महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-6

धर्मात्मा च महात्मा च प्रजापालः पिता तव ।
आसीदिह यथावृत्तः स महात्मा शृणुष्व तत् ॥६॥

6. dharmātmā ca mahātmā ca prajāpālaḥ pitā tava ,
āsīdiha yathāvṛttaḥ sa mahātmā śṛṇuṣva tat.

6. dharmātmā ca mahātmā ca prajāpālaḥ pitā tava
āsīt iha yathāvṛttaḥ saḥ mahātmā śṛṇuṣva tat

6. Your father, who was a righteous and noble soul and a protector of his subjects, lived here. Listen to how that great man conducted himself.

6. (ואמרו) אביך היה צדיק בנפשו, אציל נפש ושומר על נתיניו. הקשב עכשיו כיצד נהג אותו אציל כאן.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous (righteous-souled, virtuous)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - noble (great-souled, noble)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• प्रजापालः (prajāpālaḥ) - protector of his subjects (protector of subjects/people)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - lived (was)

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

• यथावृत्तः (yathāvṛttaḥ) - how he conducted himself (as conducted, as behaved)

• सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - great man (great-souled, noble)

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (listen, hear)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, therefore)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous (righteous-souled, virtuous)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - a righteous soul, a virtuous person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – soul, self, essence
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महात्मा (mahātmā) - noble (great-souled, noble)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - a great soul, a noble person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – soul, self, essence
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

प्रजापालः (prajāpālaḥ) - protector of his subjects (protector of subjects/people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpāla

prajāpāla - protector of people, ruler

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pāla)

• prajā – offspring, subjects, people
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

आसीत् (āsīt) - lived (was)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

यथावृत्तः (yathāvṛttaḥ) - how he conducted himself (as conducted, as behaved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - whose conduct is such, as it happened

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – occurred, happened, conducted, behaved
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root vṛt
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महात्मा (mahātmā) - great man (great-souled, noble)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - a great soul, a noble person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – soul, self, essence
  noun (masculine)

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Ātmanepada form

तत् (tat) - that (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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