महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-45, verse-6

एतत्तु नापरे चक्रुर्न परे जातु साधवः ।
साधूनां पुनराचारो गरीयो धर्मलक्षणम् ॥६॥

6. etattu nāpare cakrurna pare jātu sādhavaḥ ,
sādhūnāṁ punarācāro garīyo dharmalakṣaṇam.

6. etat tu na apare cakruḥ na pare jātu sādhavaḥ
sādhūnām punaḥ ācāraḥ garīyaḥ dharmalakṣaṇam

6. etat tu apare na cakruḥ na pare sādhavaḥ jātu
sādhūnām punaḥ ācāraḥ garīyaḥ dharmalakṣaṇam

6. However, this (action) was not performed by other people, nor indeed ever by the righteous. Yet, the established practice (ācāra) of the righteous is a more weighty characteristic of natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (action/matter) (this (neuter))

• तु (tu) - however (but, yet, on the other hand, indeed)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• अपरे (apare) - other people (besides Sāvitrī's father) (others, subsequent ones)

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - performed (they did, they performed)

• न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

• परे (pare) - other (righteous) (others, superior ones, later ones)

• जातु (jātu) - ever (ever, at any time, certainly)

• साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - righteous individuals (good people, righteous ones, sages)

• साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) - of the righteous (of good people, of righteous ones)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - yet, nevertheless (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

• आचारः (ācāraḥ) - established practice (conduct, custom, practice, tradition)

• गरीयः (garīyaḥ) - more weighty (weightier, heavier, more important, greater)

• धर्मलक्षणम् (dharmalakṣaṇam) - characteristic of natural law (dharma) (mark of dharma, characteristic of righteousness, sign of natural law)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (action/matter) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Neuter nominative singular of 'etad'.

तु (tu) - however (but, yet, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - other people (besides Sāvitrī's father) (others, subsequent ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior

Note: Masculine nominative plural of 'apara'.

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - performed (they did, they performed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Parasmaipada, 3rd person plural, perfect tense.

न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

परे (pare) - other (righteous) (others, superior ones, later ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, supreme, distant

Note: Masculine nominative plural of 'para'.

जातु (jātu) - ever (ever, at any time, certainly)

(indeclinable)

साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - righteous individuals (good people, righteous ones, sages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, sage

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Masculine nominative plural of 'sādhu'.

साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) - of the righteous (of good people, of righteous ones)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, sage

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Masculine genitive plural of 'sādhu'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - yet, nevertheless (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

आचारः (ācāraḥ) - established practice (conduct, custom, practice, tradition)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - conduct, custom, practice, tradition

Derived from 'ā' (prefix) + root 'car' (to move, behave).

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Masculine nominative singular of 'ācāra'.

गरीयः (garīyaḥ) - more weighty (weightier, heavier, more important, greater)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of garīyas

garīyas - heavier, weightier, more important (comparative of guru)

Comparative form derived from 'guru'.

Note: Neuter nominative singular of 'garīyas'.

धर्मलक्षणम् (dharmalakṣaṇam) - characteristic of natural law (dharma) (mark of dharma, characteristic of righteousness, sign of natural law)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmalakṣaṇa

dharmalakṣaṇa - mark of natural law (dharma), characteristic of righteousness

Compound of dharma (natural law) and lakṣaṇa (mark/characteristic).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+lakṣaṇa)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, attribute
  noun (neuter)

Note: Neuter nominative singular of 'dharmalakṣaṇa'.

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