महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-105, verse-49

गौतम उवाच ।
यत्र शीतभयं नास्ति न चोष्णभयमण्वपि ।
न क्षुत्पिपासे न ग्लानिर्न दुःखं न सुखं तथा ॥४९॥

49. gautama uvāca ,
yatra śītabhayaṁ nāsti na coṣṇabhayamaṇvapi ,
na kṣutpipāse na glānirna duḥkhaṁ na sukhaṁ tathā.

49. gautama uvāca yatra śītabhayam na asti na ca uṣṇabhayam
aṇu api na kṣutpipāse na glāniḥ na duḥkham na sukham tathā

49. gautama uvāca yatra śītabhayam na asti,
ca uṣṇabhayam aṇu api na,
kṣutpipāse na,
glāniḥ na,
duḥkham na,
tathā sukham na

49. Gautama said: Where there is no fear of cold, nor even the slightest fear of heat; neither hunger nor thirst, nor weariness, nor sorrow, nor happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• गौतम (gautama) - Gautama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• शीतभयम् (śītabhayam) - fear of cold

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - nor (in negated context) (and, also)

• उष्णभयम् (uṣṇabhayam) - fear of heat

• अणु (aṇu) - even the slightest amount (small, minute, atom, even a little)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• क्षुत्पिपासे (kṣutpipāse) - hunger and thirst

• न (na) - not, no

• ग्लानिः (glāniḥ) - weariness, exhaustion, lassitude

• न (na) - not, no

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

• न (na) - not, no

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure, comfort

• तथा (tathā) - nor likewise (thus, so, likewise)

Words meanings and morphology

गौतम (gautama) - Gautama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - a descendant of Gotama; name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense

root 'vac', perfect third person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

शीतभयम् (śītabhayam) - fear of cold

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śītabhaya

śītabhaya - fear of cold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śīta+bhaya)

• śīta – cold, coolness
  noun (neuter)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

present tense

root 'as', present third person singular

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor (in negated context) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

उष्णभयम् (uṣṇabhayam) - fear of heat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uṣṇabhaya

uṣṇabhaya - fear of heat

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uṣṇa+bhaya)

• uṣṇa – hot, heat
  noun (neuter)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

अणु (aṇu) - even the slightest amount (small, minute, atom, even a little)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - minute, atomic, small, particle

Note: Used here adverbially to mean 'even a little bit'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

क्षुत्पिपासे (kṣutpipāse) - hunger and thirst

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of kṣutpipāsā

kṣutpipāsā - hunger and thirst

Compound type : dvandva (kṣudh+pipāsā)

• kṣudh – hunger
  noun (feminine)
• pipāsā – thirst
  noun (feminine)
  Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the pair of hunger and thirst.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ग्लानिः (glāniḥ) - weariness, exhaustion, lassitude

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of glāni

glāni - weariness, exhaustion, lassitude

Root: glai (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, unhappiness

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure, comfort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, comfort, joy

तथा (tathā) - nor likewise (thus, so, likewise)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to extend the series of negations.

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