महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-199, verse-17

अयं स पुरुषव्याघ्रः पुनरायाति धर्मवित् ।
यो नः स्वानिव दायादान्धर्मेण परिरक्षति ॥१७॥

17. ayaṁ sa puruṣavyāghraḥ punarāyāti dharmavit ,
yo naḥ svāniva dāyādāndharmeṇa parirakṣati.

17. ayam saḥ puruṣavyāghraḥ punaḥ āyāti dharmavit
yaḥ naḥ svān iva dāyādān dharmeṇa parirakṣati

17. This is that tiger-like man, the knower of natural law (dharma), who returns! He protects us, his kinsmen, like his own, in accordance with natural law (dharma).

17. הנה הוא, הגבר דמוי הנמר היודע את חוק היושר, חוזר שוב, זה אשר מגן עלינו בצדק כמו על יורשיו שלו.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - the Pāṇḍava leader (Yudhishthira) who is like a tiger among men (tiger among men, best among men)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, moreover

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, returns

• धर्मवित् (dharmavit) - knower of proper conduct and duties (dharma) (knower of natural law (dharma))

• यः (yaḥ) - who

• नः (naḥ) - us, our

• स्वान् (svān) - one's own

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• दायादान् (dāyādān) - kinsmen, heirs

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by means of the natural law (dharma) (by natural law (dharma), according to righteousness)

• परिरक्षति (parirakṣati) - protects, preserves, guards

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (near speaker)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - the Pāṇḍava leader (Yudhishthira) who is like a tiger among men (tiger among men, best among men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best among men, a distinguished man

Compound type : upamita tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger, best of its kind
  noun (masculine)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, moreover

(indeclinable)

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, returns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-√yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

धर्मवित् (dharmavit) - knower of proper conduct and duties (dharma) (knower of natural law (dharma))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmavid

dharmavid - knower of natural law (dharma), one who understands sacred duty

agent noun

From dharma + √vid (to know)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (dharma+vid)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root √vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

नः (naḥ) - us, our

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us, our

Note: Used here in accusative sense ('protects us')

स्वान् (svān) - one's own

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self, kindred

Note: Agrees with 'dāyādān'

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

दायादान् (dāyādān) - kinsmen, heirs

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāyāda

dāyāda - heir, inheritor, kinsman

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by means of the natural law (dharma) (by natural law (dharma), according to righteousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

परिरक्षति (parirakṣati) - protects, preserves, guards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pari-√rakṣ

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

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