महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-88, verse-10
आनन्त्याय भवेद्दत्तं खड्गमांसं पितृक्षये ।
कालशाकं च लौहं चाप्यानन्त्यं छाग उच्यते ॥१०॥
कालशाकं च लौहं चाप्यानन्त्यं छाग उच्यते ॥१०॥
10. ānantyāya bhaveddattaṁ khaḍgamāṁsaṁ pitṛkṣaye ,
kālaśākaṁ ca lauhaṁ cāpyānantyaṁ chāga ucyate.
kālaśākaṁ ca lauhaṁ cāpyānantyaṁ chāga ucyate.
10.
ānantyāya bhavet dattam khaḍgamāṃsam pitṛkṣaye
kālaśākam ca lauham ca api ānantyam chāgaḥ ucyate
kālaśākam ca lauham ca api ānantyam chāgaḥ ucyate
10.
pitṛkṣaye khaḍgamāṃsam dattam ānantyāya bhavet
kālaśākam ca lauham ca api chāgaḥ ānantyam ucyate
kālaśākam ca lauham ca api chāgaḥ ānantyam ucyate
10.
An offering of rhinoceros meat during ancestral rites is said to bring endless merit. Similarly, black sesame, iron, and goat (meat) are also declared to provide endless benefit.
Words meanings summery:
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- आनन्त्याय (ānantyāya) - for endless merit/benefit (in ancestral offerings) (for endlessness, for eternity)
- भवेत् (bhavet) - it should result in, it is for (may it be, it should be, it would be)
- दत्तम् (dattam) - offered (as a ritual offering) (given, offered, granted)
- खड्गमांसम् (khaḍgamāṁsam) - rhinoceros meat
- पितृक्षये (pitṛkṣaye) - during ancestral rites (śrāddha) (at the time of ancestral rites, at the end of ancestors (lineage))
- कालशाकम् (kālaśākam) - black sesame, a type of dark leafy vegetable
- च (ca) - and, also
- लौहम् (lauham) - iron (offered during ritual) (iron, made of iron, metal)
- च (ca) - and, also
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- आनन्त्यम् (ānantyam) - endless merit/benefit (endlessness, infinity)
- छागः (chāgaḥ) - goat (meat for offering) (goat)
- उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared
Words meanings and morphology
आनन्त्याय (ānantyāya) - for endless merit/benefit (in ancestral offerings) (for endlessness, for eternity)
(noun)
Dative, neuter, singular of ānantya
ānantya - endlessness, infinity, eternity
from ananta (endless) + -ya suffix
भवेत् (bhavet) - it should result in, it is for (may it be, it should be, it would be)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
दत्तम् (dattam) - offered (as a ritual offering) (given, offered, granted)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of datta
datta - given, granted, presented, offered
Past Passive Participle
from root dā (to give)
Root: dā (class 3)
खड्गमांसम् (khaḍgamāṁsam) - rhinoceros meat
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of khaḍgamāṃsa
khaḍgamāṁsa - rhinoceros meat
Compound type : tatpurusha (khaḍga+māṃsa)
- khaḍga – rhinoceros, sword, horn
noun (masculine) - māṃsa – meat, flesh
noun (neuter)
पितृक्षये (pitṛkṣaye) - during ancestral rites (śrāddha) (at the time of ancestral rites, at the end of ancestors (lineage))
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of pitṛkṣaya
pitṛkṣaya - end of ancestors, time of ancestral offerings (śrāddha)
Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+kṣaya)
- pitṛ – father, ancestor
noun (masculine) - kṣaya – destruction, end, decline, loss
noun (masculine)
from root kṣi (to destroy, to waste)
Root: kṣi (class 1)
कालशाकम् (kālaśākam) - black sesame, a type of dark leafy vegetable
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kālaśāka
kālaśāka - black sesame, a dark leafy vegetable
Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+śāka)
- kāla – black, dark, time, death
adjective (masculine) - śāka – vegetable, herb
noun (masculine)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
लौहम् (lauham) - iron (offered during ritual) (iron, made of iron, metal)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of lauha
lauha - iron, made of iron, metallic
from loha (copper, red metal, iron)
Note: Can also be used as a noun meaning 'iron' or 'a metallic object'.
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
आनन्त्यम् (ānantyam) - endless merit/benefit (endlessness, infinity)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ānantya
ānantya - endlessness, infinity, eternity
from ananta (endless) + -ya suffix
छागः (chāgaḥ) - goat (meat for offering) (goat)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of chāga
chāga - goat
उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: Derived from root 'vac' (to speak).