महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-32, verse-16

दिष्ट्या च बुद्धिर्धर्मे ते निविष्टा पन्नगोत्तम ।
अतो भूयश्च ते बुद्धिर्धर्मे भवतु सुस्थिरा ॥१६॥

16. diṣṭyā ca buddhirdharme te niviṣṭā pannagottama ,
ato bhūyaśca te buddhirdharme bhavatu susthirā.

16. diṣṭyā ca buddhiḥ dharme te niviṣṭā pannagottama |
ataḥ bhūyaḥ ca te buddhiḥ dharme bhavatu susthirā

16. And fortunately, O best of serpents, your intellect is fixed on righteousness. Therefore, may your intellect be even more steadfast in righteousness.

16. הו מעולה שבנחשים, למזלך תבונתך נטועה בדרך היושר. לכן שתהיה תבונתך יציבה עוד יותר בדרך היושר.

Words meanings summery:

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately (fortunately, by good fortune)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (intellect, understanding, mind)

• धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness (in dharma, in righteousness)

• ते (te) - your

• निविष्टा (niviṣṭā) - fixed, engaged (entered, fixed, devoted to)

• पन्नगोत्तम (pannagottama) - O best of serpents

• अतः (ataḥ) - Therefore (therefore, from this)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - further (again, further, more)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ते (te) - your

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (intellect, understanding, mind)

• धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness (in dharma, in righteousness)

• भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be (let it be, may it be)

• सुस्थिरा (susthirā) - very firm (very firm, very steady, well-established)

Words meanings and morphology

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately (fortunately, by good fortune)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (intellect, understanding, mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind, thought

action noun

from root budh

Root: budh (class 1)

धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness (in dharma, in righteousness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, virtue, religion, justice

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

2nd person pronoun

निविष्टा (niviṣṭā) - fixed, engaged (entered, fixed, devoted to)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niviṣṭa

niviṣṭa - entered, fixed, settled, intent on, devoted to

past passive participle

from root viś with ni

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

पन्नगोत्तम (pannagottama) - O best of serpents

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pannaga+uttama)

• pannaga – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pan (class 1)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of ud-

अतः (ataḥ) - Therefore (therefore, from this)

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - further (again, further, more)

(indeclinable)

comparative of bahu (much)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

2nd person pronoun

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (intellect, understanding, mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind, thought

action noun

from root budh

Root: budh (class 1)

धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness (in dharma, in righteousness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, virtue, religion, justice

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be (let it be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

सुस्थिरा (susthirā) - very firm (very firm, very steady, well-established)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of susthira

susthira - very firm, very steady, well-established

composed of 'su' (good/well) and 'sthira' (firm)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+sthira)

• su – good, well, excellent
  prefix
• sthira – firm, steady, stable, fixed
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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