महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-60, verse-24
जीवन्तं त्वानुजीवन्तु प्रजाः सर्वा युधिष्ठिर ।
पर्जन्यमिव भूतानि महाद्रुममिव द्विजाः ॥२४॥
पर्जन्यमिव भूतानि महाद्रुममिव द्विजाः ॥२४॥
24. jīvantaṁ tvānujīvantu prajāḥ sarvā yudhiṣṭhira ,
parjanyamiva bhūtāni mahādrumamiva dvijāḥ.
parjanyamiva bhūtāni mahādrumamiva dvijāḥ.
24.
jīvantam tu tvā anu-jīvantu prajāḥ sarvāḥ yudhiṣṭhira
parjanyam iva bhūtāni mahādrumam iva dvijāḥ
parjanyam iva bhūtāni mahādrumam iva dvijāḥ
24.
yudhiṣṭhira,
tu sarvāḥ prajāḥ jīvantam tvā anu-jīvantu; bhūtāni parjanyam iva,
dvijāḥ mahādrumam iva.
tu sarvāḥ prajāḥ jīvantam tvā anu-jīvantu; bhūtāni parjanyam iva,
dvijāḥ mahādrumam iva.
24.
O Yudhiṣṭhira, let all your subjects thrive under you while you are alive, just as creatures depend on the rain cloud, and birds (dvijāḥ) depend on a great tree.
Words meanings summery:
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- जीवन्तम् (jīvantam) - while (you are) living (living, while living, alive)
- तु (tu) - indeed, (emphasis) (but, indeed, however)
- त्वा (tvā) - you (Yudhiṣṭhira) (you (accusative singular))
- अनु-जीवन्तु (anu-jīvantu) - let them thrive under (you) (let them live depending on, thrive under)
- प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people (progeny, offspring, subjects, people)
- सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (subjects) (all, every)
- युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (proper address) (O Yudhiṣṭhira)
- पर्जन्यम् (parjanyam) - rain cloud (rain cloud, rain, god of rain)
- इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
- भूतानि (bhūtāni) - creatures (beings, creatures, elements)
- महाद्रुमम् (mahādrumam) - a great tree (great tree)
- इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
- द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - birds (twice-born, Brahmin, bird)
Words meanings and morphology
जीवन्तम् (jīvantam) - while (you are) living (living, while living, alive)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of jīvat
jīvat - living, alive, existing
Present Active Participle
Derived from root jīv (to live).
Root: jīv (class 1)
Note: Modifies implied 'tvām' (you).
तु (tu) - indeed, (emphasis) (but, indeed, however)
(indeclinable)
त्वा (tvā) - you (Yudhiṣṭhira) (you (accusative singular))
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Enclitic form of 'tvām'.
अनु-जीवन्तु (anu-jīvantu) - let them thrive under (you) (let them live depending on, thrive under)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of jīv
Imperative Active
Root jīv (1st class, bhvādi), present stem jīva-, with prefix anu-.
Prefix: anu
Root: jīv (class 1)
प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people (progeny, offspring, subjects, people)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā
prajā - offspring, progeny, people, subjects
Note: Subject of 'anujīvantu'.
सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (subjects) (all, every)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
Note: Modifies 'prajāḥ'.
युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (proper address) (O Yudhiṣṭhira)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava), firm in battle
Compound type : bahuvrihi (yudhi+sthira)
- yudhi – in battle
noun (feminine) - sthira – firm, steady, stable
adjective (masculine)
Root: sthā (class 1)
पर्जन्यम् (parjanyam) - rain cloud (rain cloud, rain, god of rain)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of parjanya
parjanya - rain cloud, rain, god of rain (Indra)
इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
(indeclinable)
भूतानि (bhūtāni) - creatures (beings, creatures, elements)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta
bhūta - been, become, existing, creature, element, ghost
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root bhū (to be, become).
Root: bhū (class 1)
महाद्रुमम् (mahādrumam) - a great tree (great tree)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of mahādruma
mahādruma - great tree
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+druma)
- mahā – great, large, mighty
adjective - druma – tree
noun (masculine)
इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
(indeclinable)
द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - birds (twice-born, Brahmin, bird)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of dvija
dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
Compound type : bahuvrihi (dvi+ja)
- dvi – two
numeral - ja – born, produced from
adjective
Suffix -ja from root jan (to be born).
Root: jan (class 4)