महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-78, verse-32

ऋतुं वै याचमानाया न ददाति पुमान्वृतः ।
भ्रूणहेत्युच्यते ब्रह्मन्स इह ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥३२॥

32. ṛtuṁ vai yācamānāyā na dadāti pumānvṛtaḥ ,
bhrūṇahetyucyate brahmansa iha brahmavādibhiḥ.

32. ṛtum vai yācamānāyāḥ na dadāti pumān vṛtaḥ |
bhūṇa-hā iti ucyate brahman saḥ iha brahma-vādibhiḥ

32. O Brahmin, a man who, when chosen, does not grant (sexual union) to a woman seeking it, is called a `bhūṇahā` (slayer of an embryo) by those who speak of Brahman here (in this world).

32. הו בְּרַהְמִין, מי שנבחר ואינו נותן לאישה המבקשת את תקופת הפוריות שלה, נקרא כאן על ידי מלומדי הוֵדוֹת רוצח עוברים.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋतुम् (ṛtum) - sexual union, season for procreation (season, proper time, menstrual period, sexual union)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• याचमानायाः (yācamānāyāḥ) - to one (woman) who was seeking (sexual union) (to one who is asking, seeking, requesting)

• न (na) - not, no

• ददाति (dadāti) - gives, grants

• पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a male

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - a man who has been chosen (by the woman) (chosen, selected)

• भूण-हा (bhūṇa-hā) - one who commits the sin of destroying an embryo or preventing conception by refusing union (embryo-killer, one who causes abortion or prevents conception)

• इति (iti) - thus, so-called (thus, so, a particle used to introduce or conclude direct speech or refer to something previously mentioned)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing Śukra (O Brahmin)

• सः (saḥ) - that (man) (he, that)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• ब्रह्म-वादिभिः (brahma-vādibhiḥ) - by those who speak of Brahman, by theologians

Words meanings and morphology

ऋतुम् (ṛtum) - sexual union, season for procreation (season, proper time, menstrual period, sexual union)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛtu

ṛtu - season, proper time, menstrual period, sexual union

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

याचमानायाः (yācamānāyāḥ) - to one (woman) who was seeking (sexual union) (to one who is asking, seeking, requesting)

(participle)

Dative, feminine, singular of yācamāna

yācamāna - asking, requesting, seeking

present middle participle

Derived from root yāc with śānac suffix, middle voice.

Root: yāc (class 1)

Note: Can also be genitive, but dative fits the recipient of the action.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ददाति (dadāti) - gives, grants

(verb)

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

present tense, 3rd person singular

Root dā (juhotyādi class, reduplicated).

Root: dā (class 3)

पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a male

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, person

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - a man who has been chosen (by the woman) (chosen, selected)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - chosen, selected, encompassed

past passive participle

Derived from root vṛ.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

भूण-हा (bhūṇa-hā) - one who commits the sin of destroying an embryo or preventing conception by refusing union (embryo-killer, one who causes abortion or prevents conception)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūṇahan

bhūṇahan - embryo-killer, feticide

Compound of bhūṇa and han.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūṇa+han)

• bhūṇa – embryo, fetus
  noun (masculine)
• han – killer, slayer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root han.
  Root: han (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so-called (thus, so, a particle used to introduce or conclude direct speech or refer to something previously mentioned)

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

present passive

Root vac, present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing Śukra (O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, one who knows or possesses Brahman

सः (saḥ) - that (man) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म-वादिभिः (brahma-vādibhiḥ) - by those who speak of Brahman, by theologians

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of brahma-vādin

brahma-vādin - one who speaks of Brahman or sacred knowledge

Tatpuruṣa compound of brahma and vādin.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahma+vādin)

• brahma – Brahman, sacred text, sacred knowledge
  noun (neuter)
• vādin – speaker, advocate, propounder
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vad.
  Root: vad (class 1)

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