महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-92, verse-22

युक्ता यदा जानपदा भिक्षन्ते ब्राह्मणा इव ।
अभीक्ष्णं भिक्षुदोषेण राजानं घ्नन्ति तादृशाः ॥२२॥

22. yuktā yadā jānapadā bhikṣante brāhmaṇā iva ,
abhīkṣṇaṁ bhikṣudoṣeṇa rājānaṁ ghnanti tādṛśāḥ.

22. yuktāḥ yadā jānapadāḥ bhikṣante brāhmaṇāḥ iva
abhīkṣṇam bhikṣu-doṣeṇa rājānam ghnanti tādṛśāḥ

22. yadā yuktāḥ jānapadāḥ brāhmaṇāḥ iva bhikṣante,
tādṛśāḥ abhīkṣṇam bhikṣu-doṣeṇa rājānam ghnanti.

22. When appointed district officials behave like mendicants, frequently, by the misconduct of such 'begging', such persons harm the king.

Words meanings summery:

• युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - appointed (officials) (appointed, engaged, joined)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• जानपदाः (jānapadāḥ) - district officials (relating to a country/district, rural, inhabitants of a country/district)

• भिक्षन्ते (bhikṣante) - they seek (improper gains) (they beg, they ask for alms, they seek)

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins (Brahmins, priestly class)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

• अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - frequently (repeatedly, constantly, frequently)

• भिक्षु-दोषेण (bhikṣu-doṣeṇa) - by the misconduct of 'begging' (improper seeking) (by the fault of a beggar, by the defect of mendicancy)

• राजानम् (rājānam) - the king

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they harm (the king's reputation, authority, or well-being) (they kill, they strike, they destroy, they harm)

• तादृशाः (tādṛśāḥ) - such persons (such, such like)

Words meanings and morphology

युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - appointed (officials) (appointed, engaged, joined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yukta

yukta - joined, united, yoked, appointed, employed, endowed with, intent on, absorbed in (yoga)

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

जानपदाः (jānapadāḥ) - district officials (relating to a country/district, rural, inhabitants of a country/district)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jānapada

jānapada - belonging to a country/district, a countryman, a citizen, an inhabitant of a district

From janapada (country/district) + aṇ (taddhita suffix)

भिक्षन्ते (bhikṣante) - they seek (improper gains) (they beg, they ask for alms, they seek)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhikṣ

Present tense

Denominative verb from bhikṣā (alms), or from root bhikṣ (desiderative of bhaj).

Root: bhikṣ (class 1)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins (Brahmins, priestly class)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, belonging to or related to Brahman/Veda

From brahman + aṇ (taddhita suffix)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - frequently (repeatedly, constantly, frequently)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of abhīkṣṇa (constant, frequent)

भिक्षु-दोषेण (bhikṣu-doṣeṇa) - by the misconduct of 'begging' (improper seeking) (by the fault of a beggar, by the defect of mendicancy)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhikṣu-doṣa

bhikṣu-doṣa - the fault of a beggar, the vice of begging

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhikṣu+doṣa)

• bhikṣu – beggar, mendicant, monk
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhikṣ
  Root: bhikṣ
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, blame, error
  noun (masculine)
  From root duṣ
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

राजानम् (rājānam) - the king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they harm (the king's reputation, authority, or well-being) (they kill, they strike, they destroy, they harm)

(verb)

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

Present tense

Root han, irregular forms in present tense

Root: han (class 2)

तादृशाः (tādṛśāḥ) - such persons (such, such like)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, such like, similar to that

From tad (that) + dṛś (to see) + a (suffix)

Note: Refers to the 'yuktā jānapadāḥ'

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