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12,309

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-309, verse-62

गता द्विरष्टवर्षता ध्रुवोऽसि पञ्चविंशकः ।
कुरुष्व धर्मसंचयं वयो हि तेऽतिवर्तते ॥६२॥
62. gatā dviraṣṭavarṣatā dhruvo'si pañcaviṁśakaḥ ,
kuruṣva dharmasaṁcayaṁ vayo hi te'tivartate.
62. gatā dviraṣṭavarṣatā dhruvaḥ asi pañcaviṃśakaḥ
kuruṣva dharmasaṃcayam vayaḥ hi te ativartate
62. (he) dhruva,
te dviraṣṭavarṣatā gatā (asti).
pañcaviṃśakaḥ asi.
dharmasaṃcayam kuruṣva.
hi te vayaḥ ativartate.
62. Sixteen years have passed for you. Dhruva, you are now twenty-five years old. Accumulate (good) natural law (dharma), for your age is indeed swiftly passing.

Words meanings summery:

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  • गता (gatā) - passed (gone, passed, departed)
  • द्विरष्टवर्षता (dviraṣṭavarṣatā) - sixteen years (of age) (the state of being sixteen years old, sixteen years)
  • ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ) - Dhruva (as a proper name, addressing the person) (Dhruva (proper name), firm, constant, certain)
  • असि (asi) - you are
  • पञ्चविंशकः (pañcaviṁśakaḥ) - (you are) twenty-five (years old) (twenty-fifth, one who is twenty-five)
  • कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - accumulate (do, make, perform, accumulate (middle voice))
  • धर्मसंचयम् (dharmasaṁcayam) - accumulation of (good) natural law (dharma) (accumulation of natural law (dharma), collection of merit)
  • वयः (vayaḥ) - age (age, life, youth)
  • हि (hi) - for, indeed (for, indeed, surely)
  • ते (te) - your (for you, your (genitive/dative of 'you'))
  • अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - is swiftly passing (passes away, goes beyond, surpasses)

Words meanings and morphology

गता (gatā) - passed (gone, passed, departed)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of gata
gata - gone, passed
Past Passive Participle
From root gam (to go) + -ta suffix
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Qualifies 'dviraṣṭavarṣatā'.
द्विरष्टवर्षता (dviraṣṭavarṣatā) - sixteen years (of age) (the state of being sixteen years old, sixteen years)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dviraṣṭavarṣatā
dviraṣṭavarṣatā - sixteen years (of age)
Compound of dviraṣṭa (two times eight = sixteen) + varṣa (year) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvir-aṣṭa+varṣa+tā)
  • dvir-aṣṭa – twice eight, sixteen
    numeral (neuter)
    dvis (twice) + aṣṭa (eight)
  • varṣa – year
    noun (masculine)
  • tā – suffix forming abstract nouns
    suffix (feminine)
Note: Subject of the sentence.
ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ) - Dhruva (as a proper name, addressing the person) (Dhruva (proper name), firm, constant, certain)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dhruva
dhruva - firm, constant, certain; also a proper name
Note: Used in vocative sense, as an address.
असि (asi) - you are
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Present Active Indicative
Root as (class 2) + -si ending
Root: as (class 2)
पञ्चविंशकः (pañcaviṁśakaḥ) - (you are) twenty-five (years old) (twenty-fifth, one who is twenty-five)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pañcaviṃśaka
pañcaviṁśaka - twenty-fifth, twenty-five years old
Derived from pañcaviṃśati (twenty-five)
Compound type : dvandva (pañca+viṃśati)
  • pañca – five
    numeral
  • viṃśati – twenty
    numeral (feminine)
Note: Predicative adjective with 'asi'.
कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - accumulate (do, make, perform, accumulate (middle voice))
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ
Imperative Middle
Root kṛ (class 8) + -uṣva ending for 2nd person singular middle imperative
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Command/exhortation.
धर्मसंचयम् (dharmasaṁcayam) - accumulation of (good) natural law (dharma) (accumulation of natural law (dharma), collection of merit)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmasaṃcaya
dharmasaṁcaya - accumulation of dharma, collection of merit
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+saṃcaya)
  • dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness
    noun (masculine)
  • saṃcaya – accumulation, collection
    noun (masculine)
    Derived from root ci (to gather) with prefix sam-
    Prefix: sam
    Root: ci (class 5)
Note: Object of 'kuruṣva'.
वयः (vayaḥ) - age (age, life, youth)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vayas
vayas - age, life, strength
Note: Subject of 'ativartate'.
हि (hi) - for, indeed (for, indeed, surely)
(indeclinable)
ते (te) - your (for you, your (genitive/dative of 'you'))
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Possessive form.
अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - is swiftly passing (passes away, goes beyond, surpasses)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ativṛt
Present Middle Indicative
Root vṛt (class 1) with prefix ati-, + -ate ending
Prefix: ati
Root: vṛt (class 1)