महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-68, verse-9

राजा ह्येवाखिलं लोकं समुदीर्णं समुत्सुकम् ।
प्रसादयति धर्मेण प्रसाद्य च विराजते ॥९॥

9. rājā hyevākhilaṁ lokaṁ samudīrṇaṁ samutsukam ,
prasādayati dharmeṇa prasādya ca virājate.

9. rājā hi eva akhilaṃ lokaṃ samudīrṇaṃ samutsukam
prasādayati dharmeṇa prasādya ca virājate

9. hi rājā eva samudīrṇaṃ samutsukam akhilaṃ
lokaṃ dharmeṇa prasādayati ca prasādya virājate

9. Indeed, the king alone pacifies the entire populace, which is otherwise agitated and restless, by means of his constitutional authority (dharma). And having thus calmed them, he shines gloriously.

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• एव (eva) - alone (only, just, indeed)

• अखिलं (akhilaṁ) - entire (entire, whole, complete)

• लोकं (lokaṁ) - populace (world, people, realm)

• समुदीर्णं (samudīrṇaṁ) - agitated (agitated, aroused, excited)

• समुत्सुकम् (samutsukam) - restless (eager, restless, intensely desirous)

• प्रसादयति (prasādayati) - he pacifies (he calms, he appeases, he gladdens)

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by means of his constitutional authority (dharma) (by dharma, by natural law, by righteousness)

• प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having calmed them (having appeased, having calmed, having gladdened)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विराजते (virājate) - he shines gloriously (he shines, he rules, he appears splendidly)

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - alone (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अखिलं (akhilaṁ) - entire (entire, whole, complete)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of akhila

akhila - entire, whole, complete, without defect

Compound: a (negation) + khila (gap, defect)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• khila – gap, defect, barren, waste land
  noun (masculine)

Note: masculine accusative singular, modifying lokaṃ

लोकं (lokaṁ) - populace (world, people, realm)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, society, realm

समुदीर्णं (samudīrṇaṁ) - agitated (agitated, aroused, excited)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samudīrṇa

samudīrṇa - agitated, aroused, excited, risen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √īr (to move, excite) with prefixes sam- and ud-

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: īr (class 2)

Note: masculine accusative singular, modifying lokaṃ

समुत्सुकम् (samutsukam) - restless (eager, restless, intensely desirous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samutsuka

samutsuka - eager, restless, intensely desirous, anxious

Compound: sam (together, completely) + utsuka (eager, desirous)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (sam+utsuka)

• sam – together, completely
  indeclinable
  prefix
• utsuka – eager, desirous, restless
  adjective

Note: masculine accusative singular, modifying lokaṃ

प्रसादयति (prasādayati) - he pacifies (he calms, he appeases, he gladdens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prasādayati

causative of √sad

Derived from √sad (to sit, settle) with prefix pra-, in the causative form

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by means of his constitutional authority (dharma) (by dharma, by natural law, by righteousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having calmed them (having appeased, having calmed, having gladdened)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive of the causative of √sad with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

विराजते (virājate) - he shines gloriously (he shines, he rules, he appears splendidly)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of virājate

Derived from √rāj (to shine, rule) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: ātmanepada form

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