महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-92, verse-3
निवापैर्दीयमानैश्च चातुर्वर्ण्येन भारत ।
तर्पिताः पितरो देवास्ते नान्नं जरयन्ति वै ॥३॥
तर्पिताः पितरो देवास्ते नान्नं जरयन्ति वै ॥३॥
3. nivāpairdīyamānaiśca cāturvarṇyena bhārata ,
tarpitāḥ pitaro devāste nānnaṁ jarayanti vai.
tarpitāḥ pitaro devāste nānnaṁ jarayanti vai.
3.
nivāpaiḥ dīyamānaiḥ ca cāturvarṇyena bhārata
tarpitāḥ pitaraḥ devāḥ te na annam jarayanti vai
tarpitāḥ pitaraḥ devāḥ te na annam jarayanti vai
3.
bhārata cāturvarṇyena dīyamānaiḥ nivāpaiḥ ca
tarpitāḥ te pitaraḥ devāḥ annam na jarayanti vai
tarpitāḥ te pitaraḥ devāḥ annam na jarayanti vai
3.
O Bhārata, the ancestors (pitṛs) and the gods, even though propitiated by the offerings given by the four social classes, are indeed unable to digest that food.
Words meanings summery:
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- निवापैः (nivāpaiḥ) - by ritual offerings of food for ancestors (by offerings, by oblations)
- दीयमानैः (dīyamānaiḥ) - by those (offerings) that are being presented (by those being given, by those being offered)
- च (ca) - and
- चातुर्वर्ण्येन (cāturvarṇyena) - by the entire system of four social classes (brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra) (by the four social classes, by the four varnas)
- भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (common address in the Mahābhārata) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)
- तर्पिताः (tarpitāḥ) - having been propitiated (by offerings) (propitiated, satisfied, appeased)
- पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the deceased ancestors (ancestors, fathers, forefathers)
- देवाः (devāḥ) - the celestial beings, gods (gods, deities)
- ते (te) - referring to the ancestors and gods (they)
- न (na) - not
- अन्नम् (annam) - the food offered to them (food, grain)
- जरयन्ति (jarayanti) - they (the ancestors and gods) digest (the food) (they digest)
- वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)
Words meanings and morphology
निवापैः (nivāpaiḥ) - by ritual offerings of food for ancestors (by offerings, by oblations)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of nivāpa
nivāpa - offering, oblation, scattering, sowing
From ni + vap (to sow, scatter).
Prefix: ni
Root: vap (class 1)
दीयमानैः (dīyamānaiḥ) - by those (offerings) that are being presented (by those being given, by those being offered)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of dīyamāna
dīyamāna - being given, being offered
Present Passive Participle
Formed from root dā (to give) with the suffix -yamāna.
Root: dā (class 3)
Note: Qualifies nivāpaiḥ.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
चातुर्वर्ण्येन (cāturvarṇyena) - by the entire system of four social classes (brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra) (by the four social classes, by the four varnas)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of cāturvarṇya
cāturvarṇya - the system of four classes, the four classes
From caturvarṇa (four colors/classes) + ya (suffix for 'state of' or 'related to').
भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (common address in the Mahābhārata) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata
bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata, India
तर्पिताः (tarpitāḥ) - having been propitiated (by offerings) (propitiated, satisfied, appeased)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tarpita
tarpita - satisfied, propitiated, refreshed
Past Passive Participle
From root tṛp (to satisfy, to please) with the suffix -ta.
Root: tṛp (class 4)
Note: Qualifies pitaraḥ and devāḥ.
पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the deceased ancestors (ancestors, fathers, forefathers)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor, forefathers (plural)
देवाः (devāḥ) - the celestial beings, gods (gods, deities)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, deity, divine being
Root: div (class 4)
ते (te) - referring to the ancestors and gods (they)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
अन्नम् (annam) - the food offered to them (food, grain)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of anna
anna - food, cooked rice, grain
From root ad (to eat).
Root: ad (class 2)
जरयन्ति (jarayanti) - they (the ancestors and gods) digest (the food) (they digest)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jaray
Causative
From root jṛ (to grow old, to digest) in the causative form jaray.
Root: jṛ (class 1)
वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)
(indeclinable)