महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-56, verse-30

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अह्ना यदेनश्चाज्ञानात्प्रकरोति नरश्चरन् ।
तन्महाभारताख्यानं श्रुत्वैव प्रविलीयते ॥३०॥

30. ahnā yadenaścājñānātprakaroti naraścaran ,
tanmahābhāratākhyānaṁ śrutvaiva pravilīyate.

30. ahnā yat enaḥ ca ajñānāt prakaroti naraḥ caran
tat mahābhāratākhyānam śrutvā eva pravilīyate

30. Whatever sin a person commits during the day, out of ignorance, while engaged in activities, that (sin) is completely dissolved merely by hearing this Mahābhārata narrative.

30. את החטא שאדם עושה ביום מתוך חוסר ידיעה בעודו מסתובב, הוא נמחק מיד כששומעים את סיפור מַהָאבְּהָארַטַה.

Words meanings summery:

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अह्ना (ahnā) - during the day (by day)

यत् (yat) - whatever (what, which)

एनः (enaḥ) - sin (sin, offence)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - out of ignorance (from ignorance, out of ignorance)

प्रकरोति (prakaroti) - commits (commits, performs, does)

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

चरन् (caran) - while engaged in activities, moving about (moving, roaming, acting)

तत् (tat) - that (sin) (that, it)

महाभारताख्यानम् (mahābhāratākhyānam) - this Mahābhārata narrative (the narrative of the Mahabharata)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - by hearing (having heard)

एव (eva) - merely, indeed (indeed, just, only, merely)

प्रविलीयते (pravilīyate) - dissolves completely, vanishes (disappears, dissolves completely)

Words meanings and morphology

अह्ना (ahnā) - during the day (by day)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day, daylight

Note: Adverbial use of instrumental case.

यत् (yat) - whatever (what, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Relative pronoun, object of 'prakaroti'.

एनः (enaḥ) - sin (sin, offence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of enas

enas - sin, fault, offence, crime

Note: Subject for 'pralīyate', or in apposition to 'yat' (as object of 'prakaroti').

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - out of ignorance (from ignorance, out of ignorance)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, want of knowledge

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

a – not, un-
indeclinable
jñāna – knowledge, understanding
noun (neuter)
Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Indicates cause or origin.

प्रकरोति (prakaroti) - commits (commits, performs, does)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Verb with prefix 'pra'.

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human, person

Note: Subject of 'prakaroti'.

चरन् (caran) - while engaged in activities, moving about (moving, roaming, acting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - moving, roaming, acting

present participle

from root car (to move, act)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'naraḥ'.

तत् (tat) - that (sin) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun for 'yat enaḥ'.

महाभारताख्यानम् (mahābhāratākhyānam) - this Mahābhārata narrative (the narrative of the Mahabharata)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahābhāratākhyāna

mahābhāratākhyāna - the narrative of the Mahabharata

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mahābhārata+ākhyāna)

mahābhārata – the great Bharata (epic)
noun (neuter)
ākhyāna – narrative, tale, story
noun (neuter)
action noun
from root khyā (to tell)
Prefix: ā
Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Subject for 'pralīyate'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - by hearing (having heard)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Forms adverbial phrase with 'eva'.

एव (eva) - merely, indeed (indeed, just, only, merely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

प्रविलीयते (pravilīyate) - dissolves completely, vanishes (disappears, dissolves completely)

(verb)