महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-83, verse-3

श्रोतव्यं तस्य च रहो रक्ष्यश्चामात्यतो भवेत् ।
अमात्या ह्युपहन्तारं भूयिष्ठं घ्नन्ति भारत ॥३॥

3. śrotavyaṁ tasya ca raho rakṣyaścāmātyato bhavet ,
amātyā hyupahantāraṁ bhūyiṣṭhaṁ ghnanti bhārata.

3. śrotavyaṃ tasya ca rahaḥ rakṣyaḥ ca amātyataḥ bhavet
amātyāḥ hi upahantāram bhūyiṣṭham ghnanti bhārata

3. bhārata ca tasya rahasyaṃ śrotavyaṃ amātyataḥ ca
rakṣyaḥ bhavet hi amātyāḥ bhūyiṣṭham upahantāram ghnanti

3. O Bhārata, his secret must be heard, and he must be protected from the ministers, for ministers generally destroy one who harms them.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रोतव्यम् (śrotavyam) - to be heard, should be listened to

• तस्य (tasya) - of that informant (his, of him)

• च (ca) - and, also

• रहस् (rahas) - his confidential report (secretly, in private, secret)

• रक्ष्यः (rakṣyaḥ) - to be protected

• च (ca) - and

• अमात्यतः (amātyataḥ) - from the minister, than the ministers

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, might be

• अमात्याः (amātyāḥ) - ministers

• हि (hi) - indeed, for

• उपहन्तारम् (upahantāram) - one who exposes or harms them (destroyer, one who injures or harms)

• भूयिष्ठम् (bhūyiṣṭham) - mostly, for the most part, very much

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they destroy

• भारत (bhārata) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O descendant of Bharata, O Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोतव्यम् (śrotavyam) - to be heard, should be listened to

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrotavya

śrotavya - to be heard, audible

Gerundive

From root śru with suffix tavya

Root: śru (class 5)

तस्य (tasya) - of that informant (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रहस् (rahas) - his confidential report (secretly, in private, secret)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rahas

rahas - secret, privacy

रक्ष्यः (rakṣyaḥ) - to be protected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣya

rakṣya - to be protected

Gerundive

From root rakṣ with suffix ya

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अमात्यतः (amātyataḥ) - from the minister, than the ministers

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of amātya

amātya - minister, companion

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अमात्याः (amātyāḥ) - ministers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of amātya

amātya - minister, companion

हि (hi) - indeed, for

(indeclinable)

उपहन्तारम् (upahantāram) - one who exposes or harms them (destroyer, one who injures or harms)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upahantṛ

upahantṛ - destroyer, injurer

Prefix: upa

Root: han (class 2)

भूयिष्ठम् (bhūyiṣṭham) - mostly, for the most part, very much

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūyiṣṭha

bhūyiṣṭha - most, mostly

Superlative of bahu

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they destroy

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

भारत (bhārata) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O descendant of Bharata, O Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

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