महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-161, verse-16

काषायवसनाश्चान्ये श्मश्रुला ह्रीसुसंवृताः ।
विद्वांसश्चैव शान्ताश्च मुक्ताः सर्वपरिग्रहैः ॥१६॥

16. kāṣāyavasanāścānye śmaśrulā hrīsusaṁvṛtāḥ ,
vidvāṁsaścaiva śāntāśca muktāḥ sarvaparigrahaiḥ.

16. kāṣāyavasanāḥ ca anye śmaśrulāḥ hrīsusavṛtāḥ
vidvāṃsaḥ ca eva śāntāḥ ca muktāḥ sarvaparigrahaiḥ

16. anye ca kāṣāyavasanāḥ śmaśrulāḥ hrīsusavṛtāḥ
vidvāṃsaḥ ca eva śāntāḥ ca sarvaparigrahaiḥ muktāḥ

16. And others, wearing saffron robes, bearded, and well-covered with modesty, who are learned and peaceful, are liberated (mokṣa) from all possessions.

Words meanings summery:

• काषायवसनाः (kāṣāyavasanāḥ) - wearing saffron robes

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• श्मश्रुलाः (śmaśrulāḥ) - bearded

• ह्रीसुसवृताः (hrīsusavṛtāḥ) - well-covered with modesty, modest

• विद्वांसः (vidvāṁsaḥ) - learned ones, wise persons

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• शान्ताः (śāntāḥ) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

• च (ca) - and, also

• मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - liberated (mokṣa) (liberated, free)

• सर्वपरिग्रहैः (sarvaparigrahaiḥ) - from all possessions/attachments

Words meanings and morphology

काषायवसनाः (kāṣāyavasanāḥ) - wearing saffron robes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāṣāyavasana

kāṣāyavasana - wearing a saffron garment

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kāṣāya+vasana)

• kāṣāya – reddish-brown, saffron-colored
  adjective (neuter)
• vasana – garment, clothes
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

श्मश्रुलाः (śmaśrulāḥ) - bearded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śmaśrula

śmaśrula - bearded

ह्रीसुसवृताः (hrīsusavṛtāḥ) - well-covered with modesty, modest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hrīsusavṛta

hrīsusavṛta - well-covered with modesty, very modest

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (hrī+su+saṃvṛta)

• hrī – modesty, shame
  noun (feminine)
• su – well, good
  indeclinable
• saṃvṛta – covered, concealed, well-behaved
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root VṚ (to cover) with prefix SAM
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

विद्वांसः (vidvāṁsaḥ) - learned ones, wise persons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidvat

vidvat - learned, wise

Present Active Participle

From root VID (to know), 2nd class

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

शान्ताः (śāntāḥ) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śānta

śānta - peaceful, calm, tranquil, appeased

Past Passive Participle

From root ŚAM (to be quiet, calm)

Root: śam (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - liberated (mokṣa) (liberated, free)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mukta

mukta - liberated, released, free (mokṣa)

Past Passive Participle

From root MUC (to release)

Root: muc (class 6)

सर्वपरिग्रहैः (sarvaparigrahaiḥ) - from all possessions/attachments

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarvaparigraha

sarvaparigraha - all possessions, all attachments

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sarva+parigraha)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (masculine)
• parigraha – possession, property, acceptance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pari

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