महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-101, verse-18
अमृतं मङ्गलं विद्धि महद्विषममङ्गलम् ।
ओषध्यो ह्यमृतं सर्वं विषं तेजोऽग्निसंभवम् ॥१८॥
ओषध्यो ह्यमृतं सर्वं विषं तेजोऽग्निसंभवम् ॥१८॥
18. amṛtaṁ maṅgalaṁ viddhi mahadviṣamamaṅgalam ,
oṣadhyo hyamṛtaṁ sarvaṁ viṣaṁ tejo'gnisaṁbhavam.
oṣadhyo hyamṛtaṁ sarvaṁ viṣaṁ tejo'gnisaṁbhavam.
18.
amṛtam maṅgalam viddhi mahat viṣam amaṅgalam
oṣadhyaḥ hi amṛtam sarvam viṣam tejaḥ agni-saṃbhavam
oṣadhyaḥ hi amṛtam sarvam viṣam tejaḥ agni-saṃbhavam
18.
amṛtam maṅgalam viddhi mahat viṣam amaṅgalam
oṣadhyaḥ hi sarvam amṛtam viṣam tejaḥ agni-saṃbhavam
oṣadhyaḥ hi sarvam amṛtam viṣam tejaḥ agni-saṃbhavam
18.
Understand nectar to be auspicious, and great poison to be inauspicious. Indeed, all medicinal herbs are nectar, whereas poison is a potent essence originating from fire.
Words meanings summery:
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- अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar (nectar, ambrosia, immortality)
- मङ्गलम् (maṅgalam) - auspicious (auspicious, blessed, prosperous; an auspicious thing)
- विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand (know, understand, realize)
- महत् (mahat) - great, significant (great, large, mighty, significant)
- विषम् (viṣam) - poison (poison, venom)
- अमङ्गलम् (amaṅgalam) - inauspicious (inauspicious, unlucky, misfortune)
- ओषध्यः (oṣadhyaḥ) - medicinal herbs (herbs, medicinal plants)
- हि (hi) - indeed, truly (indeed, surely, for, because)
- अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar (nectar, ambrosia, immortality)
- सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entirely (all, every, whole)
- विषम् (viṣam) - poison (poison, venom)
- तेजः (tejaḥ) - potent essence, brilliance, fire (brilliance, luster, energy, power, fire)
- अग्नि-संभवम् (agni-saṁbhavam) - originating from fire (born from fire, originating from fire)
Words meanings and morphology
अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar (nectar, ambrosia, immortality)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta
amṛta - nectar, ambrosia; immortal
Negation of mṛta (dead). A + mṛta.
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)
- a – not, non
indeclinable - mṛta – dead, deceased
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 1)
Note: Object of viddhi.
मङ्गलम् (maṅgalam) - auspicious (auspicious, blessed, prosperous; an auspicious thing)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of maṅgala
maṅgala - auspicious, blessed, prosperous; an auspicious thing, welfare
Note: Predicative accusative with viddhi.
विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand (know, understand, realize)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid
Present Active Imperative
Second person singular, present tense, active voice, imperative mood. From root vid, class 2P.
Root: vid (class 2)
महत् (mahat) - great, significant (great, large, mighty, significant)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, mighty, significant
Note: Qualifies viṣam.
विषम् (viṣam) - poison (poison, venom)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣa
viṣa - poison, venom; object of sense
Note: Object of viddhi.
अमङ्गलम् (amaṅgalam) - inauspicious (inauspicious, unlucky, misfortune)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of amaṅgala
amaṅgala - inauspicious, unlucky, misfortune
Negation of maṅgala. A + maṅgala.
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+maṅgala)
- a – not, non
indeclinable - maṅgala – auspicious, blessed, prosperous
adjective (neuter)
Note: Predicative accusative with viddhi.
ओषध्यः (oṣadhyaḥ) - medicinal herbs (herbs, medicinal plants)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of oṣadhi
oṣadhi - herb, medicinal plant, annual plant
Note: Subject of implicit 'are'.
हि (hi) - indeed, truly (indeed, surely, for, because)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar (nectar, ambrosia, immortality)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛta
amṛta - nectar, ambrosia; immortal
Negation of mṛta (dead). A + mṛta.
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)
- a – not, non
indeclinable - mṛta – dead, deceased
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 1)
Note: Predicate nominative for oṣadhyaḥ.
सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entirely (all, every, whole)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Modifies amṛtam adverbially.
विषम् (viṣam) - poison (poison, venom)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa
viṣa - poison, venom; object of sense
Note: Subject of implicit 'is'.
तेजः (tejaḥ) - potent essence, brilliance, fire (brilliance, luster, energy, power, fire)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas
tejas - brilliance, luster, energy, power, fire; essence, spirit
Note: Predicate nominative for viṣam.
अग्नि-संभवम् (agni-saṁbhavam) - originating from fire (born from fire, originating from fire)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of agni-saṃbhava
agni-saṁbhava - born from fire, produced by fire
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+saṃbhava)
- agni – fire, god of fire
noun (masculine) - saṃbhava – birth, origin, production; possible, existing
adjective (masculine)
Verbal derivative noun/adjective
From root bhū with prefix sam-
Prefix: sam
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Qualifies tejaḥ.