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13,48

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-48, verse-9

अतो विशिष्टस्त्वधमो गुरुदारप्रधर्षकः ।
बाह्यं वर्णं जनयति चातुर्वर्ण्यविगर्हितम् ॥९॥
9. ato viśiṣṭastvadhamo gurudārapradharṣakaḥ ,
bāhyaṁ varṇaṁ janayati cāturvarṇyavigarhitam.
9. ataḥ viśiṣṭaḥ tu adhamaḥ guru-dāra-pradharṣakaḥ
bāhyam varṇam janayati cāturvarṇya-vigarhitam
9. ataḥ guru-dāra-pradharṣakaḥ tu adhamaḥ viśiṣṭaḥ (bhavati).
(saḥ) cāturvarṇya-vigarhitam bāhyam varṇam janayati.
9. Therefore, a person who violates his spiritual teacher's (guru) wife is considered the lowest; he produces an external social class (varṇa) that is reviled by the four (main) social classes (cāturvarṇya).

Words meanings summery:

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  • अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this
  • विशिष्टः (viśiṣṭaḥ) - particular, especially (emphasizing the bad quality) (distinguished, specific, excellent, particular, superior)
  • तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
  • अधमः (adhamaḥ) - lowest, vilest, most inferior
  • गुरु-दार-प्रधर्षकः (guru-dāra-pradharṣakaḥ) - one who violates the teacher's wife
  • बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - external, outcast, foreign
  • वर्णम् (varṇam) - social class (varṇa) (social class (varna), color, letter)
  • जनयति (janayati) - produces, generates, causes to be born
  • चातुर्वर्ण्य-विगर्हितम् (cāturvarṇya-vigarhitam) - reviled/despised by the four social classes

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this
(indeclinable)
विशिष्टः (viśiṣṭaḥ) - particular, especially (emphasizing the bad quality) (distinguished, specific, excellent, particular, superior)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of viśiṣṭa
viśiṣṭa - distinguished, specific, excellent, particular, superior
Past Passive Participle
Derived from vi-śiṣ (to distinguish)
Prefix: vi
Root: śiṣ
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
अधमः (adhamaḥ) - lowest, vilest, most inferior
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of adhama
adhama - lowest, vilest, most inferior, mean
गुरु-दार-प्रधर्षकः (guru-dāra-pradharṣakaḥ) - one who violates the teacher's wife
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of guru-dāra-pradharṣaka
guru-dāra-pradharṣaka - one who violates the teacher's wife
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guru+dāra+pradharṣaka)
  • guru – teacher, spiritual preceptor, heavy, important
    noun (masculine)
  • dāra – wife (often plural, here singular in meaning)
    noun (masculine)
  • pradharṣaka – violator, assailant, oppressor
    noun (masculine)
    Agent Noun
    Derived from pra-dhṛṣ (to violate, attack)
    Prefix: pra
    Root: dhṛṣ
बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - external, outcast, foreign
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhya
bāhya - external, outer, outcast, foreign
Note: Agrees with varṇam
वर्णम् (varṇam) - social class (varṇa) (social class (varna), color, letter)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of varṇa
varṇa - color, appearance, social class (varna), letter, type
जनयति (janayati) - produces, generates, causes to be born
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jan
Causative stem
Causative of root jan (to be born)
Root: jan (class 10)
चातुर्वर्ण्य-विगर्हितम् (cāturvarṇya-vigarhitam) - reviled/despised by the four social classes
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of cāturvarṇya-vigarhita
cāturvarṇya-vigarhita - reviled by the four social classes
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cāturvarṇya+vigarhita)
  • cāturvarṇya – the system of four social classes (brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra)
    noun (neuter)
  • vigarhita – despised, blamed, reviled, censured
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from vi-garh (to blame, despise)
    Prefix: vi
    Root: garh
Note: Agrees with varṇam