महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-32, verse-4

तत्प्रमाणं प्रमाणानां शाश्वतं भरतर्षभ ।
तस्य धर्मस्य कृत्स्नस्य क्षत्रियः परिरक्षिता ॥४॥

4. tatpramāṇaṁ pramāṇānāṁ śāśvataṁ bharatarṣabha ,
tasya dharmasya kṛtsnasya kṣatriyaḥ parirakṣitā.

4. tat pramāṇaṃ pramāṇānāṃ śāśvataṃ bharatarṣabha
tasya dharmasya kṛtsnasya kṣatriyaḥ parirakṣitā

4. bharatarṣabha tat pramāṇānāṃ śāśvataṃ pramāṇaṃ
kṣatriyaḥ kṛtsnasya tasya dharmasya parirakṣitā

4. O best of the Bharatas, that is the eternal standard among all standards, and a kṣatriya is the protector of that entire dharma.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - standard, measure, authority

• प्रमाणानाम् (pramāṇānām) - of standards, of authorities

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas

• तस्य (tasya) - of that

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of dharma, of the natural law

• कृत्स्नस्य (kṛtsnasya) - of the entire, of the whole

• क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a kṣatriya, warrior-ruler

• परिरक्षिता (parirakṣitā) - protector

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - standard, measure, authority

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - standard, measure, authority

प्रमाणानाम् (pramāṇānām) - of standards, of authorities

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - standard, measure, authority

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of the Bharatas

tatpurusha compound of bharata and ṛṣabha

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – Bharata
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

तस्य (tasya) - of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of dharma, of the natural law

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - dharma, natural law, duty

कृत्स्नस्य (kṛtsnasya) - of the entire, of the whole

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - entire, whole

क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a kṣatriya, warrior-ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - kṣatriya, warrior-ruler

परिरक्षिता (parirakṣitā) - protector

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parirakṣitṛ

parirakṣitṛ - protector

derived from root rakṣ with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

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