महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-129, verse-40
मृगनिर्मोकवसनाश्चीरवल्कलवाससः ।
निर्द्वंद्वाः सत्पथं प्राप्ता वालखिल्यास्तपोधनाः ॥४०॥
निर्द्वंद्वाः सत्पथं प्राप्ता वालखिल्यास्तपोधनाः ॥४०॥
40. mṛganirmokavasanāścīravalkalavāsasaḥ ,
nirdvaṁdvāḥ satpathaṁ prāptā vālakhilyāstapodhanāḥ.
nirdvaṁdvāḥ satpathaṁ prāptā vālakhilyāstapodhanāḥ.
40.
mṛganirmokavasanāḥ cīravalkalavāsasaḥ nirdvandvāḥ
satpatham prāptāḥ vālakhilyāḥ tapodhanāḥ
satpatham prāptāḥ vālakhilyāḥ tapodhanāḥ
40.
mṛganirmokavasanāḥ cīravalkalavāsasaḥ nirdvandvāḥ
tapodhanāḥ vālakhilyāḥ satpatham prāptāḥ
tapodhanāḥ vālakhilyāḥ satpatham prāptāḥ
40.
The Vālakhilya sages, whose only wealth is asceticism (tapas), wear garments of deerskin, bark, and rags. Free from dualities, they have attained the true path.
Words meanings summery:
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- मृगनिर्मोकवसनाः (mṛganirmokavasanāḥ) - wearing deerskin garments
- चीरवल्कलवाससः (cīravalkalavāsasaḥ) - wearing garments of bark and rags
- निर्द्वन्द्वाः (nirdvandvāḥ) - free from dualities, beyond pairs of opposites
- सत्पथम् (satpatham) - the true path, the virtuous path
- प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - attained, reached
- वालखिल्याः (vālakhilyāḥ) - Vālakhilyas (a class of sages)
- तपोधनाः (tapodhanāḥ) - whose wealth is asceticism, rich in penance
Words meanings and morphology
मृगनिर्मोकवसनाः (mṛganirmokavasanāḥ) - wearing deerskin garments
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛganirmokavasana
mṛganirmokavasana - one whose garment is deerskin
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛga+nirmoka+vasana)
- mṛga – deer, animal
noun (masculine) - nirmoka – slough (shed skin), covering, abandoning
noun (masculine)
Prefix: nir
Root: muc (class 6) - vasana – garment, clothing, dwelling
noun (neuter)
From root vas (to wear, to dwell)
Root: vas (class 1)
चीरवल्कलवाससः (cīravalkalavāsasaḥ) - wearing garments of bark and rags
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of cīravalkalavāsas
cīravalkalavāsas - one whose garment is bark and rags
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cīra+valkala+vāsas)
- cīra – strip of cloth, rag, bark-garment
noun (neuter) - valkala – bark (of a tree, used as clothing)
noun (masculine) - vāsas – garment, clothing
noun (neuter)
From root vas (to wear)
Root: vas (class 1)
निर्द्वन्द्वाः (nirdvandvāḥ) - free from dualities, beyond pairs of opposites
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nirdvandva
nirdvandva - free from pairs of opposites (cold/heat, joy/sorrow etc.)
Compound type : prādi-bahuvrīhi (nir+dvandva)
- nir – without, free from, out
indeclinable
Preposition/prefix - dvandva – pair, duality, conflict, couple
noun (neuter)
सत्पथम् (satpatham) - the true path, the virtuous path
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of satpatha
satpatha - the right path, virtuous course
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+patha)
- sat – good, true, real, existent
adjective (neuter)
Present Active Participle (of as 'to be')
Root: as (class 2) - patha – path, way, road
noun (masculine)
प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - attained, reached
(verbal derivative)
वालखिल्याः (vālakhilyāḥ) - Vālakhilyas (a class of sages)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vālakhilya
vālakhilya - a class of 60,000 pygmy sages born from Brahmā's hair, dwelling in the sun's chariot
तपोधनाः (tapodhanāḥ) - whose wealth is asceticism, rich in penance
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tapodhana
tapodhana - one whose wealth is asceticism (tapas)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)
- tapas – asceticism, penance, religious austerity
noun (neuter) - dhana – wealth, treasure, riches
noun (neuter)