महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-14, chapter-93, verse-33
प्राणधारणमात्रेण शक्यं कर्तुं तपस्त्वया ।
प्राणो हि परमो धर्मः स्थितो देहेषु देहिनाम् ॥३३॥
प्राणो हि परमो धर्मः स्थितो देहेषु देहिनाम् ॥३३॥
33. prāṇadhāraṇamātreṇa śakyaṁ kartuṁ tapastvayā ,
prāṇo hi paramo dharmaḥ sthito deheṣu dehinām.
prāṇo hi paramo dharmaḥ sthito deheṣu dehinām.
33.
prāṇadhāraṇamātreṇa śakyam kartum tapas tvayā
prāṇaḥ hi paramaḥ dharmaḥ sthitaḥ deheṣu dehinām
prāṇaḥ hi paramaḥ dharmaḥ sthitaḥ deheṣu dehinām
33.
tvayā prāṇadhāraṇamātreṇa tapas kartum śakyam hi
prāṇaḥ dehinām deheṣu sthitaḥ paramaḥ dharmaḥ
prāṇaḥ dehinām deheṣu sthitaḥ paramaḥ dharmaḥ
33.
You can perform penance (tapas) merely by sustaining life. Indeed, life-breath (prāṇa) is the supreme natural law (dharma) inherent in the bodies of all living beings.
Words meanings summery:
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- प्राणधारणमात्रेण (prāṇadhāraṇamātreṇa) - by merely sustaining life, by just maintaining vital breath
- शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able to be done
- कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to perform
- तपस् (tapas) - austerity, penance, spiritual fervor
- त्वया (tvayā) - by you
- प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - life-breath, vital energy, spirit
- हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because
- परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, best
- धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature
- स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, abiding, standing, existing
- देहेषु (deheṣu) - in bodies
- देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings, of living beings
Words meanings and morphology
प्राणधारणमात्रेण (prāṇadhāraṇamātreṇa) - by merely sustaining life, by just maintaining vital breath
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of prāṇadhāraṇamātra
prāṇadhāraṇamātra - mere sustenance of life
compound formed with mātra suffix indicating 'only' or 'mere'
Compound type : karmadhāraya (prāṇadhāraṇa+mātra)
- prāṇadhāraṇa – sustenance of life, maintaining vital breath
noun (neuter)
action noun, compound - mātra – mere, only, just (suffix)
indeclinable
शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able to be done
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya
śakya - possible, feasible
Gerundive
Root: śak (class 5)
कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to perform
(verb)
infinitive (tumun) of kartum
Infinitive
Root: kṛ (class 8)
तपस् (tapas) - austerity, penance, spiritual fervor
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas
tapas - austerity, penance
त्वया (tvayā) - by you
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - life-breath, vital energy, spirit
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇa
prāṇa - life-breath, vital energy
Prefix: pra
Root: an (class 2)
हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because
(indeclinable)
परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, best
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of parama
parama - supreme, highest
धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, abiding, standing, existing
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita
sthita - situated, standing
Past Passive Participle
Root: sthā (class 1)
देहेषु (deheṣu) - in bodies
(noun)
Locative, masculine, plural of deha
deha - body
देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings, of living beings
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of dehin
dehin - embodied being, living being
possessive suffix -in