महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-222, verse-4

निःसंशयात्संशयितो मृत्युर्मातर्विशिष्यते ।
चर खे त्वं यथान्यायं पुत्रान्वेत्स्यसि शोभनान् ॥४॥

4. niḥsaṁśayātsaṁśayito mṛtyurmātarviśiṣyate ,
cara khe tvaṁ yathānyāyaṁ putrānvetsyasi śobhanān.

4. niḥsaṃśayāt saṃśayitaḥ mṛtyuḥ mātara viśiṣyate |
cara khe tvam yathānyāyam putrān vetsyasi śobhanān

4. O mother, a doubtful death is indeed superior to a certain one. Therefore, you should roam in the sky as is appropriate, and you will find excellent sons.

4. מוות מסופק עדיף, אמא, על מוות ודאי. לכי באוויר כראוי, ותמצאי בנים נאים.

Words meanings summery:

• निःसंशयात् (niḥsaṁśayāt) - From certain death (from certainty, from what is undoubted)

• संशयितः (saṁśayitaḥ) - Doubtful death (doubtful, uncertain, risked)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• मातर (mātara) - Addressing Jaritā (O mother)

• विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is distinguished, is superior, excels

• चर (cara) - roam, move, go

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in the air

• त्वम् (tvam) - Jaritā, the mother bird (you)

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - In a manner suitable for a bird (according to justice, properly, as is right)

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• वेत्स्यसि (vetsyasi) - you will know, you will find, you will obtain

• शोभनान् (śobhanān) - Good, worthy, fine sons (beautiful, excellent, glorious)

Words meanings and morphology

निःसंशयात् (niḥsaṁśayāt) - From certain death (from certainty, from what is undoubted)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of niḥsaṃśaya

niḥsaṁśaya - without doubt, certain, sure

Compound: nis (without) + saṃśaya (doubt)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (nis+saṃśaya)

• nis – out, forth, without, free from
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or absence.
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, risk
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Used with `viśiṣyate` to mean 'is superior to'.

संशयितः (saṁśayitaḥ) - Doubtful death (doubtful, uncertain, risked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśayita

saṁśayita - doubtful, uncertain, risked

Past Passive Participle (derived from denominative verb `saṃśayate`)

From √śī with sam, then denom. -ita. Or directly from saṃśaya + ita.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise; the god of death

From √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of `viśiṣyate`.

मातर (mātara) - Addressing Jaritā (O mother)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is distinguished, is superior, excels

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of viśiṣ

Present middle

From vi-√śiṣ. The root √śiṣ is 7th class.

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

चर (cara) - roam, move, go

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of car

Imperative active

From √car

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Command to the mother.

खे (khe) - in the sky, in the air

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, air, ether, space; a zero

Note: Location for `cara`.

त्वम् (tvam) - Jaritā, the mother bird (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of `cara` and `vetsyasi`.

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - In a manner suitable for a bird (according to justice, properly, as is right)

(indeclinable)

Compound: yathā (as) + nyāya (justice, rule)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• nyāya – rule, method, justice, propriety
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies `cara`.

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Object of `vetsyasi`.

वेत्स्यसि (vetsyasi) - you will know, you will find, you will obtain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vid

Future active

From √vid

Root: vid (class 2)

शोभनान् (śobhanān) - Good, worthy, fine sons (beautiful, excellent, glorious)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śobhana

śobhana - beautiful, splendid, auspicious, good, excellent

From √śubh (to shine, be beautiful)

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Modifies `putrān`.

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