महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-68, verse-12

स हि पुत्रान्यशोर्थं च श्रियं चाप्यधिगच्छति ।
नाशयत्यशुभं चैव दुःस्वप्नं च व्यपोहति ॥१२॥

12. sa hi putrānyaśorthaṁ ca śriyaṁ cāpyadhigacchati ,
nāśayatyaśubhaṁ caiva duḥsvapnaṁ ca vyapohati.

12. saḥ hi putrān yaśaḥ-artham ca śriyam ca api adhigacchati
nāśayati aśubham ca eva duḥsvapnam ca vyapohati

12. saḥ hi putrān yaśaḥ-artham ca śriyam ca api adhigacchati
aśubham ca eva duḥsvapnam ca vyapohati nāśayati

12. Indeed, he obtains sons, renown, and prosperity. He also destroys all inauspiciousness and dispels bad dreams.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because)

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons (sons, children)

• यशः-अर्थम् (yaśaḥ-artham) - for renown (for the sake of fame, for glory)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - obtains (obtains, attains, comprehends)

• नाशयति (nāśayati) - destroys (destroys, causes to perish)

• अशुभम् (aśubham) - inauspiciousness (inauspicious, evil, misfortune)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• दुःस्वप्नम् (duḥsvapnam) - bad dream (bad dream, nightmare)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• व्यपोहति (vyapohati) - dispels (removes, dispels, wards off)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the person who performs the action mentioned in the preceding context (not provided here).

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because)

(indeclinable)

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons (sons, children)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

यशः-अर्थम् (yaśaḥ-artham) - for renown (for the sake of fame, for glory)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśaḥ-artha

yaśaḥ-artha - purpose of fame, for fame

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yaśas+artha)

• yaśas – fame, glory, renown
  noun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, goal
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of fame'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - obtains (obtains, attains, comprehends)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

present tense, 3rd person singular

root gam (class 1, parasmāipada) with prefix adhi

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

नाशयति (nāśayati) - destroys (destroys, causes to perish)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of naś

causative, present tense, 3rd person singular

causative stem nāśay- from root naś (class 4, parasmāipada)

Root: naś (class 4)

अशुभम् (aśubham) - inauspiciousness (inauspicious, evil, misfortune)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśubha

aśubha - inauspicious, evil, bad

negation (a-) of śubha (auspicious)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śubha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Acts as a noun meaning 'inauspicious thing/state'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

दुःस्वप्नम् (duḥsvapnam) - bad dream (bad dream, nightmare)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥsvapna

duḥsvapna - bad dream, nightmare

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (dus+svapna)

• dus – bad, difficult
  indeclinable
• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

व्यपोहति (vyapohati) - dispels (removes, dispels, wards off)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ūh

present tense, 3rd person singular

root ūh (class 1, parasmāipada) with prefixes vi + apa

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: ūh (class 1)

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