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12,90

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-90, verse-22

कच्चित्ते वणिजो राष्ट्रे नोद्विजन्ते करार्दिताः ।
क्रीणन्तो बहु वाल्पेन कान्तारकृतनिश्रमाः ॥२२॥
22. kaccitte vaṇijo rāṣṭre nodvijante karārditāḥ ,
krīṇanto bahu vālpena kāntārakṛtaniśramāḥ.
22. kaccit te vaṇijaḥ rāṣṭre na udvijante karārditāḥ
krīṇantaḥ bahu vā alpena kāntārakṛtaniśramāḥ
22. kaccit te rāṣṭre vaṇijaḥ kāntārakṛtaniśramāḥ
karārditāḥ na udvijante vā bahu alpena krīṇantaḥ
22. I hope that your merchants within the kingdom, who exert themselves traveling through wildernesses, are not oppressed by taxes, and that they are able to purchase goods in abundance at low prices.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it true that?
  • ते (te) - your, to you
  • वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants
  • राष्ट्रे (rāṣṭre) - in the kingdom, in the country
  • (na) - not, no
  • उद्विजन्ते (udvijante) - they are distressed, they are afraid, they are agitated
  • करार्दिताः (karārditāḥ) - oppressed by taxes (oppressed by taxes, tormented by hands/rays)
  • क्रीणन्तः (krīṇantaḥ) - buying, purchasing
  • बहु (bahu) - much, many, abundant
  • वा (vā) - or, and
  • अल्पेन (alpena) - with little (money/effort/capital) (with little, by means of little)
  • कान्तारकृतनिश्रमाः (kāntārakṛtaniśramāḥ) - those whose fatigue/effort is made by wildernesses, those who have undertaken exertion in wildernesses

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it true that?
(indeclinable)
ते (te) - your, to you
(pronoun)
singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vaṇij
vaṇij - merchant, trader
राष्ट्रे (rāṣṭre) - in the kingdom, in the country
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra
rāṣṭra - kingdom, country, realm
Root: rāṣ (class 1)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
उद्विजन्ते (udvijante) - they are distressed, they are afraid, they are agitated
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of udvij
Present Tense, 3rd Person Plural
Prefix: ud
Root: vij (class 6)
करार्दिताः (karārditāḥ) - oppressed by taxes (oppressed by taxes, tormented by hands/rays)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of karārdita
karārdita - tormented by taxes, distressed by tribute
Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (kara+ardita)
  • kara – tax, tribute, hand, ray
    noun (masculine)
  • ardita – tormented, afflicted, oppressed
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    from root 'ṛd' (to torment, afflict)
    Root: ṛd (class 1)
क्रीणन्तः (krīṇantaḥ) - buying, purchasing
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of krīṇat
krīṇat - buying, purchasing
Present Active Participle
From root krī (to buy).
Root: krī (class 9)
बहु (bahu) - much, many, abundant
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of bahu
bahu - much, many, abundant
वा (vā) - or, and
(indeclinable)
अल्पेन (alpena) - with little (money/effort/capital) (with little, by means of little)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of alpa
alpa - little, small, few
कान्तारकृतनिश्रमाः (kāntārakṛtaniśramāḥ) - those whose fatigue/effort is made by wildernesses, those who have undertaken exertion in wildernesses
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kāntārakṛtaniśrama
kāntārakṛtaniśrama - those who have made effort or undergone fatigue by traversing wildernesses
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāntāra+kṛta+niśrama)
  • kāntāra – wilderness, forest, difficult path
    noun (neuter)
  • kṛta – made, done, performed
    adjective (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    from root 'kṛ' (to do)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
  • niśrama – fatigue, exertion, weariness
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: ni
    Root: śram (class 4)