महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-215, verse-6

इदमिन्द्रः सदा दावं खाण्डवं परिरक्षति ।
तं न शक्नोम्यहं दग्धुं रक्ष्यमाणं महात्मना ॥६॥

6. idamindraḥ sadā dāvaṁ khāṇḍavaṁ parirakṣati ,
taṁ na śaknomyahaṁ dagdhuṁ rakṣyamāṇaṁ mahātmanā.

6. idam indraḥ sadā dāvam khāṇḍavam pari-rakṣati
tam na śaknomi aham dagdhum rakṣyamāṇam mahātmanā

6. Indra always protects this Khāṇḍava forest. I am unable to burn it, as it is being protected by that great being (Indra).

6. אִינְדְרַה שומר תמיד על יער קְהָאנְדַוַה הזה, ואני איני יכול לשרוף אותו כשהוא מוגן בידי בעל הנפש הגדולה.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, here

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• दावम् (dāvam) - the forest itself, as an object to be burned (forest, wood, forest fire)

• खाण्डवम् (khāṇḍavam) - Khāṇḍava (name of a forest)

• परि-रक्षति (pari-rakṣati) - protects, guards, preserves all around

• तम् (tam) - the Khāṇḍava forest (that, it)

• न (na) - not

• शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

• अहम् (aham) - I

• दग्धुम् (dagdhum) - to burn

• रक्ष्यमाणम् (rakṣyamāṇam) - the Khāṇḍava forest which is being protected (being protected, being guarded)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by Indra (by the great soul, by the great being)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, here

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (name of a Vedic deity, king of gods)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

दावम् (dāvam) - the forest itself, as an object to be burned (forest, wood, forest fire)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dāva

dāva - forest, wood, conflagration, forest fire

खाण्डवम् (khāṇḍavam) - Khāṇḍava (name of a forest)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of khāṇḍava

khāṇḍava - the Khāṇḍava forest (a mythical forest in ancient India)

परि-रक्षति (pari-rakṣati) - protects, guards, preserves all around

(verb)

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

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

तम् (tam) - the Khāṇḍava forest (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

दग्धुम् (dagdhum) - to burn

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root √dah

Root: dah (class 1)

रक्ष्यमाणम् (rakṣyamāṇam) - the Khāṇḍava forest which is being protected (being protected, being guarded)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rakṣyamāṇa

rakṣyamāṇa - being protected, being guarded, being preserved

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root √rakṣ (to protect, guard)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by Indra (by the great soul, by the great being)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, a great being

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – soul, self, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

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