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12,74

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-74, verse-5

विमाननात्तयोरेव प्रजा नश्येयुरेव ह ।
ब्रह्मक्षत्रं हि सर्वेषां धर्माणां मूलमुच्यते ॥५॥
5. vimānanāttayoreva prajā naśyeyureva ha ,
brahmakṣatraṁ hi sarveṣāṁ dharmāṇāṁ mūlamucyate.
5. vimānanāt tayoḥ eva prajāḥ naśyeyuḥ eva ha
brahmakṣatram hi sarveṣām dharmāṇām mūlam ucyate
5. tayoḥ eva vimānanāt prajāḥ naśyeyuḥ eva ha
brahmakṣatram hi sarveṣām dharmāṇām mūlam ucyate
5. However, from disrespect towards these two alone, the people would surely perish. For the combined power of the Brahmanical (brahma) and warrior (kṣatra) classes is indeed declared to be the very root of all natural laws (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

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  • विमाननात् (vimānanāt) - from disrespect, by dishonor, from disregard
  • तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the Brahmanical and warrior classes (of those two)
  • एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
  • प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - progeny, offspring, people, subjects
  • नश्येयुः (naśyeyuḥ) - they would perish, they would be destroyed
  • एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
  • (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)
  • ब्रह्मक्षत्रम् (brahmakṣatram) - the Brahmanical and warrior classes, the combined power of Brahma and Kshatra
  • हि (hi) - indeed, for, because
  • सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all
  • धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām) - of all natural laws (dharma) (of duties, of righteous principles, of natural laws (dharma))
  • मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, foundation, cause
  • उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

विमाननात् (vimānanāt) - from disrespect, by dishonor, from disregard
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of vimānana
vimānana - disrespect, dishonor, contempt
Prefix: vi
Root: man (class 4)
तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the Brahmanical and warrior classes (of those two)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Refers to the 'ubhau' (the two) previously mentioned.
एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
(indeclinable)
प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - progeny, offspring, people, subjects
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā
prajā - progeny, offspring, people, subjects
Prefix: pra
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Subject of 'naśyeyuḥ'.
नश्येयुः (naśyeyuḥ) - they would perish, they would be destroyed
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of naś
Root: naś (class 4)
Note: Refers to 'prajāḥ'.
एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
(indeclinable)
(ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)
(indeclinable)
ब्रह्मक्षत्रम् (brahmakṣatram) - the Brahmanical and warrior classes, the combined power of Brahma and Kshatra
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmakṣatra
brahmakṣatra - the Brahmanical and warrior class, the combined power of Brahma and Kshatra
Compound type : dvandva (brahma+kṣatra)
  • brahma – Brahmin, sacred knowledge, the priestly class
    noun (neuter)
  • kṣatra – warrior, power, rule, the Kshatriya class
    noun (neuter)
Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.
हि (hi) - indeed, for, because
(indeclinable)
सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Qualifies 'dharmāṇām'.
धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām) - of all natural laws (dharma) (of duties, of righteous principles, of natural laws (dharma))
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of dharma
dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, intrinsic nature
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, foundation, cause
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mūla
mūla - root, origin, foundation, cause, base
Note: Predicate nominative for 'brahmakṣatram'.
उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: Verb for 'brahmakṣatram'.