महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-108, verse-14
दशाचार्यानुपाध्याय उपाध्यायान्पिता दश ।
दश चैव पितॄन्माता सर्वां वा पृथिवीमपि ॥१४॥
दश चैव पितॄन्माता सर्वां वा पृथिवीमपि ॥१४॥
14. daśācāryānupādhyāya upādhyāyānpitā daśa ,
daśa caiva pitṝnmātā sarvāṁ vā pṛthivīmapi.
daśa caiva pitṝnmātā sarvāṁ vā pṛthivīmapi.
14.
daśa ācāryān upādhyāyaḥ upādhyāyān pitā daśa
daśa ca eva pitṝn mātā sarvām vā pṛthivīm api
daśa ca eva pitṝn mātā sarvām vā pṛthivīm api
14.
upādhyāyaḥ daśa ācāryān pitā daśa upādhyāyān
ca eva mātā daśa pitṝn vā sarvām pṛthivīm api
ca eva mātā daśa pitṝn vā sarvām pṛthivīm api
14.
A preceptor (upādhyāya) is equivalent to ten teachers (ācārya). A father is equivalent to ten preceptors. And a mother is indeed equivalent to ten fathers, or even to the entire earth.
Words meanings summery:
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- दश (daśa) - ten
- आचार्यान् (ācāryān) - teachers, spiritual guides
- उपाध्यायः (upādhyāyaḥ) - a preceptor, a sub-teacher
- उपाध्यायान् (upādhyāyān) - preceptors, sub-teachers
- पिता (pitā) - father
- दश (daśa) - ten
- दश (daśa) - ten
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
- पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors
- माता (mātā) - mother
- सर्वाम् (sarvām) - all, entire
- वा (vā) - or
- पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth, ground
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
Words meanings and morphology
दश (daśa) - ten
(indeclinable)
आचार्यान् (ācāryān) - teachers, spiritual guides
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ācārya
ācārya - teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide, master
From 'ācar' (to act, to practice, to teach)
Prefix: ā
Root: car (class 1)
Note: Object of implied 'is superior to' or 'is equal to'.
उपाध्यायः (upādhyāyaḥ) - a preceptor, a sub-teacher
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of upādhyāya
upādhyāya - preceptor, sub-teacher, spiritual teacher (one who teaches a part of the Vedas)
From 'upa' (near) + 'adhi' (over) + 'i' (to go, to learn), lit. 'one who teaches near'
Prefixes: upa+adhi
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Subject of implied comparison.
उपाध्यायान् (upādhyāyān) - preceptors, sub-teachers
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of upādhyāya
upādhyāya - preceptor, sub-teacher, spiritual teacher (one who teaches a part of the Vedas)
From 'upa' (near) + 'adhi' (over) + 'i' (to go, to learn), lit. 'one who teaches near'
Prefixes: upa+adhi
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Object of implied comparison.
पिता (pitā) - father
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
Note: Subject of implied comparison.
दश (daśa) - ten
(indeclinable)
दश (daśa) - ten
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
Note: Object of implied comparison.
माता (mātā) - mother
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ
mātṛ - mother
Note: Subject of implied comparison.
सर्वाम् (sarvām) - all, entire
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
Note: Agrees with 'pṛthivīm'.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth, ground
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī
pṛthivī - earth, ground, land
Note: Object of implied comparison.
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes 'even'.