महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-214, verse-4

तेषां समविभक्तानां क्षितौ देहवतामिव ।
बभौ धर्मार्थकामानां चतुर्थ इव पार्थिवः ॥४॥

4. teṣāṁ samavibhaktānāṁ kṣitau dehavatāmiva ,
babhau dharmārthakāmānāṁ caturtha iva pārthivaḥ.

4. teṣām samavibhaktānām kṣitau dehavatām iva
babhau dharmārthakāmānām caturthaḥ iva pārthivaḥ

4. On earth, the king (pārthiva) shone forth like a fourth entity, along with righteousness (dharma), prosperity (artha), and pleasure (kāma), which were (regarded) as equally manifest embodied beings.

4. ביניהם, כשהתחלקו בשווה כמו בעלי גוף על פני האדמה, זרח המלך כרביעי של היושר, העושר וההנאה.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

• समविभक्तानाम् (samavibhaktānām) - of those equally divided, equally distributed, equally manifest

• क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on earth, on the ground

• देहवताम् (dehavatām) - of embodied beings, of those possessing bodies

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• बभौ (babhau) - he shone, he appeared

• धर्मार्थकामानाम् (dharmārthakāmānām) - of righteousness (dharma), prosperity (artha), and pleasure (kāma)

• चतुर्थः (caturthaḥ) - fourth

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king, earthly ruler

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समविभक्तानाम् (samavibhaktānām) - of those equally divided, equally distributed, equally manifest

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of samavibhakta

samavibhakta - equally divided, equally distributed, harmoniously existing

Past Passive Participle

Formed from saṁ-vi-bhaj + kta suffix

Prefixes: sam+vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kṣiti

kṣiti - earth, ground, abode

देहवताम् (dehavatām) - of embodied beings, of those possessing bodies

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dehavat

dehavat - having a body, embodied

Possessive suffix -vat

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

बभौ (babhau) - he shone, he appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

धर्मार्थकामानाम् (dharmārthakāmānām) - of righteousness (dharma), prosperity (artha), and pleasure (kāma)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharmārthakāma

dharmārthakāma - the three aims of human life (dharma, artha, kāma)

Compound type : dvandva (dharma+artha+kāma)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, wealth, meaning, object
  noun (masculine)
• kāma – desire, pleasure, love
  noun (masculine)

चतुर्थः (caturthaḥ) - fourth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caturtha

caturtha - fourth

Ordinal numeral derived from catur (four)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king, earthly ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - belonging to the earth, earthly, king, prince

Derived from pṛthivī (earth)

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