महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-56, verse-50

प्रेष्यमाणा विकल्पन्ते गुह्यं चाप्यनुयुञ्जते ।
अयाच्यं चैव याचन्तेऽभोज्यान्याहारयन्ति च ॥५०॥

50. preṣyamāṇā vikalpante guhyaṁ cāpyanuyuñjate ,
ayācyaṁ caiva yācante'bhojyānyāhārayanti ca.

50. preṣyamāṇāḥ vikalpante guhyaṃ ca api anuyuñjate
ayācyaṃ ca eva yācante abhoyāni āhārayanti ca

50. preṣyamāṇāḥ ca vikalpante guhyaṃ ca api anuyuñjate
ayācyaṃ ca eva yācante abhoyāni ca āhārayanti

50. Servants begin to argue, inquire into confidential matters, ask for things that should not be asked, and even consume food that should not be eaten.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रेष्यमाणाः (preṣyamāṇāḥ) - servants, attendants (being ordered, servants, messengers)

• विकल्पन्ते (vikalpante) - they argue, they dispute orders (doubt, hesitate, dispute, argue)

• गुह्यम् (guhyam) - confidential matters, secrets (secret, confidential)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, moreover)

• अनुयुञ्जते (anuyuñjate) - they inquire into (they question, they inquire into, they examine)

• अयाच्यम् (ayācyam) - things that should not be asked for (what should not be asked, unaskable)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, precisely, certainly)

• याचन्ते (yācante) - they ask for (they beg, they ask, they request)

• अभोयानि (abhoyāni) - food that should not be eaten (inedible things, food not to be eaten)

• आहारयन्ति (āhārayanti) - they consume, they eat (they bring, they fetch, they consume, they eat)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

प्रेष्यमाणाः (preṣyamāṇāḥ) - servants, attendants (being ordered, servants, messengers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of preṣyamāṇa

preṣyamāṇa - being sent, servant, messenger

Present Passive Participle

from pra + iṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: acting as a noun: servants

विकल्पन्ते (vikalpante) - they argue, they dispute orders (doubt, hesitate, dispute, argue)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vikalp

Prefix: vi

Root: kḷp (class 1)

गुह्यम् (guhyam) - confidential matters, secrets (secret, confidential)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of guhya

guhya - secret, mysterious, private

Root: guh (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अनुयुञ्जते (anuyuñjate) - they inquire into (they question, they inquire into, they examine)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of anuyuj

Prefix: anu

Root: yuj (class 7)

अयाच्यम् (ayācyam) - things that should not be asked for (what should not be asked, unaskable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ayācya

ayācya - not to be begged or asked

Gerundive

from a + yāc

Root: yāc (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, precisely, certainly)

(indeclinable)

याचन्ते (yācante) - they ask for (they beg, they ask, they request)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of yāc

Root: yāc (class 1)

अभोयानि (abhoyāni) - food that should not be eaten (inedible things, food not to be eaten)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of abhojya

abhojya - not to be eaten, forbidden food

Gerundive

from a + bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 6)

आहारयन्ति (āhārayanti) - they consume, they eat (they bring, they fetch, they consume, they eat)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of āhāray

Causative

from ā + hṛ

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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