महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-65, verse-13

सर्वेषामेव दानानां तिलदानं परं स्मृतम् ।
अक्षयं सर्वदानानां तिलदानमिहोच्यते ॥१३॥

13. sarveṣāmeva dānānāṁ tiladānaṁ paraṁ smṛtam ,
akṣayaṁ sarvadānānāṁ tiladānamihocyate.

13. sarveṣām eva dānānām tiladānam param smṛtam
akṣayam sarvadānānām tiladānam iha ucyate

13. sarveṣām eva dānānām tiladānam param smṛtam
iha sarvadānānām tiladānam akṣayam ucyate

13. Among all kinds of offerings (dāna), the offering of sesame seeds is considered supreme. Here, the offering of sesame seeds is declared to be imperishable among all offerings (dāna).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

• दानानाम् (dānānām) - of offerings, of donations

• तिलदानम् (tiladānam) - offering of sesame seeds

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is considered (to be) (remembered, considered, declared)

• अक्षयम् (akṣayam) - imperishable, inexhaustible, undiminishing

• सर्वदानानाम् (sarvadānānām) - of all offerings

• तिलदानम् (tiladānam) - offering of sesame seeds

• इह (iha) - in this context, in this scripture (here, in this world, in this context)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is spoken

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'dānānām'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

दानानाम् (dānānām) - of offerings, of donations

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of dāna

dāna - giving, offering, donation

From root dA (to give)

Root: dA (class 3)

तिलदानम् (tiladānam) - offering of sesame seeds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tiladāna

tiladāna - offering of sesame seeds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tila+dāna)

• tila – sesame seed
  noun (masculine)
• dāna – giving, offering, donation
  noun (neuter)
  From root dA (to give)
  Root: dA (class 3)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, most distant

Note: Qualifies 'tiladānam'.

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is considered (to be) (remembered, considered, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, called to mind, considered, stated in sacred tradition

Past Passive Participle

From root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Acts as the predicate of the first clause, meaning 'is considered'.

अक्षयम् (akṣayam) - imperishable, inexhaustible, undiminishing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akṣaya

akṣaya - imperishable, inexhaustible, eternal, undiminishing

Negative compound (na + kṣaya), kṣaya from root kṣi (to decay)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣaya)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss, waste
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṣi (to decay)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'tiladānam' in the second clause.

सर्वदानानाम् (sarvadānānām) - of all offerings

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvadāna

sarvadāna - all kinds of offerings

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (sarva+dāna)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (neuter)
• dāna – giving, offering, donation
  noun (neuter)
  From root dA (to give)
  Root: dA (class 3)

तिलदानम् (tiladānam) - offering of sesame seeds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tiladāna

tiladāna - offering of sesame seeds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tila+dāna)

• tila – sesame seed
  noun (masculine)
• dāna – giving, offering, donation
  noun (neuter)
  From root dA (to give)
  Root: dA (class 3)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

इह (iha) - in this context, in this scripture (here, in this world, in this context)

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is spoken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Present Passive

From root vac, conjugated in passive voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: From √vac (to speak).

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