महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-84, verse-9
अनार्या ये न जानन्ति समयं मन्दचेतसः ।
तेभ्यः प्रतिजुगुप्सेथा जानीयाः समयच्युतान् ॥९॥
तेभ्यः प्रतिजुगुप्सेथा जानीयाः समयच्युतान् ॥९॥
9. anāryā ye na jānanti samayaṁ mandacetasaḥ ,
tebhyaḥ pratijugupsethā jānīyāḥ samayacyutān.
tebhyaḥ pratijugupsethā jānīyāḥ samayacyutān.
9.
anāryāḥ ye na jānanti samayam mandacetasaḥ
tebhyaḥ pratijugupsethāḥ jānīyāḥ samayacyutān
tebhyaḥ pratijugupsethāḥ jānīyāḥ samayacyutān
9.
ye anāryāḥ mandacetasaḥ (santaḥ) samayam na jānanti
tebhyaḥ pratijugupsethāḥ (tān) samayacyutān jānīyāḥ
tebhyaḥ pratijugupsethāḥ (tān) samayacyutān jānīyāḥ
9.
You should guard yourself against those ignoble (anārya) and dull-witted (mandacetas) persons who do not understand the proper conventions (samaya). You should recognize them as those who have deviated from the established norms (samayacyuta).
Words meanings summery:
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- अनार्याः (anāryāḥ) - ignoble, unworthy, not noble
- ये (ye) - who (plural)
- न (na) - not
- जानन्ति (jānanti) - they know, they understand
- समयम् (samayam) - convention, agreement, proper time, custom
- मन्दचेतसः (mandacetasaḥ) - dull-witted, slow-minded
- तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from them, to them
- प्रतिजुगुप्सेथाः (pratijugupsethāḥ) - you should guard yourself against, you should turn away from
- जानीयाः (jānīyāḥ) - you should know, you should recognize
- समयच्युतान् (samayacyutān) - those fallen from convention, those who have deviated from the norm
Words meanings and morphology
अनार्याः (anāryāḥ) - ignoble, unworthy, not noble
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of anārya
anārya - ignoble, unworthy, not Aryan/noble
Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (an+ārya)
- an – not, un-
indeclinable
Negative prefix. - ārya – noble, honorable, respectable
adjective/noun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
Note: Agrees with ye.
ये (ye) - who (plural)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - which, what, who (relative pronoun)
Note: Subject of jānanti.
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
Negative particle.
Note: Negates the verb jānanti.
जानन्ति (jānanti) - they know, they understand
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jñā
Kryādi class (9th conjugation), Parasmaipada, Present tense.
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Subject is ye.
समयम् (samayam) - convention, agreement, proper time, custom
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of samaya
samaya - convention, agreement, custom, proper time, pledge
From sam-i 'to come together'.
Prefix: sam
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Object of jānanti.
मन्दचेतसः (mandacetasaḥ) - dull-witted, slow-minded
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mandacetas
mandacetas - dull-witted, slow of mind, foolish
Compound type : bahuvrihi (manda+cetas)
- manda – slow, dull, languid
adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter) - cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with ye.
तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from them, to them
(pronoun)
masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it, they (demonstrative/personal pronoun)
Note: The ablative sense "from them" is implied by pratijugupsethāḥ "guard oneself against".
प्रतिजुगुप्सेथाः (pratijugupsethāḥ) - you should guard yourself against, you should turn away from
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of prati-gup
Desiderative form of root gup 'to protect' (with reduplication ju-gups) with prefix prati. Ātmanepada, Optative mood.
Prefix: prati
Root: gup (class 1)
Note: Implied subject 'you'.
जानीयाः (jānīyāḥ) - you should know, you should recognize
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of jñā
Kryādi class (9th conjugation), Parasmaipada, Optative mood.
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Implied subject 'you'.
समयच्युतान् (samayacyutān) - those fallen from convention, those who have deviated from the norm
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of samayacyuta
samayacyuta - one who has fallen from agreement/convention, deviant from custom
Compound type : pañcamī-tatpurusha (samaya+cyuta)
- samaya – convention, agreement, custom, proper time, pledge
noun (masculine)
From sam-i 'to come together'.
Prefix: sam
Root: i (class 2) - cyuta – fallen, deviated, slipped
adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root cyu 'to move, to fall'.
Root: cyu (class 1)
Note: Object of jānīyāḥ, acting as a predicate. '(you should know them as) fallen from convention'.