महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-60, verse-10
प्रजावतो भरेथाश्च ब्राह्मणान्बहुभारिणः ।
प्रजावांस्तेन भवति यथा जनयिता तथा ॥१०॥
प्रजावांस्तेन भवति यथा जनयिता तथा ॥१०॥
10. prajāvato bharethāśca brāhmaṇānbahubhāriṇaḥ ,
prajāvāṁstena bhavati yathā janayitā tathā.
prajāvāṁstena bhavati yathā janayitā tathā.
10.
prajāvataḥ bharethāḥ ca brāhmaṇān bahubhāriṇaḥ
prajāvān tena bhavati yathā janayitā tathā
prajāvān tena bhavati yathā janayitā tathā
10.
(tvam) prajāvataḥ bahubhāriṇaḥ brāhmaṇān ca bharethāḥ
tena (puruṣaḥ) prajāvān bhavati yathā janayitā tathā
tena (puruṣaḥ) prajāvān bhavati yathā janayitā tathā
10.
You should also support those brahmins who have offspring and many dependents. By doing this, one becomes a parent (prajāvat) oneself, just as the progenitor (janayitā) [of a family] is.
Words meanings summery:
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- प्रजावतः (prajāvataḥ) - those who have offspring/progeny, fathers
- भरेथाः (bharethāḥ) - you should support, you should maintain
- च (ca) - and, also
- ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brahmins, members of the priestly class
- बहुभारिणः (bahubhāriṇaḥ) - those who have many dependents/a large family
- प्रजावान् (prajāvān) - one who has offspring, a parent
- तेन (tena) - by that, by him
- भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is
- यथा (yathā) - as, just as
- जनयिता (janayitā) - progenitor, father, generator
- तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus
Words meanings and morphology
प्रजावतः (prajāvataḥ) - those who have offspring/progeny, fathers
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of prajāvat
prajāvat - having offspring, productive, a parent, progenitor
Possessive suffix -vat applied to prajā
भरेथाः (bharethāḥ) - you should support, you should maintain
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhṛ
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brahmins, members of the priestly class
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
बहुभारिणः (bahubhāriṇaḥ) - those who have many dependents/a large family
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of bahubhārin
bahubhārin - having many burdens/dependents, supporting many
Compound type : bahuvrihi (bahu+bhārin)
- bahu – many, much, numerous
adjective (neuter) - bhārin – bearing, carrying, supporting, having a burden
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun from the root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support)
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
प्रजावान् (prajāvān) - one who has offspring, a parent
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāvat
prajāvat - having offspring, productive, a parent, progenitor
Possessive suffix -vat applied to prajā
तेन (tena) - by that, by him
(pronoun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
यथा (yathā) - as, just as
(indeclinable)
जनयिता (janayitā) - progenitor, father, generator
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of janayitṛ
janayitṛ - progenitor, father, generator, producer
Agent noun from the causative of 'jan' (to be born)
Root: jan (class 4)
तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus
(indeclinable)