महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-61, verse-11
अपि पापकृतां राज्ञां प्रतिगृह्णन्ति साधवः ।
पृथिवीं नान्यदिच्छन्ति पावनं जननी यथा ॥११॥
पृथिवीं नान्यदिच्छन्ति पावनं जननी यथा ॥११॥
11. api pāpakṛtāṁ rājñāṁ pratigṛhṇanti sādhavaḥ ,
pṛthivīṁ nānyadicchanti pāvanaṁ jananī yathā.
pṛthivīṁ nānyadicchanti pāvanaṁ jananī yathā.
11.
api pāpakṛtām rājñām pratigṛhṇanti sādhavaḥ
pṛthivīm na anyat icchanti pāvanam jananī yathā
pṛthivīm na anyat icchanti pāvanam jananī yathā
11.
Even from sinful kings, virtuous people accept (gifts, specifically referring to the Earth); they desire nothing else but the Earth, which purifies just like a mother.
Words meanings summery:
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- अपि (api) - also, even, and
- पापकृताम् (pāpakṛtām) - of those who commit sin, of sinful doers
- राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings
- प्रतिगृह्णन्ति (pratigṛhṇanti) - they accept, they receive
- साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - virtuous people, sages
- पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the Earth
- न (na) - not
- अन्यत् (anyat) - other, anything else
- इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire, they wish
- पावनम् (pāvanam) - purification
- जननी (jananī) - mother
- यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way
Words meanings and morphology
अपि (api) - also, even, and
(indeclinable)
पापकृताम् (pāpakṛtām) - of those who commit sin, of sinful doers
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of pāpakṛt
pāpakṛt - sinful doer, perpetrator of evil
Compound type : tatpurusha (pāpa+kṛt)
- pāpa – evil, sin
noun (neuter) - kṛt – doer, maker
noun (masculine)
kṛt suffix
derived from root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan
rājan - king, ruler
प्रतिगृह्णन्ति (pratigṛhṇanti) - they accept, they receive
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of grah
Present Active
Present tense, 9th class, with prefix
Prefix: prati
Root: grah (class 9)
साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - virtuous people, sages
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu
sādhu - good, virtuous, holy man, sage
पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the Earth
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī
pṛthivī - earth, world
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
अन्यत् (anyat) - other, anything else
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of anya
anya - other, another, different
इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire, they wish
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of iṣ
Present Active
Present tense, 6th class, reduplicated
Root: iṣ (class 6)
पावनम् (pāvanam) - purification
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of pāvana
pāvana - purifying, cleanser, holy, purification
kṛt suffix
derived from root pū (to purify)
Root: pū (class 10)
जननी (jananī) - mother
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī
jananī - mother
Root: jan (class 4)
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way
(indeclinable)