महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-69, verse-27

ऋतेऽपि त्वयि दुःषन्त शैलराजावतंसकाम् ।
चतुरन्तामिमामुर्वीं पुत्रो मे पालयिष्यति ॥२७॥

27. ṛte'pi tvayi duḥṣanta śailarājāvataṁsakām ,
caturantāmimāmurvīṁ putro me pālayiṣyati.

27. ṛte api tvayi duḥṣanta śailarājāvataṃsakām
caturantām imām urvīm putraḥ me pālayiṣyati

27. O Dushyanta, even without you, my son will rule this entire earth, which has the king of mountains as its crown and extends to its four boundaries.

27. הו דוּשְׁיַנְטַה, גם בלעדיך בני ישמור על הארץ הזאת, שההר הגדול (ההימלאיה) הוא עטרה לה וארבעה קצוות לה.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, apart from

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - without you (governed by ṛte) (in you, on you, with you)

• दुःषन्त (duḥṣanta) - O Dushyanta

• शैलराजावतंसकाम् (śailarājāvataṁsakām) - having the king of mountains (Himalaya) as its crown (having the king of mountains as its crest/earring/ornament)

• चतुरन्ताम् (caturantām) - extending to its four boundaries (the entire earth) (having four ends, bounded by four oceans/directions)

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• उर्वीम् (urvīm) - earth, ground

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• मे (me) - my, of me

• पालयिष्यति (pālayiṣyati) - will rule (will protect, will rule, will govern)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋते (ṛte) - without, apart from

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here with ṛte to mean 'even without'.

त्वयि (tvayi) - without you (governed by ṛte) (in you, on you, with you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

दुःषन्त (duḥṣanta) - O Dushyanta

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of duḥṣanta

duḥṣanta - Dushyanta (proper name, a king)

शैलराजावतंसकाम् (śailarājāvataṁsakām) - having the king of mountains (Himalaya) as its crown (having the king of mountains as its crest/earring/ornament)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śailarājāvataṃsakā

śailarājāvataṁsakā - having the king of mountains as its crest/earring/ornament

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śailarāja+avataṃsakā)

• śailarāja – king of mountains
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of śaila (mountain) and rāja (king)
• avataṃsakā – crest, diadem, ornament for the ear
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the earth (urvīm)

चतुरन्ताम् (caturantām) - extending to its four boundaries (the entire earth) (having four ends, bounded by four oceans/directions)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of caturanta

caturanta - having four ends/sides, bounded by the four oceans/directions

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+anta)

• catur – four
  numeral
• anta – end, boundary, edge
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the earth (urvīm)

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agrees with urvīm

उर्वीम् (urvīm) - earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of urvī

urvī - earth, ground, land

Note: Object of pālayiṣyati

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Subject of pālayiṣyati

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form, possessive 'my son'

पालयिष्यति (pālayiṣyati) - will rule (will protect, will rule, will govern)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pāl

Future Active Indicative

Third person singular future active indicative of root pāl (causative of √pa or derived from pāla)

Root: pāl (class 10)

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