महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-62, verse-8

नासीच्चोरभयं तात न क्षुधाभयमण्वपि ।
नासीद्व्याधिभयं चापि तस्मिञ्जनपदेश्वरे ॥८॥

8. nāsīccorabhayaṁ tāta na kṣudhābhayamaṇvapi ,
nāsīdvyādhibhayaṁ cāpi tasmiñjanapadeśvare.

8. na āsīt corabhayam tāta na kṣudhābhayam aṇu api
na āsīt vyādhibhayam ca api tasmin janapadeśvare

8. O dear one, under that ruler of the land, there was no fear of thieves, nor was there any fear of hunger, even a little. There was also no fear of disease.

8. הו יקירי, בשלטון אדון המדינה הזה לא היה פחד מגנבים, לא היה אפילו קצת פחד מרעב, וגם לא היה פחד ממחלה.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (was, existed)

• चोरभयम् (corabhayam) - fear of thieves

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (O father, O dear one, O son)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• क्षुधाभयम् (kṣudhābhayam) - fear of hunger

• अणु (aṇu) - even a little (small, minute, atomic, a particle)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (was, existed)

• व्याधिभयम् (vyādhibhayam) - fear of disease

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - under that (in that, to that)

• जनपदेश्वरे (janapadeśvare) - ruler of the land (in the lord of the country/people, ruler of the land)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (was, existed)

(verb)

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

Imperfect past tense, 3rd person singular

Root 'as' (to be), laṅ (imperfect past), parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

चोरभयम् (corabhayam) - fear of thieves

(common noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of corabhaya

corabhaya - fear of thieves

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cora+bhaya)

• cora – thief, robber
  common noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread, danger
  common noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

तात (tāta) - O dear one (O father, O dear one, O son)

(common noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of endearment), son

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

क्षुधाभयम् (kṣudhābhayam) - fear of hunger

(common noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣudhābhaya

kṣudhābhaya - fear of hunger

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣudhā+bhaya)

• kṣudhā – hunger, appetite, famine
  common noun (feminine)
• bhaya – fear, dread, danger
  common noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

अणु (aṇu) - even a little (small, minute, atomic, a particle)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṇu

aṇu - small, minute, atomic, particle, atom

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (was, existed)

(verb)

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

Imperfect past tense, 3rd person singular

Root 'as' (to be), laṅ (imperfect past), parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

व्याधिभयम् (vyādhibhayam) - fear of disease

(common noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyādhibhaya

vyādhibhaya - fear of disease

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyādhi+bhaya)

• vyādhi – disease, sickness, illness, ailment
  common noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread, danger
  common noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - under that (in that, to that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Locative singular masculine of 'tad'

जनपदेश्वरे (janapadeśvare) - ruler of the land (in the lord of the country/people, ruler of the land)

(common noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of janapadeśvara

janapadeśvara - ruler of the country, lord of the people

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janapada+īśvara)

• janapada – country, district, people, community
  common noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, controller, God
  common noun (masculine)

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