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11,7

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-7, verse-11

संवत्सरर्तवो मासाः पक्षाहोरात्रसंधयः ।
क्रमेणास्य प्रलुम्पन्ति रूपमायुस्तथैव च ॥११॥
11. saṁvatsarartavo māsāḥ pakṣāhorātrasaṁdhayaḥ ,
krameṇāsya pralumpanti rūpamāyustathaiva ca.
11. saṃvatsara ṛtavaḥ māsāḥ pakṣāhorātrasaṃdhayaḥ
krameṇa asya pralumpanti rūpam āyuḥ tathā eva ca
11. saṃvatsara ṛtavaḥ māsāḥ pakṣāhorātrasaṃdhayaḥ ca krameṇa asya rūpam tathā eva āyuḥ ca pralumpanti.
11. Years, seasons, months, fortnights, and the junctures of days and nights, in sequence, steal away his beauty and, similarly, his lifespan.

Words meanings summery:

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  • संवत्सर (saṁvatsara) - year, an annual period
  • ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) - seasons
  • मासाः (māsāḥ) - months
  • पक्षाहोरात्रसंधयः (pakṣāhorātrasaṁdhayaḥ) - junctures of fortnights and days-and-nights
  • क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually, in order, by degrees
  • अस्य (asya) - his, of this (masculine/neuter genitive singular)
  • प्रलुम्पन्ति (pralumpanti) - they steal, they destroy, they diminish
  • रूपम् (rūpam) - form, beauty, appearance
  • आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, lifespan, vitality
  • तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly
  • एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just
  • (ca) - and, also, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

संवत्सर (saṁvatsara) - year, an annual period
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara
saṁvatsara - year, full year
Compound of sam and vatsara.
Prefix: sam
Root: vas (class 1)
Note: Grammatically nominative singular, but contextually implies plural as part of a list of time units.
ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) - seasons
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛtu
ṛtu - season, fixed time, proper time
मासाः (māsāḥ) - months
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of māsa
māsa - month, moon
पक्षाहोरात्रसंधयः (pakṣāhorātrasaṁdhayaḥ) - junctures of fortnights and days-and-nights
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣāhorātrasaṃdhi
pakṣāhorātrasaṁdhi - junctures or periods of fortnights, days, and nights
Compound formed by pakṣa + ahorātra + saṃdhi.
Compound type : dvandva (pakṣa+ahorātra+saṃdhi)
  • pakṣa – fortnight, half-month
    noun (masculine)
  • ahorātra – day and night
    noun (neuter)
    Dvandva compound of ahas (day) and rātri (night).
  • saṃdhi – juncture, union, period, interval
    noun (masculine)
    From root dhā with upasarga sam.
    Prefix: sam
    Root: dhā (class 3)
क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually, in order, by degrees
(indeclinable)
Derived from root kram (class 1, krāmati)
Root: kram (class 1)
Note: Adverbial usage of instrumental singular.
अस्य (asya) - his, of this (masculine/neuter genitive singular)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, he, she, it
Demonstrative pronoun.
Note: Refers to the puruṣa (person) from previous verses.
प्रलुम्पन्ति (pralumpanti) - they steal, they destroy, they diminish
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of lump
Present Active Indicative, 3rd person plural
Derived from root lump (class 6, lumpati) with upasarga pra.
Prefix: pra
Root: lump (class 6)
रूपम् (rūpam) - form, beauty, appearance
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa
rūpa - form, shape, beauty, appearance, color
Note: Object of pralumpanti.
आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, lifespan, vitality
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of āyus
āyus - life, duration of life, vital power, age
S-stem neuter noun.
Note: Object of pralumpanti.
तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just
(indeclinable)
An emphatic particle.
(ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)