महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-117, verse-10
स्वमांसं परमांसैर्यो विवर्धयितुमिच्छति ।
नास्ति क्षुद्रतरस्तस्मान्न नृशंसतरो नरः ॥१०॥
नास्ति क्षुद्रतरस्तस्मान्न नृशंसतरो नरः ॥१०॥
10. svamāṁsaṁ paramāṁsairyo vivardhayitumicchati ,
nāsti kṣudratarastasmānna nṛśaṁsataro naraḥ.
nāsti kṣudratarastasmānna nṛśaṁsataro naraḥ.
10.
svamāṃsam paramāṃsaiḥ yaḥ vivardhayitum icchati
na asti kṣudrataraḥ tasmāt na nṛśaṃsataraḥ naraḥ
na asti kṣudrataraḥ tasmāt na nṛśaṃsataraḥ naraḥ
10.
yaḥ svamāṃsam paramāṃsaiḥ vivardhayitum icchati,
tasmāt kṣudrataraḥ na asti,
na ca nṛśaṃsataraḥ naraḥ (asti).
tasmāt kṣudrataraḥ na asti,
na ca nṛśaṃsataraḥ naraḥ (asti).
10.
The person who desires to increase their own flesh with the flesh of others—there is no one more contemptible than that person, nor any human more cruel.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्वमांसम् (svamāṁsam) - one's own flesh/meat
- परमांसैः (paramāṁsaiḥ) - with the flesh/meat of others
- यः (yaḥ) - whoever
- विवर्धयितुम् (vivardhayitum) - to increase, to cause to grow
- इच्छति (icchati) - wishes, desires, wants
- न (na) - not, no
- अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
- क्षुद्रतरः (kṣudrataraḥ) - more contemptible, more mean, more base
- तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than him (from him, than him, therefore)
- न (na) - nor, not
- नृशंसतरः (nṛśaṁsataraḥ) - more cruel, more brutal
- नरः (naraḥ) - person, man
Words meanings and morphology
स्वमांसम् (svamāṁsam) - one's own flesh/meat
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of svamāṃsa
svamāṁsa - one's own flesh/meat
Compound of sva (one's own) and māṃsa (flesh, meat)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+māṃsa)
- sva – own, one's own
pronoun (neuter) - māṃsa – meat, flesh
noun (neuter)
परमांसैः (paramāṁsaiḥ) - with the flesh/meat of others
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of paramāṃsa
paramāṁsa - the flesh/meat of others
Compound of para (other, another) and māṃsa (flesh, meat)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+māṃsa)
- para – other, another
adjective (masculine) - māṃsa – meat, flesh
noun (neuter)
यः (yaḥ) - whoever
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what, that
विवर्धयितुम् (vivardhayitum) - to increase, to cause to grow
(infinitive)
इच्छति (icchati) - wishes, desires, wants
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ
Root: iṣ (class 6)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as
Root: as (class 2)
क्षुद्रतरः (kṣudrataraḥ) - more contemptible, more mean, more base
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudratara
kṣudratara - more small, meaner, more contemptible, baser
Comparative form of kṣudra ('small, mean')
तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than him (from him, than him, therefore)
(pronoun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
न (na) - nor, not
(indeclinable)
नृशंसतरः (nṛśaṁsataraḥ) - more cruel, more brutal
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛśaṃsatara
nṛśaṁsatara - more cruel, more brutal, more savage
Comparative form of nṛśaṃsa ('cruel, brutal')
नरः (naraḥ) - person, man
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, person, human being