महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-90, verse-9

पर्वकारश्च सूची च मित्रध्रुक्पारदारिकः ।
अव्रतानामुपाध्यायः काण्डपृष्ठस्तथैव च ॥९॥

9. parvakāraśca sūcī ca mitradhrukpāradārikaḥ ,
avratānāmupādhyāyaḥ kāṇḍapṛṣṭhastathaiva ca.

9. parvakāraḥ ca sūcī ca mitradhruk pāradārikaḥ
avratānām upādhyāyaḥ kāṇḍapṛṣṭhaḥ tathaiva ca

9. parvakāraḥ ca sūcī ca mitradhruk pāradārikaḥ
avratānām upādhyāyaḥ kāṇḍapṛṣṭhaḥ tathaiva ca

9. And one who disregards sacred days, an informer, a betrayer of friends, an adulterer, a teacher of those without vows, and also one with a bent back.

Words meanings summery:

• पर्वकारः (parvakāraḥ) - one who disregards sacred days (or exploits them for gain) (one who spoils festival days, one who makes illicit gains from religious ceremonies, a professional ritualist, a fortune-teller)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सूची (sūcī) - an informer (a needle-worker, a tailor, an informer, a slanderer)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मित्रध्रुक् (mitradhruk) - a betrayer of friends, one who injures a friend

• पारदारिकः (pāradārikaḥ) - an adulterer, one who commits adultery with another's wife

• अव्रतानाम् (avratānām) - of those without vows (of the vow-breakers, of those without vows/observances)

• उपाध्यायः (upādhyāyaḥ) - a teacher (of those without vows) (a teacher, a preceptor)

• काण्डपृष्ठः (kāṇḍapṛṣṭhaḥ) - one with a bent back (one with a staff-like back, bent-backed, hunchbacked)

• तथैव (tathaiva) - and also (in the same way, likewise, also)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

पर्वकारः (parvakāraḥ) - one who disregards sacred days (or exploits them for gain) (one who spoils festival days, one who makes illicit gains from religious ceremonies, a professional ritualist, a fortune-teller)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvakāra

parvakāra - one who spoils festival days by non-observance, one who performs sacrifices only to earn money, a fortune-teller, a maker of joints

derived from 'parvan' (knot, joint, festival day) and 'kāra' (doer, maker)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvan+kāra)

• parvan – joint, knot, division, festival, auspicious day
  noun (neuter)
• kāra – doing, making, a doer, a maker
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

सूची (sūcī) - an informer (a needle-worker, a tailor, an informer, a slanderer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūcin

sūcin - a needle, a needle-worker, a tailor; an informer, a slanderer, a tale-bearer

derived from 'sūci' (needle) or root 'sūc' (to indicate, inform)

Root: sūc (class 10)

Note: The nominal form 'sūcī' can be a feminine noun meaning 'needle' or a masculine agent noun 'sūcin' in nominative singular. Context suggests the latter meaning.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

मित्रध्रुक् (mitradhruk) - a betrayer of friends, one who injures a friend

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mitradruh

mitradruh - a betrayer of friends, one who injures a friend

derived from 'mitra' (friend) and root 'druh' (to injure, betray)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mitra+druh)

• mitra – friend, companion, sun
  noun (masculine)
• druh – injuring, betraying, an injurer, a betrayer
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root 'druh' (to injure, betray)
  Root: druh (class 4)

पारदारिकः (pāradārikaḥ) - an adulterer, one who commits adultery with another's wife

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāradārika

pāradārika - an adulterer, one who goes to another man's wife, a seducer

derived from 'paradāra' (another's wife) + suffix 'ṭhak'

अव्रतानाम् (avratānām) - of those without vows (of the vow-breakers, of those without vows/observances)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of avrata

avrata - without vows, unobservant, one who has broken vows, unrighteous

derived from 'a' (negation) and 'vrata' (vow, religious observance)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+vrata)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vrata – vow, religious observance, sacred rule
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: Functions here as a noun phrase in the genitive case, referring to a group of people.

उपाध्यायः (upādhyāyaḥ) - a teacher (of those without vows) (a teacher, a preceptor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upādhyāya

upādhyāya - a teacher, a preceptor, one who teaches only a part of the Vedas (as opposed to a 'guru' who teaches the whole)

derived from 'upa' (near) + 'adhi' (over) + root 'i' (to go) + suffix 'ḍa' (or 'ghañ')

Prefixes: upa+adhi

Root: i (class 2)

काण्डपृष्ठः (kāṇḍapṛṣṭhaḥ) - one with a bent back (one with a staff-like back, bent-backed, hunchbacked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāṇḍapṛṣṭha

kāṇḍapṛṣṭha - one whose back is like a 'kāṇḍa' (staff, arrow-shaft), i.e., hunchbacked, bent-backed

derived from 'kāṇḍa' (staff, arrow) and 'pṛṣṭha' (back)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṇḍa+pṛṣṭha)

• kāṇḍa – stalk, stem, staff, arrow, section
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kaṇ (class 1)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pṛṣ (class 6)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

तथैव (tathaiva) - and also (in the same way, likewise, also)

(indeclinable)

'tathā' (thus) + 'eva' (indeed)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

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