महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-90, verse-2
ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽतिरिक्तं च भुञ्जीरन्नितरे जनाः ।
न ब्राह्मणोपरोधेन हरेदन्यः कथंचन ॥२॥
न ब्राह्मणोपरोधेन हरेदन्यः कथंचन ॥२॥
2. brāhmaṇebhyo'tiriktaṁ ca bhuñjīrannitare janāḥ ,
na brāhmaṇoparodhena haredanyaḥ kathaṁcana.
na brāhmaṇoparodhena haredanyaḥ kathaṁcana.
2.
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ atiriktam ca bhuñjīran itare janāḥ
| na brāhmaṇoparodhena haret anyaḥ kathaṃcana
| na brāhmaṇoparodhena haret anyaḥ kathaṃcana
2.
itare janāḥ ca brāhmaṇebhyaḥ atiriktam bhuñjīran
anyaḥ na brāhmaṇoparodhena kathaṃcana haret
anyaḥ na brāhmaṇoparodhena kathaṃcana haret
2.
"And other people should eat what remains in excess after the Brahmins have taken their share. No one else should ever seize anything by hindering a Brahmin."
Words meanings summery:
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- ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - from the share of Brahmins (indicating a surplus after their needs) (from Brahmins, for Brahmins)
- अतिरिक्तम् (atiriktam) - excess, surplus, what remains
- च (ca) - and, also
- भुञ्जीरन् (bhuñjīran) - they should eat, they should enjoy
- इतरे (itare) - other people (other, remaining)
- जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men
- न (na) - not, no
- ब्राह्मणोपरोधेन (brāhmaṇoparodhena) - by obstructing a Brahmin
- हरेत् (haret) - he should take, seize, carry away
- अन्यः (anyaḥ) - any other person (other, another)
- कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - ever, by any means (somehow, by any means, ever)
Words meanings and morphology
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - from the share of Brahmins (indicating a surplus after their needs) (from Brahmins, for Brahmins)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
अतिरिक्तम् (atiriktam) - excess, surplus, what remains
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of atirikta
atirikta - excess, left over, superfluous, remaining
Past Passive Participle
Derived from √ric (to leave, abandon) with prefix ati
Prefix: ati
Root: ric (class 7)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
भुञ्जीरन् (bhuñjīran) - they should eat, they should enjoy
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of bhuj
3rd person plural optative active of √bhuj (to eat)
Root: bhuj (class 7)
इतरे (itare) - other people (other, remaining)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of itara
itara - other, another, different
जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jana
jana - person, people, man, creature
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
ब्राह्मणोपरोधेन (brāhmaṇoparodhena) - by obstructing a Brahmin
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇoparodha
brāhmaṇoparodha - obstruction or hindrance of a Brahmin
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+uparodha)
- brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
noun (masculine) - uparodha – obstruction, hindrance, siege, constraint
noun (masculine)
Derived from √rudh (to obstruct, hinder) with prefix upa
Prefix: upa
Root: rudh (class 7)
हरेत् (haret) - he should take, seize, carry away
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of hṛ
3rd person singular optative active of √hṛ (to take)
Root: hṛ (class 1)
अन्यः (anyaḥ) - any other person (other, another)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anya
anya - other, another, different
कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - ever, by any means (somehow, by any means, ever)
(indeclinable)