महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-129, verse-16

ते वयं राजवंशेन हीनाः सह सुतैरपि ।
अवज्ञाता भविष्यामो लोकस्य जगतीपते ॥१६॥

16. te vayaṁ rājavaṁśena hīnāḥ saha sutairapi ,
avajñātā bhaviṣyāmo lokasya jagatīpate.

16. te vayam rājavaṃśena hīnāḥ saha sutaiḥ api
avajñātāḥ bhaviṣyāmaḥ lokasya jagatīpate

16. O lord of the earth, we, along with our sons, will then be deprived of our royal lineage and become scorned by the people.

16. ואנחנו נהיה מנושלים מהשושלת המלכותית, יחד עם בנינו, ונהיה מבוזים בעיני העולם, הו אדון הארץ.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - we (Dhritarashtra and his sons) (those, they)

• वयम् (vayam) - Dhritarashtra and his sons (we)

• राजवंशेन (rājavaṁśena) - by the royal lineage, from the royal family

• हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - deprived, devoid of, abandoned

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• सुतैः (sutaiḥ) - with our own sons (by sons, with sons)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अवज्ञाताः (avajñātāḥ) - despised, scorned, disrespected

• भविष्यामः (bhaviṣyāmaḥ) - we will become, we shall be

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of the world

• जगतीपते (jagatīpate) - O King Dhritarashtra (O lord of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - we (Dhritarashtra and his sons) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

Note: Refers to 'we' (vayam) as 'those (we)'.

वयम् (vayam) - Dhritarashtra and his sons (we)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

राजवंशेन (rājavaṁśena) - by the royal lineage, from the royal family

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rājavaṃśa

rājavaṁśa - royal lineage, dynasty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+vaṃśa)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj
• vaṃśa – lineage, family, bamboo
  noun (masculine)

हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - deprived, devoid of, abandoned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hīna

hīna - deprived, deficient, low

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'hā' (to abandon, to leave)

Root: hā (class 3)

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

सुतैः (sutaiḥ) - with our own sons (by sons, with sons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son

Past Passive Participle (from sū)

derived from root 'sū' (to produce, to beget)

Root: sū (class 2)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अवज्ञाताः (avajñātāḥ) - despised, scorned, disrespected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avajñāta

avajñāta - despised, disrespected

Past Passive Participle

derived from ava-jñā

Prefix: ava

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'vayam'.

भविष्यामः (bhaviṣyāmaḥ) - we will become, we shall be

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of the world

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Agent of passive action ('despised by the people').

जगतीपते (jagatīpate) - O King Dhritarashtra (O lord of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of jagatīpati

jagatīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagatī+pati)

• jagatī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Addressing Dhritarashtra.

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