महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-8, verse-20
क्षत्रियः शतवर्षी च दशवर्षी च ब्राह्मणः ।
पितापुत्रौ च विज्ञेयौ तयोर्हि ब्राह्मणः पिता ॥२०॥
पितापुत्रौ च विज्ञेयौ तयोर्हि ब्राह्मणः पिता ॥२०॥
20. kṣatriyaḥ śatavarṣī ca daśavarṣī ca brāhmaṇaḥ ,
pitāputrau ca vijñeyau tayorhi brāhmaṇaḥ pitā.
pitāputrau ca vijñeyau tayorhi brāhmaṇaḥ pitā.
20.
kṣatriyaḥ śatavarṣī ca daśavarṣī ca brāhmaṇaḥ
pitāputrau ca vijñeyau tayoḥ hi brāhmaṇaḥ pitā
pitāputrau ca vijñeyau tayoḥ hi brāhmaṇaḥ pitā
20.
śatavarṣī kṣatriyaḥ ca daśavarṣī brāhmaṇaḥ ca
pitāputrau ca vijñeyau hi tayoḥ brāhmaṇaḥ pitā
pitāputrau ca vijñeyau hi tayoḥ brāhmaṇaḥ pitā
20.
A hundred-year-old `kṣatriya` and a ten-year-old `brāhmaṇa` should be regarded as father and son, for among them, the `brāhmaṇa` is indeed the father.
Words meanings summery:
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- क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a `kṣatriya` (member of the warrior class)
- शतवर्षी (śatavarṣī) - hundred years old, centenarian
- च (ca) - and
- दशवर्षी (daśavarṣī) - ten years old
- च (ca) - and
- ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a `brāhmaṇa` (member of the priestly class)
- पितापुत्रौ (pitāputrau) - father and son
- च (ca) - and
- विज्ञेयौ (vijñeyau) - should be known, should be understood, should be regarded
- तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them, among them, between them (dual)
- हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because
- ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a `brāhmaṇa`
- पिता (pitā) - father
Words meanings and morphology
क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a `kṣatriya` (member of the warrior class)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya
kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class, princely
शतवर्षी (śatavarṣī) - hundred years old, centenarian
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śatavarṣin
śatavarṣin - hundred years old, lasting for a hundred years
bahuvrīhi compound of śata (hundred) and varṣa (year), with suffix -in
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+varṣa)
- śata – hundred
numeral (neuter) - varṣa – year, rain
noun (masculine/neuter)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
दशवर्षी (daśavarṣī) - ten years old
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of daśavarṣin
daśavarṣin - ten years old, lasting for ten years
bahuvrīhi compound of daśa (ten) and varṣa (year), with suffix -in
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśa+varṣa)
- daśa – ten
numeral - varṣa – year, rain
noun (masculine/neuter)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a `brāhmaṇa` (member of the priestly class)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, member of the priestly class, related to brahman
पितापुत्रौ (pitāputrau) - father and son
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of pitāputra
pitāputra - father and son
dvandva compound of pitṛ (father) and putra (son)
Compound type : dvandva (pitṛ+putra)
- pitṛ – father
noun (masculine) - putra – son
noun (masculine)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
विज्ञेयौ (vijñeyau) - should be known, should be understood, should be regarded
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of vijñeya
vijñeya - to be known, to be understood, to be recognized
Gerundive
from vi-√jñā (to know, to discern)
Prefix: vi
Root: √jñā (class 9)
तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them, among them, between them (dual)
(pronoun)
masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because
(indeclinable)
ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a `brāhmaṇa`
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, member of the priestly class, related to brahman
पिता (pitā) - father
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ
pitṛ - father