महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-83, verse-31

देवतेव हि सर्वार्थान्कुर्याद्राजा प्रसादितः ।
वैश्वानर इव क्रुद्धः समूलमपि निर्दहेत् ।
इति राजन्मयः प्राह वर्तते च तथैव तत् ॥३१॥

31. devateva hi sarvārthānkuryādrājā prasāditaḥ ,
vaiśvānara iva kruddhaḥ samūlamapi nirdahet ,
iti rājanmayaḥ prāha vartate ca tathaiva tat.

31. devatā iva hi sarvārthān kuryāt rājā
prasāditaḥ vaiśvānara iva kruddhaḥ
samūlam api nirdahet iti rājan
mayaḥ prāha vartate ca tathā eva tat

31. rājā prasāditaḥ hi devatā iva sarvārthān kuryāt,
kruddhaḥ vaiśvānara iva samūlam api nirdahet iti rājan mayaḥ prāha,
tat ca tathā eva vartate

31. When pleased, a king fulfills all desires like a deity, but when angered, he can burn everything down to the roots like Vaiśvānara (the fire god), - thus Maya spoke, O king, and indeed it is precisely so.

Words meanings summery:

• देवता (devatā) - a deity, a god, a divine being

• इव (iva) - like, as

• हि (hi) - surely, indeed, for

• सर्वार्थान् (sarvārthān) - all desires or objectives (all goals, all objects, all desires, all wealth)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would fulfill, would grant (would do, might make, would accomplish)

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• प्रसादितः (prasāditaḥ) - pleased, propitiated, gratified

• वैश्वानरः (vaiśvānaraḥ) - the fire god (Vaiśvānara, the fire god, Agni)

• इव (iva) - like, as

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angered, furious, wrathful

• समूलम् (samūlam) - down to the roots (with the root, completely, root and all)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• निर्दहेत् (nirdahet) - would burn down, might consume by fire

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

• राजन् (rājan) - O king, ruler

• मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya (proper name of the asura architect)

• प्राह (prāha) - spoke, said, declared

• वर्तते (vartate) - is so, holds true (is, exists, remains, behaves, occurs)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely, only

• तत् (tat) - that, it

Words meanings and morphology

देवता (devatā) - a deity, a god, a divine being

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devatā

devatā - a deity, divinity

derived from deva with -tā

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - surely, indeed, for

(indeclinable)

सर्वार्थान् (sarvārthān) - all desires or objectives (all goals, all objects, all desires, all wealth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarvārtha

sarvārtha - all objects, all purposes

sarva + artha, karmadhāraya or tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+artha)

• sarva – all, whole, entire
  adjective (masculine)
• artha – purpose, object, wealth, desire
  noun (masculine)

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would fulfill, would grant (would do, might make, would accomplish)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

प्रसादितः (prasāditaḥ) - pleased, propitiated, gratified

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasādita

prasādita - pleased, propitiated, made gracious

Past Passive Participle

causative past passive participle of pra + sad

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

वैश्वानरः (vaiśvānaraḥ) - the fire god (Vaiśvānara, the fire god, Agni)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśvānara

vaiśvānara - belonging to all men, universal fire, Agni

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angered, furious, wrathful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angered, wrathful

Past Passive Participle

past passive participle of krudh

Root: krudh (class 4)

समूलम् (samūlam) - down to the roots (with the root, completely, root and all)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samūla

samūla - having a root, with the root

sa + mūla, bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+mūla)

• sa – with
  indeclinable
• mūla – root, base, origin
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

निर्दहेत् (nirdahet) - would burn down, might consume by fire

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of nirdah

nir + dah

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king, ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya (proper name of the asura architect)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maya

maya - Maya (name of a prominent asura/architect)

प्राह (prāha) - spoke, said, declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prāh

pra + āh (perperfect tense form)

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 0)

वर्तते (vartate) - is so, holds true (is, exists, remains, behaves, occurs)

(verb)

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

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely, only

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

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