महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-38, verse-25

न हि मृत्युं तथा राजा श्रुत्वा वै सोऽन्वतप्यत ।
अशोचदमरप्रख्यो यथा कृत्वेह कर्म तत् ॥२५॥

25. na hi mṛtyuṁ tathā rājā śrutvā vai so'nvatapyata ,
aśocadamaraprakhyo yathā kṛtveha karma tat.

25. na hi mṛtyum tathā rājā śrutvā vai saḥ anvatapyata
aśocat amaraprakhyaḥ yathā kṛtvā iha karma tat

25. Indeed, the king, who resembled a god, did not lament death (upon hearing of it) as much as he regretted having committed that deed here (in this world).

25. המלך לא התייסר כל כך כששמע על מותו שלו, כמו שבכה על אותו מעשה שעשה כאן, הוא שדמה בזוהרו לבני האלמוות.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death (death (accusative))

• तथा (tathā) - to that extent (so, thus, in that manner)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (king (nominative))

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (of death) (having heard)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the king) (he, that (masculine nominative))

• अन्वतप्यत (anvatapyata) - he regretted (he regretted, he grieved)

• अशोचत् (aśocat) - he lamented (he grieved, he lamented)

• अमरप्रख्यः (amaraprakhyaḥ) - god-like (describing the king) (resembling a god, god-like)

• यथा (yathā) - as much as (as, just as)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made)

• इह (iha) - here (in this world) (here, in this world)

• कर्म (karma) - that deed (deed, action (accusative))

• तत् (tat) - that (deed) (that (neuter accusative))

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death (death (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality

From root MṚ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - to that extent (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - the king (king (nominative))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (of death) (having heard)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

kṛtvā pratyaya

Root: śru (class 5)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (the king) (he, that (masculine nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्वतप्यत (anvatapyata) - he regretted (he regretted, he grieved)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of tap

Imperfect middle 3rd singular

Prefix: anu

Root: tap (class 1)

अशोचत् (aśocat) - he lamented (he grieved, he lamented)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of śuc

Imperfect active 3rd singular

Root: śuc (class 1)

अमरप्रख्यः (amaraprakhyaḥ) - god-like (describing the king) (resembling a god, god-like)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amaraprakhya

amaraprakhya - resembling an immortal, god-like

Compound type : tatpurusha (amara+prakhya)

• amara – immortal, god
  noun (masculine)
• prakhya – appearing, resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)
  kṛtya
  From root KHYĀ with pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as much as (as, just as)

(indeclinable)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

kṛtvā pratyaya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इह (iha) - here (in this world) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

कर्म (karma) - that deed (deed, action (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual

From root KṚ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (deed) (that (neuter accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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