महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-122, verse-7
तपः श्रुतं च योनिश्चाप्येतद्ब्राह्मण्यकारणम् ।
त्रिभिर्गुणैः समुदितस्ततो भवति वै द्विजः ॥७॥
त्रिभिर्गुणैः समुदितस्ततो भवति वै द्विजः ॥७॥
7. tapaḥ śrutaṁ ca yoniścāpyetadbrāhmaṇyakāraṇam ,
tribhirguṇaiḥ samuditastato bhavati vai dvijaḥ.
tribhirguṇaiḥ samuditastato bhavati vai dvijaḥ.
7.
tapaḥ śrutam ca yoniḥ ca api etat brāhmaṇyakāraṇam
tribhiḥ guṇaiḥ samuditaḥ tataḥ bhavati vai dvijaḥ
tribhiḥ guṇaiḥ samuditaḥ tataḥ bhavati vai dvijaḥ
7.
tapaḥ ca śrutam ca yoniḥ api etat brāhmaṇyakāraṇam
tribhiḥ guṇaiḥ samuditaḥ tataḥ vai dvijaḥ bhavati
tribhiḥ guṇaiḥ samuditaḥ tataḥ vai dvijaḥ bhavati
7.
Austerity (tapas), sacred learning, and lineage (yoni)—these are also the causes of brahminhood (brāhmaṇya). Endowed with these three qualities, one then truly becomes a twice-born (dvija).
Words meanings summery:
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- तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, spiritual discipline, penance
- श्रुतम् (śrutam) - sacred learning, knowledge (especially of the Vedas), what has been heard
- च (ca) - and
- योनिः (yoniḥ) - birth, origin, source, lineage
- च (ca) - and
- अपि (api) - also, even, indeed
- एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)
- ब्राह्मण्यकारणम् (brāhmaṇyakāraṇam) - the cause of brahminhood
- त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three
- गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, by virtues, by strands (of prakṛti)
- समुदितः (samuditaḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, come together, arisen
- ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, thence
- भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, happens
- वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly
- द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - a Brahmin (twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya, but here contextually a Brahmin))
Words meanings and morphology
तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, spiritual discipline, penance
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas
tapas - austerity, penance, spiritual discipline, heat
From root tap (to heat, to perform austerity)
Root: tap (class 1)
श्रुतम् (śrutam) - sacred learning, knowledge (especially of the Vedas), what has been heard
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta
śruta - heard, revealed, sacred learning, tradition
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of root śru (to hear)
Root: śru (class 5)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
योनिः (yoniḥ) - birth, origin, source, lineage
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yoni
yoni - birth, origin, source, womb, lineage, race
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, indeed
(indeclinable)
एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this
Demonstrative pronoun
ब्राह्मण्यकारणम् (brāhmaṇyakāraṇam) - the cause of brahminhood
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brāhmaṇyakāraṇa
brāhmaṇyakāraṇa - cause of brahminhood
Compound type : tatpurusha (brāhmaṇya+kāraṇa)
- brāhmaṇya – state or quality of a brahmin, brahminhood
noun (neuter)
Derived from brāhmaṇa with suffix -ya - kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
noun (neuter)
Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ana
Root: kṛ (class 8)
त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three
(numeral)
गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, by virtues, by strands (of prakṛti)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa
guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, strand, secondary quality
समुदितः (samuditaḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, come together, arisen
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of samudita
samudita - united, assembled, endowed with, arisen, accomplished
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of root i (to go) with prefixes sam-ud-
Prefixes: sam+ud
Root: i (class 2)
ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, thence
(indeclinable)
Adverbial suffix -tas applied to tad
भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, happens
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly
(indeclinable)
द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - a Brahmin (twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya, but here contextually a Brahmin))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija
dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth
Compound type : tatpurusha (dvi+ja)
- dvi – two
numeral - ja – born, produced from
adjective (masculine)
From root jan (to be born)
Root: jan (class 4)