महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-66

जात्यन्धैरिह तुल्यास्ते मृतैः पङ्गुभिरेव च ।
समर्था ये न पश्यन्ति गङ्गां पुण्यजलां शिवाम् ॥६६॥

66. jātyandhairiha tulyāste mṛtaiḥ paṅgubhireva ca ,
samarthā ye na paśyanti gaṅgāṁ puṇyajalāṁ śivām.

66. jātyandhaiḥ iha tulyāḥ te mṛtaiḥ paṅgubhiḥ eva ca
samarthāḥ ye na paśyanti gaṅgām puṇyajalām śivām

66. ye samarthāḥ puṇyajalām śivām gaṅgām na paśyanti,
te iha jātyandhaiḥ mṛtaiḥ ca paṅgubhiḥ eva tulyāḥ

66. Here, those capable people who do not behold the Gaṅgā, with its sacred and auspicious waters, are equal to those born blind, the dead, and the lame.

Words meanings summery:

• जात्यन्धैः (jātyandhaiḥ) - by those born blind

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• तुल्याः (tulyāḥ) - equal, similar

• ते (te) - they, those

• मृतैः (mṛtaiḥ) - by the dead

• पङ्गुभिः (paṅgubhiḥ) - by the lame

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• समर्थाः (samarthāḥ) - capable, able, strong

• ये (ye) - who (relative pronoun)

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they behold

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā river

• पुण्यजलाम् (puṇyajalām) - whose waters are sacred/holy

• शिवाम् (śivām) - auspicious, benevolent, propitious

Words meanings and morphology

जात्यन्धैः (jātyandhaiḥ) - by those born blind

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jātyandha

jātyandha - blind by birth, born blind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāti+andha)

• jāti – birth, species, class
  noun (feminine)
• andha – blind, dark
  adjective (masculine)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

तुल्याः (tulyāḥ) - equal, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tulya

tulya - equal, similar, comparable

From tulā (balance, equality)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they, those

मृतैः (mṛtaiḥ) - by the dead

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

From √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used substantively as 'the dead ones'.

पङ्गुभिः (paṅgubhiḥ) - by the lame

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paṅgu

paṅgu - lame, crippled

Note: Used substantively as 'the lame ones'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

समर्थाः (samarthāḥ) - capable, able, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samartha

samartha - capable, able, powerful, suitable, significant

From sa- (with) + artha (purpose, meaning, wealth)

ये (ye) - who (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they behold

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of paś

Present tense stem paśya- from root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganges

पुण्यजलाम् (puṇyajalām) - whose waters are sacred/holy

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puṇyajalā

puṇyajalā - having sacred water, sacred-watered

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṇya+jala)

• puṇya – sacred, holy, virtuous, meritorious
  adjective (neuter)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

शिवाम् (śivām) - auspicious, benevolent, propitious

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śivā

śivā - auspicious, benevolent, gracious, favorable (feminine form of śiva)

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