महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-42, verse-15
मम कन्या सनाम्नी या भैक्षवच्चोद्यता भवेत् ।
भरेयं चैव यां नाहं तां मे कन्यां प्रयच्छत ॥१५॥
भरेयं चैव यां नाहं तां मे कन्यां प्रयच्छत ॥१५॥
15. mama kanyā sanāmnī yā bhaikṣavaccodyatā bhavet ,
bhareyaṁ caiva yāṁ nāhaṁ tāṁ me kanyāṁ prayacchata.
bhareyaṁ caiva yāṁ nāhaṁ tāṁ me kanyāṁ prayacchata.
15.
mama kanyā sanāmnī yā bhaikṣavat codyatā bhavet
bhareyam ca eva yām na aham tām me kanyām prayacchata
bhareyam ca eva yām na aham tām me kanyām prayacchata
15.
Give me that maiden who shares my name, who must be sought like alms, and whom I myself would not be able to support.
Words meanings summery:
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- मम (mama) - my (my, of me)
- कन्या (kanyā) - a maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)
- सनाम्नी (sanāmnī) - sharing my name (having the same name as me) (having the same name)
- या (yā) - who (who, which (feminine singular nominative))
- भैक्षवत् (bhaikṣavat) - like alms (like alms, as alms)
- चोद्यता (codyatā) - sought, requested (urged, impelled, sought, requested)
- भवेत् (bhavet) - she might be (she should be, she might be)
- भरेयम् (bhareyam) - I would support (I would support, I would bear)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- एव (eva) - myself (emphasizing 'aham') (only, indeed, just)
- याम् (yām) - whom (whom, which (feminine singular accusative))
- न (na) - not
- अहम् (aham) - I
- ताम् (tām) - that (that (feminine singular accusative))
- मे (me) - to me (to me, my)
- कन्याम् (kanyām) - maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)
- प्रयच्छत (prayacchata) - give (you all) (give (plural imperative))
Words meanings and morphology
मम (mama) - my (my, of me)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of aham
asmad - I
genitive singular
कन्या (kanyā) - a maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter
Note: Subject of the relative clause.
सनाम्नी (sanāmnī) - sharing my name (having the same name as me) (having the same name)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sanāman
sanāman - having the same name, congenerous
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+nāman)
- sa – with, together with, same
indeclinable
prefix - nāman – name
noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with 'kanyā'.
या (yā) - who (who, which (feminine singular nominative))
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yad
yad - which, what, who
relative pronoun
Note: Refers to 'kanyā'.
भैक्षवत् (bhaikṣavat) - like alms (like alms, as alms)
(indeclinable)
adverbial suffix `vat`
Note: Modifies 'codyatā'.
चोद्यता (codyatā) - sought, requested (urged, impelled, sought, requested)
(nominal form)
Nominative, feminine, singular of codyata
cud - to urge, impel
passive participle
from causative `cud` in passive sense
Root: cud (class 10)
Note: Agrees with 'kanyā'.
भवेत् (bhavet) - she might be (she should be, she might be)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū
optative mood
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Its subject is 'yā kanyā'.
भरेयम् (bhareyam) - I would support (I would support, I would bear)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhṛ
optative mood
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
Note: The 'a' in 'bhareyam' is due to the a-grade vowel of the root in the optative (bhar-eya-m).
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - myself (emphasizing 'aham') (only, indeed, just)
(indeclinable)
emphatic particle
Note: Emphasizes 'aham'.
याम् (yām) - whom (whom, which (feminine singular accusative))
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of yad
yad - which, what, who
relative pronoun
Note: Object of 'bhareyam'.
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
negation
Note: Negates 'bhareyam'.
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of aham
asmad - I
nominative singular
Note: Subject of 'bhareyam'.
ताम् (tām) - that (that (feminine singular accusative))
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that
demonstrative pronoun
Note: Agrees with 'kanyām'.
मे (me) - to me (to me, my)
(pronoun)
singular of aham
asmad - I
`asmad` pronoun, enclitic form
Note: Here, dative (to me).
कन्याम् (kanyām) - maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter
Note: Object of 'prayacchata'.
प्रयच्छत (prayacchata) - give (you all) (give (plural imperative))
(verb)
2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā
imperative, parasmaipada form
Prefix: pra
Root: dā (class 3)
Note: Plural imperative, addressing "those who have a daughter" implicitly from the previous verse.