महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-70, verse-35

यौवनेन चरन्कामान्युवा युवतिभिः सह ।
विहर्तुमहमिच्छामि साह्यं कुरुत पुत्रकाः ॥३५॥

35. yauvanena carankāmānyuvā yuvatibhiḥ saha ,
vihartumahamicchāmi sāhyaṁ kuruta putrakāḥ.

35. yauvanena caran kāmān yuvā yuvatibhiḥ saha
vihartum aham icchāmi sāhyam kuruta putrakāḥ

35. I wish to enjoy life and indulge in pleasures with young women, using my youth. Therefore, my dear sons, please help me!

35. אני רוצה לשוב ולהיות צעיר, לחיות את התענוגות בכוח הנעורים ולהתבדר עם נשים צעירות. הו בניי, עזרו לי בכך.

Words meanings summery:

• यौवनेन (yauvanena) - using my youth, with my youth (by youth, with youth, due to youth)

• चरन् (caran) - enjoying (pleasures) (moving, wandering, performing, enjoying)

• कामान् (kāmān) - pleasures (desires, pleasures, objects of desire)

• युवा (yuvā) - youthful (referring to himself, Yayāti, as a young man again) (young man, youthful)

• युवतिभिः (yuvatibhiḥ) - with young women (with young women, by young women)

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• विहर्तुम् (vihartum) - to enjoy oneself, to sport (to sport, to play, to wander, to amuse oneself)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• साह्यम् (sāhyam) - help (help, assistance, support)

• कुरुत (kuruta) - render (help) (you all do, make, render)

• पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - O my dear sons (O dear sons, O little sons)

Words meanings and morphology

यौवनेन (yauvanena) - using my youth, with my youth (by youth, with youth, due to youth)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, youthfulness

चरन् (caran) - enjoying (pleasures) (moving, wandering, performing, enjoying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - moving, wandering, performing

Present Active Participle

From root √car (to move, to perform)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'aham' (I)

कामान् (kāmān) - pleasures (desires, pleasures, objects of desire)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, pleasure, object of desire

Root: kam (class 1)

युवा (yuvā) - youthful (referring to himself, Yayāti, as a young man again) (young man, youthful)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuvan

yuvan - young, young man, youth

युवतिभिः (yuvatibhiḥ) - with young women (with young women, by young women)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of yuvati

yuvati - young woman

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs instrumental case 'yuvatibhiḥ'

विहर्तुम् (vihartum) - to enjoy oneself, to sport (to sport, to play, to wander, to amuse oneself)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive from root √hṛ (to take) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

साह्यम् (sāhyam) - help (help, assistance, support)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāhya

sāhya - help, assistance, support

कुरुत (kuruta) - render (help) (you all do, make, render)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - O my dear sons (O dear sons, O little sons)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of putraka

putraka - dear son, little son

Diminutive or affectionate suffix -ka

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