महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-205, verse-15

अनास्तिक्यं च सर्वेषामस्माकमपि रक्षणे ।
प्रतितिष्ठेत लोकेऽस्मिन्नधर्मश्चैव नो भवेत् ॥१५॥

15. anāstikyaṁ ca sarveṣāmasmākamapi rakṣaṇe ,
pratitiṣṭheta loke'sminnadharmaścaiva no bhavet.

15. anāstikyam ca sarveṣām asmākam api rakṣaṇe |
pratitiṣṭheta loke asmin adharmaḥ ca eva naḥ bhavet

15. And should a lack of conviction (anāstikya) regarding the protection of all, including ourselves, become established in this world, then unrighteousness (adharma) would certainly befall us.

15. וגם חוסר אמונה בהגנה שלנו על כולם יתבסס בעולם הזה, ואף חוק היושר לא יהיה לנו.

Words meanings summery:

• अनास्तिक्यम् (anāstikyam) - non-belief, irreligion, atheism, lack of faith, lack of conviction

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• रक्षणे (rakṣaṇe) - in protection, regarding protection

• प्रतितिष्ठेत (pratitiṣṭheta) - may it be established, may it remain, may it take root

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, us, our

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, would it be, should it befall

Words meanings and morphology

अनास्तिक्यम् (anāstikyam) - non-belief, irreligion, atheism, lack of faith, lack of conviction

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anāstikya

anāstikya - lack of faith, irreligion, non-belief, atheism, lack of conviction

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āstikya)

• an – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• āstikya – belief, faith, religiousness, conviction
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

रक्षणे (rakṣaṇe) - in protection, regarding protection

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rakṣaṇa

rakṣaṇa - protection, guarding, preserving

action noun

derived from √rakṣ (to protect)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

प्रतितिष्ठेत (pratitiṣṭheta) - may it be established, may it remain, may it take root

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pratiṣṭhā

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law (dharma)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, us, our

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, would it be, should it befall

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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