महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-142, verse-25

भीम उवाच ।
वृथामांसैर्वृथा पुष्टो वृथा वृद्धो वृथामतिः ।
वृथामरणमर्हस्त्वं वृथाद्य न भविष्यसि ॥२५॥

25. bhīma uvāca ,
vṛthāmāṁsairvṛthā puṣṭo vṛthā vṛddho vṛthāmatiḥ ,
vṛthāmaraṇamarhastvaṁ vṛthādya na bhaviṣyasi.

25. bhīma uvāca | vṛthā māṃsaiḥ vṛthā puṣṭaḥ vṛthā vṛddhaḥ vṛthā
matiḥ | vṛthā maraṇam arhaḥ tvam vṛthā adya na bhaviṣyasi

25. Bhīma said: Your flesh is grown in vain, you are fruitlessly nourished, fruitlessly aged, and possess a fruitless intellect. You deserve a meaningless death; today you will no longer exist in vain.

25. בְּהִימַה אמר, בשר לשווא, שמנת לשווא, גדלת לשווא ותבונתך לשווא. אתה ראוי למוות חסר תכלית, אך היום לא תמות לשווא.

Words meanings summery:

• भीम (bhīma) - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• मांसैः (māṁsaiḥ) - (your) flesh (is grown) (with flesh)

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• पुष्टः (puṣṭaḥ) - (you are) fruitlessly nourished (nourished, fattened, strong)

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - (you are) fruitlessly aged (old, aged, grown)

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• मतिः (matiḥ) - (your) intellect (is fruitless) (intellect, mind, understanding)

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• अर्हः (arhaḥ) - deserving, worthy of, fit for

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• न (na) - not, no

• भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be, you will exist

Words meanings and morphology

भीम (bhīma) - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava prince); formidable, terrible

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

root √vac, perfect 3rd singular

Root: vac (class 2)

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

मांसैः (māṁsaiḥ) - (your) flesh (is grown) (with flesh)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - flesh, meat

Note: Used to describe the demon's body.

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

पुष्टः (puṣṭaḥ) - (you are) fruitlessly nourished (nourished, fattened, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṣṭa

puṣṭa - nourished, fattened, grown, thriving, strong

Past Passive Participle

from √puṣ

Root: puṣ (class 4)

Note: Refers to the demon.

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - (you are) fruitlessly aged (old, aged, grown)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

from √vṛdh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the demon.

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

मतिः (matiḥ) - (your) intellect (is fruitless) (intellect, mind, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

Note: Used with vṛthā to describe the demon's intellect.

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, decease

Note: Object of arhaḥ.

अर्हः (arhaḥ) - deserving, worthy of, fit for

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arha

arha - deserving, worthy of, fit for

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tvam.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Note: Refers to the demon.

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be, you will exist

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

future active

root √bhū, future 2nd singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

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