महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-33, verse-11

home » Scriptures Library » Mahabharata

View complete chapter

कच्चित्ते वर्धते राजंस्तपो मन्दश्रमस्य ते ।
अपि मे जननी चेयं शुश्रूषुर्विगतक्लमा ।
अप्यस्याः सफलो राजन्वनवासो भविष्यति ॥११॥

11. kaccitte vardhate rājaṁstapo mandaśramasya te ,
api me jananī ceyaṁ śuśrūṣurvigataklamā ,
apyasyāḥ saphalo rājanvanavāso bhaviṣyati.

11. kaccit te vardhate rājan tapaḥ
mandaśramasya te api me jananī ca iyam
śuśrūṣuḥ vigataklamā api asyāḥ
saphalaḥ rājan vanavāsaḥ bhaviṣyati

11. rājan te mandaśramasya tapaḥ kaccit
vardhate api iyam me jananī ca
śuśrūṣuḥ vigataklamā rājan api
asyāḥ vanavāsaḥ saphalaḥ bhaviṣyati

11. O king, does your asceticism (tapas), which involves little effort, flourish? And is this mother of mine, who serves you, free from fatigue? O king, will her forest dwelling (vanavāsa) be fruitful?

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether, if, surely, I hope

ते (te) - your (referring to the king) (your, to you, for you)

वर्धते (vardhate) - increases, grows, flourishes

राजन् (rājan) - O king!

तपः (tapaḥ) - asceticism, austerity, penance

मन्दश्रमस्य (mandaśramasya) - of (you) who exerts little effort (in asceticism) (of little effort, of slight exertion)

ते (te) - your (referring to the king) (your, to you, for you)

अपि (api) - an interrogative particle, introducing a question with a nuance of hope/concern (also, even, and, whether)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

जननी (jananī) - mother

च (ca) - and, also

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

शुश्रूषुः (śuśrūṣuḥ) - serving, attending (to the king and his tapas) (desirous of hearing, desirous of serving, serving)

विगतक्लमा (vigataklamā) - free from fatigue, whose fatigue is gone

अपि (api) - an interrogative particle, introducing a question with a nuance of hope/concern (also, even, and, whether)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (referring to the mother) (of her, to her, for her)

सफलः (saphalaḥ) - fruitful, successful, effective

राजन् (rājan) - O king!

वनवासः (vanavāsaḥ) - forest dwelling, residing in a forest

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will become

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether, if, surely, I hope

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (referring to the king) (your, to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tva

tva - you (singular)

Note: Alternately dative singular. Here, possessive genitive.

वर्धते (vardhate) - increases, grows, flourishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vṛdh

4th class verb, Ātmanepada

Root: vṛdh (class 4)

राजन् (rājan) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

तपः (tapaḥ) - asceticism, austerity, penance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism, austerity, penance, heat, religious devotion

मन्दश्रमस्य (mandaśramasya) - of (you) who exerts little effort (in asceticism) (of little effort, of slight exertion)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mandaśrama

mandaśrama - having little effort, involving slight exertion

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manda+śrama)

manda – slow, dull, little, weak, mild
adjective (masculine)
śrama – effort, exertion, fatigue, toil
noun (masculine)
Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (your), referring to the king.

ते (te) - your (referring to the king) (your, to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tva

tva - you (singular)

Note: Possessive genitive.

अपि (api) - an interrogative particle, introducing a question with a nuance of hope/concern (also, even, and, whether)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Alternately dative singular. Here, possessive genitive.

जननी (jananī) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother, producer, creatress

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

शुश्रूषुः (śuśrūṣuḥ) - serving, attending (to the king and his tapas) (desirous of hearing, desirous of serving, serving)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuśrūṣu

śuśrūṣu - desirous of hearing; desirous of obeying; desirous of serving, serving

desiderative agent noun/adjective

From desiderative stem of √śru (to hear/obey/serve) + u.

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jananī'.

विगतक्लमा (vigataklamā) - free from fatigue, whose fatigue is gone

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vigataklama

vigataklama - whose fatigue is gone, free from weariness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+klama)

vigata – gone away, departed, passed, removed
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From vi- + √gam (to go)
Prefix: vi
Root: gam (class 1)
klama – fatigue, weariness, exhaustion
noun (masculine)
Root: klam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jananī'.

अपि (api) - an interrogative particle, introducing a question with a nuance of hope/concern (also, even, and, whether)

(indeclinable)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (referring to the mother) (of her, to her, for her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Alternately dative or ablative singular.

सफलः (saphalaḥ) - fruitful, successful, effective

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saphala

saphala - fruitful, productive, successful, effectual