महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-67

भूतभव्यभविष्यज्ञैर्महर्षिभिरुपस्थिताम् ।
देवैः सेन्द्रैश्च को गङ्गां नोपसेवेत मानवः ॥६७॥

67. bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyajñairmaharṣibhirupasthitām ,
devaiḥ sendraiśca ko gaṅgāṁ nopaseveta mānavaḥ.

67. bhūtabhavyabhāviṣyajñaiḥ maharṣibhiḥ upasthitām
devaiḥ sa-indraiḥ ca kaḥ gaṅgām na upaseveta mānavaḥ

67. kaḥ mānavaḥ bhūtabhavyabhāviṣyajñaiḥ maharṣibhiḥ ca
sa-indraiḥ devaiḥ upasthitām gaṅgām na upaseveta

67. What human being would not resort to the Gaṅgā, which is frequented by great sages who know the past, present, and future, and by the gods, including Indra?

Words meanings summery:

• भूतभव्यभाविष्यज्ञैः (bhūtabhavyabhāviṣyajñaiḥ) - by those who know the past, present, and future

• महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by great sages

• उपस्थिताम् (upasthitām) - approached, attended, frequented

• देवैः (devaiḥ) - by gods

• स-इन्द्रैः (sa-indraiḥ) - by those with Indra, including Indra

• च (ca) - and, also

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what (interrogative pronoun)

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā river

• न (na) - not, no

• उपसेवेत (upaseveta) - would resort to, would worship, would serve

• मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human being, man

Words meanings and morphology

भूतभव्यभाविष्यज्ञैः (bhūtabhavyabhāviṣyajñaiḥ) - by those who know the past, present, and future

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhūtabhavyabhāviṣyajña

bhūtabhavyabhāviṣyajña - knower of past, present, and future

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+bhavya+bhaviṣya+jña)

• bhūta – past, happened, being
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhavya – future, what is to be, auspicious
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From √bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhaviṣya – future
  adjective (neuter)
  Future Passive Participle
  From √bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• jña – knowing, wise, expert, knower
  adjective (masculine)
  From √jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by great sages

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large (combining form of mahat)
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

उपस्थिताम् (upasthitām) - approached, attended, frequented

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of upasthita

sthā - to stand, to stay, to approach, to attend

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā (to stand) with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies Gaṅgā.

देवैः (devaiḥ) - by gods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

स-इन्द्रैः (sa-indraiḥ) - by those with Indra, including Indra

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sa-indra

sa-indra - accompanied by Indra, with Indra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+indra)

• sa – with, together with (prefix)
  indeclinable
• indra – Indra (name of a deity, king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what (interrogative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganges

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपसेवेत (upaseveta) - would resort to, would worship, would serve

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of upasīv

From √sev (to serve, to revere) with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: sev (class 1)

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human being, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human, relating to Manu, descendant of Manu

Derived from Manu, denoting a human.

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