महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-44, verse-13
त्रिंशद्वर्षो दशवर्षां भार्यां विन्देत नग्निकाम् ।
एकविंशतिवर्षो वा सप्तवर्षामवाप्नुयात् ॥१३॥
एकविंशतिवर्षो वा सप्तवर्षामवाप्नुयात् ॥१३॥
13. triṁśadvarṣo daśavarṣāṁ bhāryāṁ vindeta nagnikām ,
ekaviṁśativarṣo vā saptavarṣāmavāpnuyāt.
ekaviṁśativarṣo vā saptavarṣāmavāpnuyāt.
13.
triṃśadvarṣaḥ daśavarṣām bhāryām vindeta nagnikām
ekaviṃśativarṣaḥ vā saptavarṣām avāpnuyāt
ekaviṃśativarṣaḥ vā saptavarṣām avāpnuyāt
13.
triṃśadvarṣaḥ daśavarṣām nagnikām bhāryām
vindeta vā ekaviṃśativarṣaḥ saptavarṣām avāpnuyāt
vindeta vā ekaviṃśativarṣaḥ saptavarṣām avāpnuyāt
13.
A man of thirty years should take as a wife a ten-year-old girl who has not yet reached puberty. Or, a man of twenty-one years should obtain a seven-year-old girl.
Words meanings summery:
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- त्रिंशद्वर्षः (triṁśadvarṣaḥ) - a thirty-year-old man
- दशवर्षाम् (daśavarṣām) - a ten-year-old
- भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife
- विन्देत (vindeta) - should find, should obtain, should marry
- नग्निकाम् (nagnikām) - a girl who has not reached puberty, a pre-pubescent girl
- एकविंशतिवर्षः (ekaviṁśativarṣaḥ) - a man of twenty-one years
- वा (vā) - or
- सप्तवर्षाम् (saptavarṣām) - a seven-year-old
- अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - should obtain, should reach
Words meanings and morphology
त्रिंशद्वर्षः (triṁśadvarṣaḥ) - a thirty-year-old man
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of triṃśadvarṣa
triṁśadvarṣa - thirty years old
Compound type : bahuvrihi (triṃśat+varṣa)
- triṃśat – thirty
numeral - varṣa – year
noun (neuter)
Note: Refers to a man who is thirty years old.
दशवर्षाम् (daśavarṣām) - a ten-year-old
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of daśavarṣā
daśavarṣā - ten years old
Feminine form of daśavarṣa (bahuvrihi compound).
Compound type : bahuvrihi (daśan+varṣa)
- daśan – ten
numeral - varṣa – year
noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with bhāryām.
भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā
bhāryā - wife, she who is to be supported/nourished
gerundive
Derived from root bhṛ (to bear, support) with suffix -ya.
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
विन्देत (vindeta) - should find, should obtain, should marry
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid
Root vid, 7th class, often atmanepada.
Root: vid (class 7)
Note: Atmanepada form of optative.
नग्निकाम् (nagnikām) - a girl who has not reached puberty, a pre-pubescent girl
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of nagnikā
nagnikā - a naked girl, a girl before puberty, a girl who has not yet menstruated
Diminutive of nagnā (naked).
Note: An adjective here, agreeing with bhāryām.
एकविंशतिवर्षः (ekaviṁśativarṣaḥ) - a man of twenty-one years
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ekaviṃśativarṣa
ekaviṁśativarṣa - twenty-one years old
Compound type : bahuvrihi (eka+viṃśati+varṣa)
- eka – one
numeral - viṃśati – twenty
numeral (feminine) - varṣa – year
noun (neuter)
Note: Refers to a man who is twenty-one years old.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
सप्तवर्षाम् (saptavarṣām) - a seven-year-old
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of saptavarṣā
saptavarṣā - seven years old
Feminine form of saptavarṣa (bahuvrihi compound).
Compound type : bahuvrihi (saptan+varṣa)
- saptan – seven
numeral - varṣa – year
noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with an implied bhāryām or kanyām.
अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - should obtain, should reach
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of āp
Root āp, 5th class.
Prefix: ava
Root: āp (class 5)
Note: Combined with upasarga ava.