महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-76, verse-25
दानमध्ययनं यज्ञः प्रजानां परिपालनम् ।
धर्ममेतमधर्मं वा जन्मनैवाभ्यजायिथाः ॥२५॥
धर्ममेतमधर्मं वा जन्मनैवाभ्यजायिथाः ॥२५॥
25. dānamadhyayanaṁ yajñaḥ prajānāṁ paripālanam ,
dharmametamadharmaṁ vā janmanaivābhyajāyithāḥ.
dharmametamadharmaṁ vā janmanaivābhyajāyithāḥ.
25.
dānam adhyayanam yajñaḥ prajānām paripālanam
dharmam etam adharmam vā janmanā eva abhyajayithāḥ
dharmam etam adharmam vā janmanā eva abhyajayithāḥ
25.
dānam adhyayanam yajñaḥ prajānām paripālanam etam
dharmam vā adharmam janmanā eva abhyajayithāḥ
dharmam vā adharmam janmanā eva abhyajayithāḥ
25.
Giving (dāna), study, the performance of Vedic rituals (yajña), and the protection of subjects: this is the intrinsic nature (dharma). By your very birth, you were born into this (dharma) or into unrighteousness (adharma).
Words meanings summery:
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- दानम् (dānam) - the act of giving (dāna) (giving, gift, donation, charity)
- अध्ययनम् (adhyayanam) - the act of studying (study, reading, learning)
- यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the performance of Vedic rituals (yajña) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship)
- प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of the subjects (of the subjects, of the people)
- परिपालनम् (paripālanam) - the protection (of subjects) (protection, governance, fostering)
- धर्मम् (dharmam) - this natural law (dharma) or duty (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)
- एतम् (etam) - this (this, this one)
- अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness (adharma) (unrighteousness, injustice, wrong, vice, non-dharma)
- वा (vā) - or (or, either... or, like)
- जन्मना (janmanā) - by birth (by birth, by origin)
- एव (eva) - itself, indeed (just, indeed, only, certainly)
- अभ्यजयिथाः (abhyajayithāḥ) - you were born into, you acquired (you were born, you obtained, you came into being)
Words meanings and morphology
दानम् (dānam) - the act of giving (dāna) (giving, gift, donation, charity)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dāna
dāna - gift, giving, donation, charity, liberality
From root dā (to give), with suffix -ana.
Root: dā (class 3)
अध्ययनम् (adhyayanam) - the act of studying (study, reading, learning)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of adhyayana
adhyayana - studying, reading, learning, especially the Vedas
From adhi + i (to go, to learn), with suffix -ana.
Prefix: adhi
Root: i (class 2)
यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the performance of Vedic rituals (yajña) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña
yajña - Vedic ritual, offering, worship, devotion
From root yaj (to worship, sacrifice), with suffix -na.
Root: yaj (class 1)
प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of the subjects (of the subjects, of the people)
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of prajā
prajā - offspring, progeny, creatures, subjects, people
From pra + jan (to be born).
Prefix: pra
Root: jan (class 4)
परिपालनम् (paripālanam) - the protection (of subjects) (protection, governance, fostering)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of paripālana
paripālana - guarding, protecting, preserving, cherishing, governing
From pari + pāl (to protect), with suffix -ana.
Prefix: pari
Root: pāl (class 10)
धर्मम् (dharmam) - this natural law (dharma) or duty (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, constitution, virtue, justice
From root dhṛ (to uphold, support), with suffix -man.
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
एतम् (etam) - this (this, this one)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
Demonstrative pronoun.
Note: Accusative masculine singular agreeing with dharmam.
अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness (adharma) (unrighteousness, injustice, wrong, vice, non-dharma)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of adharma
adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, sin, vice, irreligion, not natural law
Compound of negation 'a' and 'dharma'.
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)
- a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable
Negative prefix. - dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, constitution
noun (masculine)
From root dhṛ (to uphold, support).
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
वा (vā) - or (or, either... or, like)
(indeclinable)
Conjunction.
जन्मना (janmanā) - by birth (by birth, by origin)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of janman
janman - birth, origin, production, life
N-stem noun.
Root: jan (class 4)
एव (eva) - itself, indeed (just, indeed, only, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle.
अभ्यजयिथाः (abhyajayithāḥ) - you were born into, you acquired (you were born, you obtained, you came into being)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, aorist (luṅ) of jan
Aorist Middle 2nd person singular
From abhi + jan (to be born), aorist middle.
Prefix: abhi
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: The form is ajayithāḥ from jan root in aorist middle. With abhi it's abhyajayithāḥ.