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12,126

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-126, verse-40

संश्रुत्य नोपक्रियते परं शक्त्या यथार्हतः ।
सक्ता या सर्वभूतेषु साशा कृशतरी मया ॥४०॥
40. saṁśrutya nopakriyate paraṁ śaktyā yathārhataḥ ,
saktā yā sarvabhūteṣu sāśā kṛśatarī mayā.
40. saṃśrutya na upakriyate param śaktyā yathā
arhataḥ saktā yā sarvabhūteṣu sā āśā kṛśatarī mayā
40. yā āśā sarvabhūteṣu saktā (asti),
(yad anena) saṃśrutya param śaktyā yathā arhataḥ na upakriyate (iti),
sā mayā kṛśatarī.
40. The hope (āśā) which is placed in all beings – that a person, having made a promise, will help to the full extent of their ability and as is proper – that very hope has been weakened by me.

Words meanings summery:

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  • संश्रुत्य (saṁśrutya) - having promised, having heard
  • (na) - not, no
  • उपक्रियते (upakriyate) - is helped, is benefited
  • परम् (param) - here, likely 'fully' or 'to the highest degree', emphasizing a failure to deliver complete help (fully, supremely, however, but)
  • शक्त्या (śaktyā) - by power, with ability, by strength
  • यथा (yathā) - as, just as
  • अर्हतः (arhataḥ) - as is proper, fittingly, deservedly
  • सक्ता (saktā) - attached, clinging, devoted
  • या (yā) - which (feminine)
  • सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, among all creatures
  • सा (sā) - that (feminine)
  • आशा (āśā) - hope, expectation
  • कृशतरी (kṛśatarī) - made thinner, weaker, diminished
  • मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

संश्रुत्य (saṁśrutya) - having promised, having heard
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
root śru with prefix sam and suffix -tvā / -ya
Prefix: sam
Root: śru (class 5)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
उपक्रियते (upakriyate) - is helped, is benefited
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of upa + kṛ
passive voice, present tense
Prefix: upa
Root: kṛ (class 8)
परम् (param) - here, likely 'fully' or 'to the highest degree', emphasizing a failure to deliver complete help (fully, supremely, however, but)
(indeclinable)
शक्त्या (śaktyā) - by power, with ability, by strength
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of śakti
śakti - power, ability, strength, energy, faculty (śakti)
root śak + suffix ti
Root: śak (class 5)
यथा (yathā) - as, just as
(indeclinable)
अर्हतः (arhataḥ) - as is proper, fittingly, deservedly
(indeclinable)
present active participle of root arh; used adverbially here
Root: arh (class 1)
सक्ता (saktā) - attached, clinging, devoted
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sak
sak - to cling, be attached, adhere
past passive participle
root sak + suffix ta
Root: sak (class 1)
या (yā) - which (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)
सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, among all creatures
(noun)
Locative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta
sarvabhūta - all beings, every creature
Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)
  • sarva – all, every, whole
    adjective (masculine)
  • bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been
    noun (neuter)
    past passive participle (substantivized)
    root bhū + suffix ta
    Root: bhū (class 1)
सा (sā) - that (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)
आशा (āśā) - hope, expectation
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of āśā
āśā - hope, expectation, desire, direction
कृशतरी (kṛśatarī) - made thinner, weaker, diminished
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛśatara
kṛśatara - thinner, weaker, more emaciated (comparative)
comparative degree of kṛśa ('thin')
मया (mayā) - by me
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)