महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-159, verse-17

वेदे षडङ्गे निरताः शुचयः सत्यवादिनः ।
धर्मात्मानः कृतात्मानः स्युर्नृपाणां पुरोहिताः ॥१७॥

17. vede ṣaḍaṅge niratāḥ śucayaḥ satyavādinaḥ ,
dharmātmānaḥ kṛtātmānaḥ syurnṛpāṇāṁ purohitāḥ.

17. vede ṣaḍaṅge niratāḥ śucayaḥ satyavādinaḥ
dharmātmānaḥ kṛtātmānaḥ syuḥ nṛpāṇām purohitāḥ

17. Devoted to the Veda and its six ancillary branches, pure, truth-speaking, righteous (dharmātman), and disciplined (kṛtātman) individuals should be the priests (purohita) of kings.

17. הפּוּרוֹהִיטַה של המלכים צריכים להיות מסורים לוֵדַה על ששת איבריה, טהורים, דוברי אמת, צדיקים ובעלי נפש מושלמת.

Words meanings summery:

• वेदे (vede) - in the Veda

• षडङ्गे (ṣaḍaṅge) - with its six limbs/ancillaries

• निरताः (niratāḥ) - devoted, absorbed, engaged in

• शुचयः (śucayaḥ) - pure, clean, holy

• सत्यवादिनः (satyavādinaḥ) - truth-speaking, truthful

• धर्मात्मानः (dharmātmānaḥ) - righteous, whose nature is dharma, virtuous

• कृतात्मानः (kṛtātmānaḥ) - self-disciplined, perfected in self-control, whose self is accomplished

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they should be, they may be

• नृपाणाम् (nṛpāṇām) - of kings

• पुरोहिताः (purohitāḥ) - priests, royal chaplains

Words meanings and morphology

वेदे (vede) - in the Veda

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge

Root: vid (class 2)

षडङ्गे (ṣaḍaṅge) - with its six limbs/ancillaries

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṣaḍaṅga

ṣaḍaṅga - having six limbs/parts/ancillaries (referring to the six Vedāṅgas)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ṣaṣ+aṅga)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• aṅga – limb, part, division, accessory, ancillary
  noun (neuter)

निरताः (niratāḥ) - devoted, absorbed, engaged in

(past passive participle)

शुचयः (śucayaḥ) - pure, clean, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, holy, bright

सत्यवादिनः (satyavādinaḥ) - truth-speaking, truthful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satyavādin

satyavādin - truth-speaking, truthful, speaker of truth

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (satya+vādin)

• satya – truth, reality, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• vādin – speaker, talker, one who says
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root vad- with suffix -in
  Root: vad (class 1)

धर्मात्मानः (dharmātmānaḥ) - righteous, whose nature is dharma, virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharmātman

dharmātman - righteous, whose natural law (dharma) is their inner nature (ātman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)

कृतात्मानः (kṛtātmānaḥ) - self-disciplined, perfected in self-control, whose self is accomplished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtātman

kṛtātman - self-disciplined, perfected in self-control, whose self (ātman) is accomplished or formed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+ātman)

• kṛta – done, made, accomplished, performed
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ- with suffix -ta
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

स्युः (syuḥ) - they should be, they may be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

नृपाणाम् (nṛpāṇām) - of kings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

पुरोहिताः (purohitāḥ) - priests, royal chaplains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of purohita

purohita - priest, royal chaplain

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