महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-36

स उपाध्यायं प्रत्युवाच ।
भैक्षेण वृत्तिं कल्पयामीति ॥३६॥

36. sa upādhyāyaṁ pratyuvāca ,
bhaikṣeṇa vṛttiṁ kalpayāmīti.

36. saḥ upādhyāyam prati uvāca
bhaikṣeṇa vṛttim kalpayāmi iti

36. He replied to the teacher, "I sustain myself by alms."

36. הוא ענה למורה, אני מתקיים מנדבות.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Upamanyu) (he, that)

• उपाध्यायम् (upādhyāyam) - to the teacher (teacher, preceptor)

• प्रति (prati) - in reply (part of 'pratyuvāca') (towards, against, in return)

• उवाच (uvāca) - replied (combined with 'prati') (said, spoke)

• भैक्षेण (bhaikṣeṇa) - by alms (by alms, by begging)

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - livelihood (livelihood, sustenance, conduct)

• कल्पयामि (kalpayāmi) - I sustain/manage (I arrange, I manage, I create)

• इति (iti) - thus (ending the quote) (thus, so (marks direct speech))

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Upamanyu) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उपाध्यायम् (upādhyāyam) - to the teacher (teacher, preceptor)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upādhyāya

upādhyāya - teacher, preceptor, instructor

प्रति (prati) - in reply (part of 'pratyuvāca') (towards, against, in return)

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - replied (combined with 'prati') (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Part of compound verb 'pratyuvāca'

भैक्षेण (bhaikṣeṇa) - by alms (by alms, by begging)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhaikṣa

bhaikṣa - alms, begged food

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - livelihood (livelihood, sustenance, conduct)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - livelihood, conduct, practice, mode of being

कल्पयामि (kalpayāmi) - I sustain/manage (I arrange, I manage, I create)

(verb)

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

Root: kḷp (class 10)

इति (iti) - thus (ending the quote) (thus, so (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

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