महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-45, verse-19

यो मनुष्यः स्वकं पुत्रं विक्रीय धनमिच्छति ।
कन्यां वा जीवितार्थाय यः शुल्केन प्रयच्छति ॥१९॥

19. yo manuṣyaḥ svakaṁ putraṁ vikrīya dhanamicchati ,
kanyāṁ vā jīvitārthāya yaḥ śulkena prayacchati.

19. yaḥ manuṣyaḥ svakam putram vikrīya dhanam icchati
kanyām vā jīvitārthāya yaḥ śulkena prayacchati

19. yaḥ manuṣyaḥ svakam putram vikrīya dhanam icchati
vā yaḥ kanyām jīvitārthāya śulkena prayacchati

19. The person who sells his own son, desiring wealth, or who gives his daughter for a price for the sake of livelihood,

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• मनुष्यः (manuṣyaḥ) - man, human being, person

• स्वकम् (svakam) - one's own

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• विक्रीय (vikrīya) - having sold

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, money

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - daughter, maiden

• वा (vā) - or

• जीवितार्थाय (jīvitārthāya) - for the sake of livelihood

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• शुल्केन (śulkena) - by a price, by a fee

• प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives, offers

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

मनुष्यः (manuṣyaḥ) - man, human being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manuṣya

manuṣya - human being, man

स्वकम् (svakam) - one's own

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svaka

svaka - one's own, peculiar to oneself

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

विक्रीय (vikrīya) - having sold

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from vi-kṛī (to buy)

Prefix: vi

Root: krī (class 9)

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, money

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, property, money

इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कन्याम् (kanyām) - daughter, maiden

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

जीवितार्थाय (jīvitārthāya) - for the sake of livelihood

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of jīvitārtha

jīvitārtha - purpose of life, livelihood

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvita+artha)

• jīvita – life, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, sake
  noun (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

शुल्केन (śulkena) - by a price, by a fee

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śulka

śulka - price, fee, toll, nuptial present

प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives, offers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-yam

present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

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