महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-15, verse-53
यज देहि प्रजा रक्ष धर्मं समनुपालय ।
अमित्राञ्जहि कौन्तेय मित्राणि परिपालय ॥५३॥
अमित्राञ्जहि कौन्तेय मित्राणि परिपालय ॥५३॥
53. yaja dehi prajā rakṣa dharmaṁ samanupālaya ,
amitrāñjahi kaunteya mitrāṇi paripālaya.
amitrāñjahi kaunteya mitrāṇi paripālaya.
53.
yaja dehi prajāḥ rakṣa dharmam samanupālaya
amitrān jahi kaunteya mitrāṇi paripālaya
amitrān jahi kaunteya mitrāṇi paripālaya
53.
kaunteya yaja dehi prajāḥ rakṣa dharmam
samanupālaya amitrān jahi mitrāṇi paripālaya
samanupālaya amitrān jahi mitrāṇi paripālaya
53.
Perform sacrifices, give gifts, protect your subjects, and uphold the natural law (dharma). O son of Kunti (Kaunteya), conquer your enemies and fully protect your friends.
Words meanings summery:
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- यज (yaja) - perform sacrifices (sacrifice, worship, offer)
- देहि (dehi) - give gifts (give, grant)
- प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects (subjects, offspring, people)
- रक्ष (rakṣa) - protect (protect, guard, preserve)
- धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)
- समनुपालय (samanupālaya) - uphold (protect well, follow closely, uphold)
- अमित्रान् (amitrān) - enemies (enemies, foes)
- जहि (jahi) - conquer (kill, conquer, abandon)
- कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti (Arjuna) (O son of Kunti)
- मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends (friends, allies)
- परिपालय (paripālaya) - fully protect (protect completely, defend, foster)
Words meanings and morphology
यज (yaja) - perform sacrifices (sacrifice, worship, offer)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yaj
Imperative Active
2nd person singular present active imperative of root √yaj.
Root: yaj (class 1)
देहि (dehi) - give gifts (give, grant)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā
Imperative Active
2nd person singular present active imperative of root √dā (class 3).
Root: dā (class 3)
प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects (subjects, offspring, people)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā
prajā - progeny, subjects, people
From pra- + √jan (to be born).
Prefix: pra
Root: jan (class 4)
रक्ष (rakṣa) - protect (protect, guard, preserve)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of rakṣ
Imperative Active
2nd person singular present active imperative of root √rakṣ.
Root: rakṣ (class 1)
धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, religion
From root √dhṛ (to uphold, support).
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
समनुपालय (samanupālaya) - uphold (protect well, follow closely, uphold)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of samanupāl
Imperative Active (causative stem)
2nd person singular present active imperative of root √pāl (to protect) with upasargas sam-anu.
Prefixes: sam+anu
Root: pāl (class 10)
अमित्रान् (amitrān) - enemies (enemies, foes)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of amitra
amitra - enemy, foe
Compound of `a` (not) + `mitra` (friend).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mitra)
- a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable
Negative prefix. - mitra – friend, companion
noun (masculine)
जहि (jahi) - conquer (kill, conquer, abandon)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of han
Imperative Active
2nd person singular present active imperative of root √han (class 2).
Root: han (class 2)
कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti (Arjuna) (O son of Kunti)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya
kaunteya - son of Kunti
Patronymic from Kunti.
मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends (friends, allies)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of mitra
mitra - friend, ally, friendship
परिपालय (paripālaya) - fully protect (protect completely, defend, foster)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of paripāl
Imperative Active (causative stem)
2nd person singular present active imperative of root √pāl (to protect) with upasarga pari.
Prefix: pari
Root: pāl (class 10)