महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-16, verse-51
मृत्युर्यमो हुताशश्च कालः संहारवेगवान् ।
कालस्य परमा योनिः कालश्चायं सनातनः ॥५१॥
कालस्य परमा योनिः कालश्चायं सनातनः ॥५१॥
51. mṛtyuryamo hutāśaśca kālaḥ saṁhāravegavān ,
kālasya paramā yoniḥ kālaścāyaṁ sanātanaḥ.
kālasya paramā yoniḥ kālaścāyaṁ sanātanaḥ.
51.
mṛtyuḥ yamaḥ hutāśaḥ ca kālaḥ saṃhāra-vegavān
kālasya paramā yoniḥ kālaḥ ca ayam sanātanaḥ
kālasya paramā yoniḥ kālaḥ ca ayam sanātanaḥ
51.
mṛtyuḥ yamaḥ hutāśaḥ ca saṃhāra-vegavān kālaḥ
kālasya paramā yoniḥ ayam kālaḥ ca sanātanaḥ
kālasya paramā yoniḥ ayam kālaḥ ca sanātanaḥ
51.
Death, Yama, and the fire god (hutāśa) are (all) time (kāla), which possesses the speed of destruction. Time (kāla) is the supreme source, and this time (kāla) is eternal.
Words meanings summery:
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- मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death
- यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death
- हुताशः (hutāśaḥ) - fire, god of fire (Agni)
- च (ca) - and
- कालः (kālaḥ) - time, death
- संहार-वेगवान् (saṁhāra-vegavān) - possessing the speed/force of destruction
- कालस्य (kālasya) - of time, of death
- परमा (paramā) - supreme, highest
- योनिः (yoniḥ) - source, origin, womb
- कालः (kālaḥ) - time, death
- च (ca) - and
- अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular)
- सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, perpetual
Words meanings and morphology
मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu
mṛtyu - death, dying
derived from root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6)
यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yama
yama - Yama (the deity), restraint, twin
derived from root yam (to restrain)
Root: yam (class 1)
हुताशः (hutāśaḥ) - fire, god of fire (Agni)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśa
hutāśa - fire, the god Agni (one who eats the oblations)
Compound type : tatpurusha (huta+āśa)
- huta – offered, sacrificed
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
from root hu (to sacrifice)
Root: hu (class 3) - āśa – eater, consumer
noun (masculine)
from root aś (to eat)
Root: aś (class 9)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
कालः (kālaḥ) - time, death
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, period, season, death
Root: kal (class 1)
संहार-वेगवान् (saṁhāra-vegavān) - possessing the speed/force of destruction
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃhāra-vegavat
saṁhāra-vegavat - having the speed of destruction
possessive adjective formed with -vat suffix
Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃhāra+vega)
- saṃhāra – destruction, collection
noun (masculine)
from root hṛ with prefix sam
Prefix: sam
Root: hṛ (class 1) - vega – speed, velocity, force
noun (masculine)
from root vij (to move rapidly)
Root: vij (class 6)
कालस्य (kālasya) - of time, of death
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, period, season, death
Root: kal (class 1)
परमा (paramā) - supreme, highest
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of parama
parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, best
योनिः (yoniḥ) - source, origin, womb
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yoni
yoni - womb, origin, source, place of birth
Root: yu (class 2)
कालः (kālaḥ) - time, death
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, period, season, death
Root: kal (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, perpetual
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana
sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient