महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-34

स्वमांसं परमांसेन यो वर्धयितुमिच्छति ।
उद्विग्नवासे वसति यत्रतत्राभिजायते ॥३४॥

34. svamāṁsaṁ paramāṁsena yo vardhayitumicchati ,
udvignavāse vasati yatratatrābhijāyate.

34. svamāṃsam paramāṃsena yaḥ vardhayitum icchati
udvignavāse vasati yatra tatra abhijāyate

34. yaḥ svamāṃsam paramāṃsena vardhayitum icchati (saḥ)
udvignavāse vasati (ca) yatra tatra abhijāyate

34. Whoever wishes to increase their own flesh with the flesh of another lives in a state of constant anxiety and is born again in various troublesome places.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वमांसम् (svamāṁsam) - one's own flesh/meat

• परमांसेन (paramāṁsena) - with the flesh/meat of another

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• वर्धयितुम् (vardhayitum) - to increase, to grow, to strengthen

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

• उद्विग्नवासे (udvignavāse) - in an anxious abode, in a troubled dwelling

• वसति (vasati) - lives, dwells, resides

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अभिजायते (abhijāyate) - is born, arises, is produced

Words meanings and morphology

स्वमांसम् (svamāṁsam) - one's own flesh/meat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svamāṃsa

svamāṁsa - one's own flesh/meat

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+māṃsa)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (neuter)
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)

परमांसेन (paramāṁsena) - with the flesh/meat of another

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of paramāṃsa

paramāṁsa - flesh/meat of another

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+māṃsa)

• para – other, another, supreme
  pronoun (neuter)
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

वर्धयितुम् (vardhayitum) - to increase, to grow, to strengthen

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of vardhayitum

infinitive

Causative from root vṛdh (to grow) + tumun (infinitive suffix)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

उद्विग्नवासे (udvignavāse) - in an anxious abode, in a troubled dwelling

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of udvignavāsa

udvignavāsa - anxious abode, troubled dwelling

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (udvigna+vāsa)

• udvigna – agitated, anxious, distressed, troubled
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle from root vij (to tremble) with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vij (class 6)
• vāsa – dwelling, abode, residence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vas (class 1)

वसति (vasati) - lives, dwells, resides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with yatra.

अभिजायते (abhijāyate) - is born, arises, is produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of abhijā

Prefix: abhi

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The passive meaning 'is born' is derived from the middle voice of 'jan'.

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