महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-14, chapter-59, verse-6
वासुदेव उवाच ।
अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि क्षत्रियाणां महात्मनाम् ।
बहुलत्वान्न संख्यातुं शक्यान्यब्दशतैरपि ॥६॥
अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि क्षत्रियाणां महात्मनाम् ।
बहुलत्वान्न संख्यातुं शक्यान्यब्दशतैरपि ॥६॥
6. vāsudeva uvāca ,
atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṣatriyāṇāṁ mahātmanām ,
bahulatvānna saṁkhyātuṁ śakyānyabdaśatairapi.
atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṣatriyāṇāṁ mahātmanām ,
bahulatvānna saṁkhyātuṁ śakyānyabdaśatairapi.
6.
vāsudeva uvāca atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṣatriyāṇām mahātmanām
bahulatvāt na saṃkhyātum śakyāni abdaśataiḥ api
bahulatvāt na saṃkhyātum śakyāni abdaśataiḥ api
6.
vāsudeva uvāca mahātmanām kṣatriyāṇām atyadbhutāni
karmāṇi bahulatvāt abdaśataiḥ api saṃkhyātum na śakyāni
karmāṇi bahulatvāt abdaśataiḥ api saṃkhyātum na śakyāni
6.
Vāsudeva said: "The truly astonishing deeds (karma) of the great-souled warriors are so numerous that it would not be possible to count them even over hundreds of years."
Words meanings summery:
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- वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Lord Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva (son of Vasudeva))
- उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke
- अत्यद्भुतानि (atyadbhutāni) - extremely wonderful, highly astonishing, marvelous
- कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, (karma)
- क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the warriors, of the Kṣatriyas
- महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled ones, of the noble ones
- बहुलत्वात् (bahulatvāt) - due to abundance, on account of multiplicity
- न (na) - not, no
- संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to count, to enumerate
- शक्यानि (śakyāni) - possible, capable of being, can be
- अब्दशतैः (abdaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of years
- अपि (api) - even, also, too
Words meanings and morphology
वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Lord Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva (son of Vasudeva))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva
vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa
patronymic from Vasudeva
उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
अत्यद्भुतानि (atyadbhutāni) - extremely wonderful, highly astonishing, marvelous
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of atyadbhuta
atyadbhuta - very wonderful, exceedingly marvelous, extraordinary
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ati+adbhuta)
- ati – beyond, excessive, very, extraordinarily
indeclinable
prefix indicating intensity or excess - adbhuta – wonderful, astonishing, amazing
adjective
Note: Also accusative plural neuter
कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, (karma)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of karman
karman - action, deed, work, fate, (karma)
from root kṛ (to do)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Also accusative plural neuter
क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the warriors, of the Kṣatriyas
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of kṣatriya
kṣatriya - member of the warrior or ruling class, a warrior
महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled ones, of the noble ones
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman
mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)
- mahat – great, large, vast
adjective (neuter) - ātman – self, soul, spirit, the (ātman)
noun (masculine)
बहुलत्वात् (bahulatvāt) - due to abundance, on account of multiplicity
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of bahulatva
bahulatva - abundance, multiplicity, state of being numerous
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bahula+tva)
- bahula – abundant, numerous, manifold
adjective - tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness
suffix (neuter)
suffix added to adjectives/nouns to form abstract nouns of quality or state
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to count, to enumerate
(indeclinable)
Prefix: sam
Root: khyā (class 2)
Note: Infinitive form of the verb saṃkhyā
शक्यानि (śakyāni) - possible, capable of being, can be
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of śakya
śakya - possible, practicable, capable of being done
Gerundive
from root śak (to be able)
Root: śak (class 5)
Note: Also accusative plural neuter
अब्दशतैः (abdaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of years
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of abdaśata
abdaśata - a hundred years
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abda+śata)
- abda – year
noun (masculine) - śata – hundred
noun (neuter)
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)