महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-49, verse-24

ब्रह्मदण्डं महाघोरं कालाग्निसमतेजसम् ।
नाशयिष्यामि मात्र त्वं भयं कार्षीः कथंचन ॥२४॥

24. brahmadaṇḍaṁ mahāghoraṁ kālāgnisamatejasam ,
nāśayiṣyāmi mātra tvaṁ bhayaṁ kārṣīḥ kathaṁcana.

24. brahmadaṇḍam mahāghoram kālāgnisamatejasam
nāśayiṣyāmi mātra tvam bhayam kārṣīḥ kathaṃcana

24. I will destroy the Brahma-danda, which is extremely terrible and whose brilliance is like the fire of destruction. You, however, should not feel any fear at all.

24. אני אשמיד את קללת הבְּרַהְמִין (בְּרַהְמַדַנְדַה), הנוראה ביותר והבוערת כאש הכיליון הקוסמי (קָאלָאגְנִי), ואתה אל תפחד כלל.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मदण्डम् (brahmadaṇḍam) - the divine curse/power (of Brahma/Brahmins) (the Brahma-danda, the rod/curse of Brahma/Brahmins)

• महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - extremely terrible (extremely terrible, very dreadful)

• कालाग्निसमतेजसम् (kālāgnisamatejasam) - whose brilliance is like the fire of destruction (having splendor like the destructive fire)

• नाशयिष्यामि (nāśayiṣyāmi) - I will destroy

• मात्र (mātra) - (emphatic negative particle) do not (fear) at all (merely, only, just)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular) (you)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread)

• कार्षीः (kārṣīḥ) - you should feel/make (fear) (you should do/make)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all, whatsoever (emphatic negative) (in any way, by any means, whatsoever)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मदण्डम् (brahmadaṇḍam) - the divine curse/power (of Brahma/Brahmins) (the Brahma-danda, the rod/curse of Brahma/Brahmins)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahmadaṇḍa

brahmadaṇḍa - Brahma's rod/staff, a powerful curse (often of a Brahmin)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (brahman+daṇḍa)

• brahman – Brahma (the creator god), a Brahmin, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – rod, staff, punishment, curse, power
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'nāśayiṣyāmi'.

महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - extremely terrible (extremely terrible, very dreadful)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very dreadful, extremely terrible

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large
  indeclinable
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, awful
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'brahmadaṇḍam'.

कालाग्निसमतेजसम् (kālāgnisamatejasam) - whose brilliance is like the fire of destruction (having splendor like the destructive fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kālāgnisamatejas

kālāgnisamatejas - having splendor like the destructive fire at the end of an eon

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kālāgni+sama+tejas)

• kālāgni – fire of destruction (at the end of an eon)
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar
  adjective (masculine)
• tejas – splendor, brilliance, energy, fiery spirit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'brahmadaṇḍam'.

नाशयिष्यामि (nāśayiṣyāmi) - I will destroy

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of nāśaya

causative

Causative stem from root 'naś'

Root: naś (class 4)

मात्र (mātra) - (emphatic negative particle) do not (fear) at all (merely, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Here used with injunctive 'kārṣīḥ' to intensify the prohibition 'do not make/have fear'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: From the second person pronoun 'yuṣmad'.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

action noun

From root 'bhī'

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of 'kārṣīḥ'.

कार्षीः (kārṣīḥ) - you should feel/make (fear) (you should do/make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, injunctive (aorist) (luṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used with negation (implied by 'mātra' and context) to express prohibition: 'do not make/have fear'.

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all, whatsoever (emphatic negative) (in any way, by any means, whatsoever)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the negation 'not at all'.

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