁyatātmā) - having a disciplined self (ātman) (self-controlled, having a disciplined mind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃyatātman

saṁyatātman - self-controlled, having a disciplined mind/self

Bahuvrīhi compound: one whose ātman (self/mind) is saṃyata (controlled).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (saṃyata+ātman)

• saṃyata – controlled, restrained, disciplined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam-yam + kta
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yam (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, mind, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - having conquered his senses (one who has conquered his senses, self-controlled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - one who has conquered his senses

Bahuvrīhi compound: one whose indriyas (senses) are jita (conquered).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, subdued, won
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ji (to conquer) + kta
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven (heaven, celestial abode)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to attain (to go, to reach, to attain)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from √gam (to go) + -tum suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Infinitives function as indeclinables.

पराक्रान्तः (parākrāntaḥ) - strived, exerted himself (mighty, powerful, valorous, exerted, attacked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parākrānta

parākrānta - valorous, mighty, exerted, overcome

Past Passive Participle

From parā-kram (to show valor, to overcome) + kta.

Prefix: parā

Root: kram (class 1)

स्वेन (svena) - by his own (by his own, by one's own)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: Agrees with vīryeṇa.

वीर्येण (vīryeṇa) - by valor (by valor, by energy, by strength, by potency)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vīrya

vīrya - valor, strength, energy, power, potency

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative addressing the listener, likely Dhritarashtra or Sanjaya) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, India

From Bharata + aṇ suffix.

Note: Used as an address.

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