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12,18

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-18, verse-16

स्रजो गन्धानलंकारान्वासांसि विविधानि च ।
किमर्थमभिसंत्यज्य परिव्रजसि निष्क्रियः ॥१६॥
16. srajo gandhānalaṁkārānvāsāṁsi vividhāni ca ,
kimarthamabhisaṁtyajya parivrajasi niṣkriyaḥ.
16. srajaḥ gandhān alaṅkārān vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca
kimartham abhisaṃtyajya parivrajasi niṣkriyaḥ
16. srajaḥ gandhān alaṅkārān vividhāni vāsāṃsi ca
abhisaṃtyajya niṣkriyaḥ kimartham parivrajasi
16. Why do you wander about, inactive and without any worldly engagements, having completely abandoned garlands, perfumes, ornaments, and various types of clothing?

Words meanings summery:

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  • स्रजः (srajaḥ) - garlands, wreaths
  • गन्धान् (gandhān) - perfumes, scents
  • अलङ्कारान् (alaṅkārān) - ornaments, decorations
  • वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - clothes, garments
  • विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold
  • (ca) - and, also
  • किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose
  • अभिसंत्यज्य (abhisaṁtyajya) - having completely abandoned/renounced
  • परिव्रजसि (parivrajasi) - you wander (as an ascetic)
  • निष्क्रियः (niṣkriyaḥ) - inactive, without activity, detached

Words meanings and morphology

स्रजः (srajaḥ) - garlands, wreaths
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of sraj
sraj - garland, wreath, string of flowers
गन्धान् (gandhān) - perfumes, scents
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of gandha
gandha - smell, scent, fragrance, perfume
Root: gandh (class 1)
अलङ्कारान् (alaṅkārān) - ornaments, decorations
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of alaṅkāra
alaṅkāra - ornament, decoration, embellishment
From alam + root kṛ.
Prefix: alam
Root: kṛ (class 8)
वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - clothes, garments
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of vāsas
vāsas - garment, raiment, cloth, clothes
Derived from root vas (to wear) with suffix -as.
Root: vas (class 2)
विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, plural of vividha
vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different kinds of
Compound of vi + vidha.
Prefix: vi
Root: dhā (class 3)
Note: Agrees with 'vāsāṃsi'.
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose
(indeclinable)
Adverbial accusative of kimartha.
Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)
  • kim – what, which, why
    pronoun
  • artha – purpose, object, meaning, wealth
    noun (masculine)
अभिसंत्यज्य (abhisaṁtyajya) - having completely abandoned/renounced
(indeclinable)
Absolutive / Gerund
Absolutive formed with prefixes "abhi" and "sam", from root "tyaj".
Prefixes: abhi+sam
Root: tyaj (class 1)
परिव्रजसि (parivrajasi) - you wander (as an ascetic)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of parivraj
Present Active
2nd person singular, present tense, active voice. Root vraj with prefix pari.
Prefix: pari
Root: vraj (class 1)
निष्क्रियः (niṣkriyaḥ) - inactive, without activity, detached
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣkriya
niṣkriya - inactive, without action, unengaged, passive
Bahuvrihi compound 'without activity'.
Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+kriyā)
  • nis – without, out, forth
    indeclinable
  • kriyā – action, activity, work, ritual
    noun (feminine)
    From root kṛ (to do).
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Agrees with implied 'tvam'.