महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-41, verse-26
अमरोऽस्मीति यद्बुद्धिमेतामास्थाय वर्तसे ।
मावमंस्था न तपसामसाध्यं नाम किंचन ॥२६॥
मावमंस्था न तपसामसाध्यं नाम किंचन ॥२६॥
26. amaro'smīti yadbuddhimetāmāsthāya vartase ,
māvamaṁsthā na tapasāmasādhyaṁ nāma kiṁcana.
māvamaṁsthā na tapasāmasādhyaṁ nāma kiṁcana.
26.
amaraḥ asmi iti yat buddhim etām āsthāya vartase
mā avamaṃsthāḥ na tapasām asādhyam nāma kiṃcana
mā avamaṃsthāḥ na tapasām asādhyam nāma kiṃcana
26.
Because you act having held onto this idea: 'I am immortal,' do not disrespect (others), for truly, nothing is impossible through spiritual austerities (tapas).
Words meanings summery:
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- अमरः (amaraḥ) - immortal (immortal, deathless)
- अस्मि (asmi) - I am
- इति (iti) - thus (indicating a quote or thought) (thus, so (quotative particle))
- यत् (yat) - because (that) (which, that, because)
- बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - idea (intellect, understanding, idea)
- एताम् (etām) - this (idea) (this (feminine accusative singular))
- आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having held onto (having taken refuge in, having relied on, having adopted)
- वर्तसे (vartase) - you act, you behave (you exist, you are, you behave)
- मा (mā) - do not (do not (prohibitive particle))
- अवमंस्थाः (avamaṁsthāḥ) - do not disrespect (you (would) disrespect, despise)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- तपसाम् (tapasām) - for austerities (of austerities, for austerities)
- असाध्यम् (asādhyam) - impossible (impossible, unattainable)
- नाम (nāma) - truly, indeed (by name, indeed, truly)
- किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything (with 'na', becoming 'nothing') (anything, something, whatever)
Words meanings and morphology
अमरः (amaraḥ) - immortal (immortal, deathless)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of amara
amara - immortal, divine, a god
From 'a' (negation) + 'mara' (mortal, from root mṛ- to die)
अस्मि (asmi) - I am
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Present Indicative, 1st person singular
From root as (to be), Parasmaipada, 2nd class, present indicative, 1st person singular.
Root: as (class 2)
इति (iti) - thus (indicating a quote or thought) (thus, so (quotative particle))
(indeclinable)
यत् (yat) - because (that) (which, that, because)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)
Note: Functions as a conjunction 'because'.
बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - idea (intellect, understanding, idea)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi
buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, idea
From root budh (to know, perceive).
Root: budh (class 1)
एताम् (etām) - this (idea) (this (feminine accusative singular))
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of etad
etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)
आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having held onto (having taken refuge in, having relied on, having adopted)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā, forming the absolutive with -ya suffix.
Prefix: ā
Root: sthā (class 1)
वर्तसे (vartase) - you act, you behave (you exist, you are, you behave)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt
Present Indicative, 2nd person singular
From root vṛt (to be, exist, behave), Ātmanepada, 1st class, present indicative, 2nd person singular.
Root: vṛt (class 1)
मा (mā) - do not (do not (prohibitive particle))
(indeclinable)
अवमंस्थाः (avamaṁsthāḥ) - do not disrespect (you (would) disrespect, despise)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, aorist (luṅ (with mā for prohibition)) of man
Aorist, 2nd person singular (prohibitive)
From root man (to think, respect), Ātmanepada, Aorist, 2nd person singular. Used with mā for prohibition, with prefix 'ava'.
Prefix: ava
Root: man (class 4)
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
तपसाम् (tapasām) - for austerities (of austerities, for austerities)
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of tapas
tapas - austerity, penance, spiritual heat
असाध्यम् (asādhyam) - impossible (impossible, unattainable)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asādhya
asādhya - impossible to accomplish, unattainable, incurable
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle (with negation)
From 'a' (negation) + 'sādhya' (to be accomplished, from root sādh- to accomplish).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sādhya)
- a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable
Negative particle. - sādhya – to be accomplished, attainable, possible
adjective
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
From root sādh (to accomplish, effect), with suffix -ya.
Root: sādh (class 5)
नाम (nāma) - truly, indeed (by name, indeed, truly)
(indeclinable)
किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything (with 'na', becoming 'nothing') (anything, something, whatever)
(indeclinable)
Indefinite pronoun formed by kiṃ + cana.