महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-147, verse-22
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधो दानमेतच्चतुष्टयम् ।
अजातशत्रो सेवस्व धर्म एष सनातनः ॥२२॥
अजातशत्रो सेवस्व धर्म एष सनातनः ॥२२॥
22. ahiṁsā satyamakrodho dānametaccatuṣṭayam ,
ajātaśatro sevasva dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ.
ajātaśatro sevasva dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ.
22.
ahiṃsā satyam akrodhaḥ dānam etat catuṣṭayam
| ajātaśatro sevasva dharmaḥ eṣaḥ sanātanaḥ
| ajātaśatro sevasva dharmaḥ eṣaḥ sanātanaḥ
22.
O Ajātaśatru, practice these four virtues: non-violence, truthfulness, non-anger, and charity. This is the eternal natural law (dharma).
Words meanings summery:
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- अहिंसा (ahiṁsā) - non-violence, non-harming
- सत्यम् (satyam) - truthfulness, truth
- अक्रोधः (akrodhaḥ) - non-anger, absence of wrath
- दानम् (dānam) - giving, donation, charity
- एतत् (etat) - this
- चतुष्टयम् (catuṣṭayam) - a group of four, a quartet
- अजातशत्रो (ajātaśatro) - O Ajātaśatru (a name for Yudhiṣṭhira, implying he has no enemies) (O one who has no enemies)
- सेवस्व (sevasva) - practice, serve, attend to, resort to
- धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
- एषः (eṣaḥ) - this
- सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, everlasting, ancient
Words meanings and morphology
अहिंसा (ahiṁsā) - non-violence, non-harming
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā
ahiṁsā - non-violence, harmlessness
सत्यम् (satyam) - truthfulness, truth
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of satya
satya - truth, reality, truthfulness
अक्रोधः (akrodhaḥ) - non-anger, absence of wrath
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of akrodha
akrodha - non-anger, freedom from wrath
दानम् (dānam) - giving, donation, charity
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dāna
dāna - act of giving, charity, gift
Root: dā (class 3)
एतत् (etat) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
चतुष्टयम् (catuṣṭayam) - a group of four, a quartet
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of catuṣṭaya
catuṣṭaya - a group of four, quartet
अजातशत्रो (ajātaśatro) - O Ajātaśatru (a name for Yudhiṣṭhira, implying he has no enemies) (O one who has no enemies)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of ajātaśatru
ajātaśatru - one whose enemies are not born, having no enemies
सेवस्व (sevasva) - practice, serve, attend to, resort to
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of sev
Root: sev (class 1)
धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, custom
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
एषः (eṣaḥ) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, everlasting, ancient
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana
sanātana - eternal, everlasting, ancient, primeval