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11,1

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-1, verse-30

मधु यः केवलं दृष्ट्वा प्रपातं नानुपश्यति ।
स भ्रष्टो मधुलोभेन शोचत्येव यथा भवान् ॥३०॥
30. madhu yaḥ kevalaṁ dṛṣṭvā prapātaṁ nānupaśyati ,
sa bhraṣṭo madhulobhena śocatyeva yathā bhavān.
30. madhu yaḥ kevalam dṛṣṭvā prapātam na anupaśyati
saḥ bhraṣṭaḥ madhulobhena śocati eva yathā bhavān
30. yaḥ kevalam madhu dṛṣṭvā prapātam na anupaśyati
saḥ madhulobhena bhraṣṭaḥ yathā bhavān eva śocati
30. One who sees only the honey and does not perceive the precipice, such a person, ruined by greed for honey, surely grieves, just as you do.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • मधु (madhu) - honey (honey, sweet, mead)
  • यः (yaḥ) - who, one who (who, which, what)
  • केवलम् (kevalam) - only (only, exclusively, merely; simple, pure)
  • दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, after seeing)
  • प्रपातम् (prapātam) - the precipice (a fall, precipice, calamity, falling down)
  • (na) - not (not, no, nor)
  • अनुपश्यति (anupaśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)
  • सः (saḥ) - he, such a person (he, that)
  • भ्रष्टः (bhraṣṭaḥ) - ruined (fallen, deviated, ruined, lost)
  • मधुलोभेन (madhulobhena) - by greed for honey (by greed for honey, by the desire for honey)
  • शोचति (śocati) - grieves (grieves, sorrows, laments)
  • एव (eva) - surely, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)
  • यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)
  • भवान् (bhavān) - you (you (polite), your honor)

Words meanings and morphology

मधु (madhu) - honey (honey, sweet, mead)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of madhu
madhu - honey, sweet, mead; spring season
यः (yaḥ) - who, one who (who, which, what)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what, whatever
केवलम् (kevalam) - only (only, exclusively, merely; simple, pure)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala
kevala - only, alone, exclusive, pure, simple
Note: Adverbial accusative.
दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, after seeing)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Derived from root dṛś with suffix -tvā
Root: dṛś (class 1)
Note: Absolutive (gerund).
प्रपातम् (prapātam) - the precipice (a fall, precipice, calamity, falling down)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of prapāta
prapāta - a fall, falling down, precipice, calamity
Derived from pra-pat (to fall forward)
Prefix: pra
Root: pat (class 1)
(na) - not (not, no, nor)
(indeclinable)
अनुपश्यति (anupaśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of anupaśyati
present active
3rd person singular present active of root dṛś with prefix anu
Prefix: anu
Root: dṛś (class 1)
सः (saḥ) - he, such a person (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
भ्रष्टः (bhraṣṭaḥ) - ruined (fallen, deviated, ruined, lost)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhraṣṭa
bhraṣṭa - fallen, deviated, ruined, lost
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root bhraṃś (to fall, deviate)
Root: bhraṃś (class 1)
Note: Often used adjectivally to describe a state.
मधुलोभेन (madhulobhena) - by greed for honey (by greed for honey, by the desire for honey)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of madhulobha
madhulobha - greed for honey, desire for honey
Compound type : tatpurusha (madhu+lobha)
  • madhu – honey, sweet, mead
    noun (neuter)
  • lobha – greed, desire, covetousness
    noun (masculine)
    From root lubh (to covet)
    Root: lubh (class 4)
शोचति (śocati) - grieves (grieves, sorrows, laments)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of śocati
present active
3rd person singular present active of root śuc
Root: śuc (class 1)
एव (eva) - surely, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)
(indeclinable)
यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)
(indeclinable)
भवान् (bhavān) - you (you (polite), your honor)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat
bhavat - you (polite), your honor; being, existing
Present Active Participle
Derived from root bhū (to be, exist) with suffix -at
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Used as a polite second-person pronoun.