महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-263, verse-24
पृथिवीं रत्नपूर्णां वा महद्वा धनसंचयम् ।
भक्ताय नाहमिच्छामि भवेदेष तु धार्मिकः ॥२४॥
भक्ताय नाहमिच्छामि भवेदेष तु धार्मिकः ॥२४॥
24. pṛthivīṁ ratnapūrṇāṁ vā mahadvā dhanasaṁcayam ,
bhaktāya nāhamicchāmi bhavedeṣa tu dhārmikaḥ.
bhaktāya nāhamicchāmi bhavedeṣa tu dhārmikaḥ.
24.
pṛthivīm ratnapūrṇām vā mahat vā dhanasañcayam |
bhaktāya na aham icchāmi bhavet eṣa tu dhārmikaḥ
bhaktāya na aham icchāmi bhavet eṣa tu dhārmikaḥ
24.
aham bhaktāya pṛthivīm ratnapūrṇām vā mahat vā dhanasañcayam na icchāmi,
eṣa tu dhārmikaḥ bhavet.
eṣa tu dhārmikaḥ bhavet.
24.
I do not wish for my devotee an earth full of jewels or a great collection of wealth, but rather that he should be a person adhering to natural law (dharma).
Words meanings summery:
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- पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth (the earth, the world)
- रत्नपूर्णाम् (ratnapūrṇām) - full of jewels (full of jewels, filled with treasures)
- वा (vā) - or (or, either)
- महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, extensive)
- वा (vā) - or (or, either)
- धनसञ्चयम् (dhanasañcayam) - collection of wealth (accumulation of wealth, collection of riches)
- भक्ताय (bhaktāya) - for my devotee (for the devotee, to the devotee)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, possibly a deity or great being) (I)
- इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)
- भवेत् (bhavet) - may he be (he may be, he should be, let him be)
- एष (eṣa) - he (this, he)
- तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)
- धार्मिकः (dhārmikaḥ) - a person adhering to natural law (dharma) (righteous, virtuous, pious, adhering to natural law)
Words meanings and morphology
पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth (the earth, the world)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī
pṛthivī - earth, the terrestrial world, ground, soil
रत्नपूर्णाम् (ratnapūrṇām) - full of jewels (full of jewels, filled with treasures)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of ratnapūrṇa
ratnapūrṇa - full of jewels, filled with treasures
Compound type : tatpurusha (ratna+pūrṇa)
- ratna – jewel, gem, treasure
noun (neuter) - pūrṇa – full, complete, filled, satisfied
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
derived from root √pṛ (to fill)
Root: pṛ (class 3)
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, extensive)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, vast, mighty
Note: modifies dhanasañcayam
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
धनसञ्चयम् (dhanasañcayam) - collection of wealth (accumulation of wealth, collection of riches)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanasañcaya
dhanasañcaya - accumulation of wealth, collection of riches
Compound type : tatpurusha (dhana+sañcaya)
- dhana – wealth, riches, property
noun (neuter) - sañcaya – collection, accumulation, heap
noun (masculine)
from sam + √ci (to collect)
Prefix: sam
Root: ci (class 5)
भक्ताय (bhaktāya) - for my devotee (for the devotee, to the devotee)
(noun)
Dative, masculine, singular of bhakta
bhakta - devotee, faithful, devoted
Past Passive Participle
derived from root √bhaj (to divide, to partake, to worship)
Root: bhaj (class 1)
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, possibly a deity or great being) (I)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we
इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ
Root: iṣ (class 6)
भवेत् (bhavet) - may he be (he may be, he should be, let him be)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
एष (eṣa) - he (this, he)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of etad
etad - this, he, she, it
तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)
(indeclinable)
धार्मिकः (dhārmikaḥ) - a person adhering to natural law (dharma) (righteous, virtuous, pious, adhering to natural law)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dhārmika
dhārmika - righteous, virtuous, pious, adhering to dharma, constitutional
derived from dharma + ṭhak suffix
Note: functions as predicate adjective for eṣa