महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-56, verse-27

एवं चैव नरव्याघ्र लोकतन्त्रविघातकाः ।
निग्राह्या एव सततं बाहुभ्यां ये स्युरीदृशाः ॥२७॥

27. evaṁ caiva naravyāghra lokatantravighātakāḥ ,
nigrāhyā eva satataṁ bāhubhyāṁ ye syurīdṛśāḥ.

27. evam ca eva nara-vyāghra loka-tantra-vighātakāḥ
nigrāhyāḥ eva satatam bāhubhyām ye syuḥ īdṛśāḥ

27. nara-vyāghra,
evam ca eva ye īdṛśāḥ loka-tantra-vighātakāḥ syuḥ,
te satatam bāhubhyām nigrāhyāḥ eva.

27. O tiger among men, those who are such disruptors of public order should indeed always be restrained by force.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, exactly, only

• नर-व्याघ्र (nara-vyāghra) - O tiger among men (addressing the king) (tiger among men, eminent man)

• लोक-तन्त्र-विघातकाः (loka-tantra-vighātakāḥ) - disruptors of public order, destroyers of social systems

• निग्राह्याः (nigrāhyāḥ) - to be restrained, to be punished, to be controlled

• एव (eva) - indeed, exactly, only

• सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly

• बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - by force (using one's arms/might) (by the two arms, by force, by might)

• ये (ye) - who, which

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they might be, they should be, they are

• ईदृशाः (īdṛśāḥ) - such, of this kind

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, exactly, only

(indeclinable)

नर-व्याघ्र (nara-vyāghra) - O tiger among men (addressing the king) (tiger among men, eminent man)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nara-vyāghra

nara-vyāghra - tiger among men, eminent man

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

लोक-तन्त्र-विघातकाः (loka-tantra-vighātakāḥ) - disruptors of public order, destroyers of social systems

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka-tantra-vighātaka

loka-tantra-vighātaka - destroyer of public order or social system

Compound type : tatpurusha (loka-tantra+vighātaka)

• loka-tantra – world system, public order, social governance
  noun (neuter)
• vighātaka – destroyer, obstructer, disruptor
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vi-han (class 2)

निग्राह्याः (nigrāhyāḥ) - to be restrained, to be punished, to be controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nigrāhya

nigrāhya - to be restrained or punished

Gerundive

gerundive from root grah with ni

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

एव (eva) - indeed, exactly, only

(indeclinable)

सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly

(adverb)

Note: used adverbially meaning always

बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - by force (using one's arms/might) (by the two arms, by force, by might)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm

ये (ye) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, that

स्युः (syuḥ) - they might be, they should be, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-lin) of as

Root: as (class 2)

ईदृशाः (īdṛśāḥ) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind

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