महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-94, verse-88

अद्य प्रभृति मे दाश ब्रह्मचर्यं भविष्यति ।
अपुत्रस्यापि मे लोका भविष्यन्त्यक्षया दिवि ॥८८॥

88. adya prabhṛti me dāśa brahmacaryaṁ bhaviṣyati ,
aputrasyāpi me lokā bhaviṣyantyakṣayā divi.

88. adya prabhṛti me dāśa brahmacaryam bhaviṣyati
aputrasya api me lokāḥ bhaviṣyanti akṣayāḥ divi

88. O Dasha, from today onwards, my life will be one of brahmacarya (celibacy). Even though I have no son, my realms in heaven will be imperishable.

88. מהיום והלאה, הו דָאשַׁה, אחיה בְּרַהְמַצ׳ַרְיַה (חיי פרישות). וגם אם לא יהיה לי בן, העולמות שלי בשמיים יהיו בלתי נהרסים.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, from onwards, beginning with

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• दाश (dāśa) - O Dasha (the father of Satyavati) (O fisherman, O Dasha)

• ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - a life of celibacy (celibacy, studenthood, a life of spiritual discipline)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be (will be, will happen)

• अपुत्रस्य (aputrasya) - even though I am sonless (implies 'of me') (of a sonless person, of one without a son)

• अपि (api) - even, even though (even, also, too, although)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms (in the afterlife) (worlds, realms, people)

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be (will be, will become)

• अक्षयाः (akṣayāḥ) - imperishable (imperishable, undiminishing, eternal)

• दिवि (divi) - in heaven (in heaven, in the sky)

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, from onwards, beginning with

(indeclinable)

From pra-bhṛ, 'to hold forth, begin'

Prefix: pra

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of the genitive singular of asmad.

दाश (dāśa) - O Dasha (the father of Satyavati) (O fisherman, O Dasha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dāśa

dāśa - fisherman, boatman; name of the father of Satyavati

ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - a life of celibacy (celibacy, studenthood, a life of spiritual discipline)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmacarya

brahmacarya - celibacy, chaste life, religious studenthood, spiritual discipline

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+carya)

• brahman – Brahman, sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (neuter)
• carya – conduct, practice, observance
  noun (neuter)
  nominal derivation
  From root 'car' (to move, conduct) with suffix -ya.
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: The form is nominative singular, but implies predicate nominative with 'bhaviṣyati'.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be (will be, will happen)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपुत्रस्य (aputrasya) - even though I am sonless (implies 'of me') (of a sonless person, of one without a son)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aputra

aputra - sonless, childless

Negative compound (nañ-tatpurusha or bahuvrihi)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+putra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with implied 'me' (my) in a possessive sense, 'of me, who is sonless'.

अपि (api) - even, even though (even, also, too, although)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of the genitive singular of asmad.

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms (in the afterlife) (worlds, realms, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be (will be, will become)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अक्षयाः (akṣayāḥ) - imperishable (imperishable, undiminishing, eternal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṣaya

akṣaya - imperishable, undiminishing, eternal, undecaying

Negative compound (nañ-tatpurusha) of 'kṣaya' (decay, loss)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kṣaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss, end
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṣi' (to decay, destroy) with suffix 'a'.
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'lokāḥ'.

दिवि (divi) - in heaven (in heaven, in the sky)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day

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