महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-68, verse-5

यो ब्रूयाच्चापि शिष्याय धर्म्यां ब्राह्मीं सरस्वतीम् ।
पृथिवीगोप्रदानाभ्यां स तुल्यं फलमश्नुते ॥५॥

5. yo brūyāccāpi śiṣyāya dharmyāṁ brāhmīṁ sarasvatīm ,
pṛthivīgopradānābhyāṁ sa tulyaṁ phalamaśnute.

5. yaḥ brūyāt ca api śiṣyāya dharmyām brāhmīm sarasvatīm
| pṛthivīgopradānābhyām saḥ tulyam phalam aśnute

5. Whoever teaches a disciple sacred knowledge (Sarasvatī) that conforms to natural law (dharma) and is divine, he obtains a result equal to that from giving away land and cows.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, who

• ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - should speak, may speak, teaches

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even, also

• शिष्याय (śiṣyāya) - to a disciple, to a student

• धर्म्याम् (dharmyām) - pertaining to natural law (dharma) (righteous, lawful, pertaining to (dharma))

• ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - divine, sacred, pertaining to Brahman

• सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvati, sacred speech, knowledge

• पृथिवीगोप्रदानाभ्याम् (pṛthivīgopradānābhyām) - by the gifts of earth and cows

• सः (saḥ) - he

• तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - obtains, reaches, enjoys

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - should speak, may speak, teaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

शिष्याय (śiṣyāya) - to a disciple, to a student

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of śiṣya

śiṣya - disciple, student, pupil

धर्म्याम् (dharmyām) - pertaining to natural law (dharma) (righteous, lawful, pertaining to (dharma))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, just, conformable to natural law (dharma)

ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - divine, sacred, pertaining to Brahman

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brāhmī

brāhmī - divine, sacred, relating to (brahman), Brahma, or the Vedas

सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvati, sacred speech, knowledge

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvati (goddess of knowledge, speech, music, and arts; also a mythical river), sacred knowledge or speech

पृथिवीगोप्रदानाभ्याम् (pṛthivīgopradānābhyām) - by the gifts of earth and cows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of pṛthivīgopradāna

pṛthivīgopradāna - the gift of earth and cows

Compound type : dvandva (pṛthivī+go+pradāna)

• pṛthivī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• go – cow
  noun (feminine)
• pradāna – gift, donation, giving
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 3)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tulya

tulya - equal, similar, comparable

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

अश्नुते (aśnute) - obtains, reaches, enjoys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of aś

Root: aś (class 5)

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