महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-187, verse-3
वैश्यान्वा गुणसंपन्नानुत वा शूद्रयोनिजान् ।
मायामास्थाय वा सिद्धांश्चरतः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥३॥
मायामास्थाय वा सिद्धांश्चरतः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥३॥
3. vaiśyānvā guṇasaṁpannānuta vā śūdrayonijān ,
māyāmāsthāya vā siddhāṁścarataḥ sarvatodiśam.
māyāmāsthāya vā siddhāṁścarataḥ sarvatodiśam.
3.
vaiśyān vā guṇasampannān uta vā śūdrayonijān
māyām āsthāya vā siddhān carataḥ sarvatodiśam
māyām āsthāya vā siddhān carataḥ sarvatodiśam
3.
Or are you Vaiśyas, endowed with good qualities, or born of the Śūdra class, or perhaps perfected beings (siddhān) who move about everywhere, having resorted to illusion (māyā)?
Words meanings summery:
(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)
- वैश्यान् (vaiśyān) - Vaiśyas (members of the merchant/farmer class)
- वा (vā) - or
- गुणसम्पन्नान् (guṇasampannān) - Qualifies "vaiśyān". (endowed with good qualities)
- उत (uta) - or, whether
- वा (vā) - or
- शूद्रयोनिजान् (śūdrayonijān) - born of the Śūdra class
- मायाम् (māyām) - illusion, magic, trick
- आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having adopted, having taken up
- वा (vā) - or
- सिद्धान् (siddhān) - perfected beings, accomplished ones
- चरतः (carataḥ) - Agrees with 'siddhān'. (moving, roaming (acc. pl.))
- सर्वतोदिशम् (sarvatodiśam) - in all directions, everywhere
Words meanings and morphology
वैश्यान् (vaiśyān) - Vaiśyas (members of the merchant/farmer class)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vaiśya
vaiśya - a member of the merchant or farmer class
From 'viś' (settlement) + 'ya' suffix.
Root: viś
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
Conjunction.
गुणसम्पन्नान् (guṇasampannān) - Qualifies "vaiśyān". (endowed with good qualities)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇasampanna
guṇasampanna - endowed with good qualities, accomplished
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+sampanna)
- guṇa – quality, virtue, strand
noun (masculine) - sampanna – accomplished, endowed, complete
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'pad' (to go, attain) with upasarga 'sam' and '-kta' suffix.
Prefix: sam
Root: pad (class 4)
Note: Qualifies "vaiśyān".
उत (uta) - or, whether
(indeclinable)
Conjunction.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
Conjunction.
शूद्रयोनिजान् (śūdrayonijān) - born of the Śūdra class
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of śūdrayonija
śūdrayonija - born of a Śūdra womb/class
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śūdra+yoni+ja)
- śūdra – a member of the lowest social class
noun (masculine) - yoni – womb, origin, source
noun (feminine) - ja – born, produced
adjective (masculine)
From root 'jan' (to be born).
Root: jan (class 4)
मायाम् (māyām) - illusion, magic, trick
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of māyā
māyā - illusion, magic, artifice, trick, creative power (māyā)
Root: mā
आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having adopted, having taken up
(indeclinable)
Absolutive
Formed from root 'sthā' with upasarga 'ā' and '-lyaP' suffix.
Prefix: ā
Root: sthā (class 1)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
Conjunction.
सिद्धान् (siddhān) - perfected beings, accomplished ones
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of siddha
siddha - perfected, accomplished, successful, a perfected being
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'sidh' (to succeed) with '-kta' suffix.
Root: sidh (class 4)
चरतः (carataḥ) - Agrees with 'siddhān'. (moving, roaming (acc. pl.))
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of carat
carat - moving, roaming, acting
Present Active Participle
Present active participle of root 'car' (to move) in accusative plural.
Root: car (class 1)
सर्वतोदिशम् (sarvatodiśam) - in all directions, everywhere
(indeclinable)
Compound adverb formed from 'sarvataḥ' (from all sides) and 'diś' (direction).
Compound type : avyayībhāva (sarvataḥ+diś)
- sarvataḥ – from all sides, on all sides
indeclinable
From 'sarva' + 'tasil' suffix. - diś – direction, quarter
noun (feminine)
From root 'diś' (to point).
Root: diś (class 6)