महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-26, verse-16
हन्तीति मन्यते कश्चिन्न हन्तीत्यपि चापरे ।
स्वभावतस्तु नियतौ भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययौ ॥१६॥
स्वभावतस्तु नियतौ भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययौ ॥१६॥
16. hantīti manyate kaścinna hantītyapi cāpare ,
svabhāvatastu niyatau bhūtānāṁ prabhavāpyayau.
svabhāvatastu niyatau bhūtānāṁ prabhavāpyayau.
16.
hanti iti manyate kaścit na hanti iti api ca apare
svabhāvataḥ tu niyatau bhūtānām prabhavāpyayau
svabhāvataḥ tu niyatau bhūtānām prabhavāpyayau
16.
kaścit hanti iti manyate ca api apare na hanti
iti tu bhūtānām prabhavāpyayau svabhāvataḥ niyatau
iti tu bhūtānām prabhavāpyayau svabhāvataḥ niyatau
16.
Someone may think, 'He kills,' while others may think, 'He does not kill.' However, the origination and dissolution of all beings are naturally determined by their intrinsic nature (svabhāva).
Words meanings summery:
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- हन्ति (hanti) - kills (kills, strikes)
- इति (iti) - thus, indicating quoted thought (thus, so; indicates direct speech or thought)
- मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks (he thinks, he believes, he considers)
- कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone (someone, anyone)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- हन्ति (hanti) - kills (kills, strikes)
- इति (iti) - thus, indicating quoted thought (thus, so; indicates direct speech or thought)
- अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- अपरे (apare) - others (others (masculine nominative plural))
- स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by intrinsic nature (svabhāva), naturally (by nature, naturally, intrinsically)
- तु (tu) - but, however (but, however, on the other hand)
- नियतौ (niyatau) - fixed, determined (referring to origination and dissolution) (fixed, determined, regulated (dual nominative))
- भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of all beings (of beings, of creatures)
- प्रभवाप्ययौ (prabhavāpyayau) - origination and dissolution (origination and dissolution (dual))
Words meanings and morphology
हन्ति (hanti) - kills (kills, strikes)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han
Present Active
3rd person singular present active indicative of √han (P. 2.2)
Root: han (class 2)
इति (iti) - thus, indicating quoted thought (thus, so; indicates direct speech or thought)
(indeclinable)
मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks (he thinks, he believes, he considers)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man
Present Middle
3rd person singular present middle indicative of √man (Ā. 4.67)
Root: man (class 4)
कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone (someone, anyone)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid
kaścid - someone, anyone, some one
Formed from kim (who) + cit (an indeclinable particle)
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
हन्ति (hanti) - kills (kills, strikes)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han
Present Active
3rd person singular present active indicative of √han (P. 2.2)
Root: han (class 2)
इति (iti) - thus, indicating quoted thought (thus, so; indicates direct speech or thought)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अपरे (apare) - others (others (masculine nominative plural))
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of apara
apara - other, another, subsequent
स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by intrinsic nature (svabhāva), naturally (by nature, naturally, intrinsically)
(indeclinable)
Ablative suffix -tas added to svabhāva (one's own nature, intrinsic nature)
तु (tu) - but, however (but, however, on the other hand)
(indeclinable)
नियतौ (niyatau) - fixed, determined (referring to origination and dissolution) (fixed, determined, regulated (dual nominative))
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of niyata
niyata - fixed, determined, regulated, controlled
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of ni-√yam (to fix, to control)
Prefix: ni
Root: yam (class 1)
भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of all beings (of beings, of creatures)
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta
bhūta - being, creature, element, what has been
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of √bhū (to be, to exist), used as a noun
Root: bhū (class 1)
प्रभवाप्ययौ (prabhavāpyayau) - origination and dissolution (origination and dissolution (dual))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of prabhavāpyaya
prabhavāpyaya - origination and dissolution, coming into being and ceasing to be
Compound type : dvandva (prabhava+apyaya)
- prabhava – origin, source, birth, coming forth
noun (masculine)
Derived from pra-√bhū (to arise, to originate)
Prefix: pra
Root: bhū (class 1) - apyaya – disappearance, destruction, dissolution, ceasing to be
noun (masculine)
Derived from apa-√i (to go away, to disappear)
Prefix: apa
Root: i (class 2)