महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-71, verse-54

यो ब्राह्मणोऽद्य प्रभृतीह कश्चिन्मोहात्सुरां पास्यति मन्दबुद्धिः ।
अपेतधर्मो ब्रह्महा चैव स स्यादस्मिँल्लोके गर्हितः स्यात्परे च ॥५४॥

54. yo brāhmaṇo'dya prabhṛtīha kaści;nmohātsurāṁ pāsyati mandabuddhiḥ ,
apetadharmo brahmahā caiva sa syā;dasmiँlloke garhitaḥ syātpare ca.

54. yaḥ brāhmaṇaḥ adya prabhṛti iha kaścit
mohāt surām pāsyati mandabuddhiḥ
| apeta dharmaḥ brahmahā ca eva saḥ
syāt asmin loke garhitaḥ syāt pare ca

54. Any Brahmin who, from today onwards and in this world, out of delusion and with a dull intellect, drinks wine—he shall lose his dharma and become a Brahmin-killer. He shall be condemned in this world and in the next.

54. כל בְּרַהְמִין שמהיום והלאה ישתה כאן משקה חריף מתוך עיוורון מנטלי, חסר תבונה, יחרוג מדרך היושר, ייחשב לרוצח בְּרַהְמִין, ויהיה מגונה בעולם הזה ובעולם הבא.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, whichever

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - Brahmin

• अद्य (adya) - today

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, beginning from

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

• मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of infatuation

• सुराम् (surām) - wine, liquor

• पास्यति (pāsyati) - will drink

• मन्दबुद्धिः (mandabuddhiḥ) - dull-witted, slow-minded

• अपेत (apeta) - gone away, abandoned

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma, righteousness

• ब्रह्महा (brahmahā) - Brahmin-killer

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• स्यात् (syāt) - he would be, he should be

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• गर्हितः (garhitaḥ) - censured, reproached

• स्यात् (syāt) - he would be, he should be

• परे (pare) - in the next world (in the next (world), in the other (world))

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, whichever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - Brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, beginning from

(indeclinable)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone, some

मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of infatuation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance

सुराम् (surām) - wine, liquor

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of surā

surā - wine, liquor, spirituous liquor

पास्यति (pāsyati) - will drink

(verb)

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

Root: pā (class 1)

मन्दबुद्धिः (mandabuddhiḥ) - dull-witted, slow-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandabuddhi

mandabuddhi - dull-witted, slow of comprehension, stupid

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manda+buddhi)

• manda – dull, slow, sluggish, weak
  adjective (masculine)
• buddhi – intellect, mind, perception, understanding
  noun (feminine)

अपेत (apeta) - gone away, abandoned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apeta

apeta - gone away, departed, abandoned, lost

past passive participle

past passive participle of root i (to go) with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: i (class 2)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma, righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - dharma, righteousness, duty, law, virtue

ब्रह्महा (brahmahā) - Brahmin-killer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmahan

brahmahan - killer of a Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+han)

• brahman – a Brahmin; the Absolute
  noun (neuter)
• han – killer, slayer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्यात् (syāt) - he would be, he should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

गर्हितः (garhitaḥ) - censured, reproached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garhita

garhita - censured, reproached, blameable, despicable

past passive participle

past passive participle of root garh

Root: garh (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - he would be, he should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

परे (pare) - in the next world (in the next (world), in the other (world))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, subsequent, next, supreme

Note: Implies 'paraloke' (in the other world).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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