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2,11

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-27

क्षणा लवा मुहूर्ताश्च दिवा रात्रिस्तथैव च ।
अर्धमासाश्च मासाश्च ऋतवः षट्च भारत ॥२७॥
27. kṣaṇā lavā muhūrtāśca divā rātristathaiva ca ,
ardhamāsāśca māsāśca ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭca bhārata.
27. kṣaṇāḥ lavāḥ muhūrtāḥ ca divā rātriḥ tathā eva
ca ardhamāsāḥ ca māsāḥ ca ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ ca bhārata
27. O Bhārata, moments, fractions of moments, and muhūrtas, as well as day and night, similarly half-months and months, and the six seasons, are all parts of time.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • क्षणाः (kṣaṇāḥ) - moments, instants
  • लवाः (lavāḥ) - fractions of moments, very small time units
  • मुहूर्ताः (muhūrtāḥ) - periods of 48 minutes, muhūrtas
  • (ca) - and
  • दिवा (divā) - day, by day
  • रात्रिः (rātriḥ) - night
  • तथा (tathā) - so, similarly
  • एव (eva) - indeed, also
  • (ca) - and
  • अर्धमासाः (ardhamāsāḥ) - half-months, fortnights
  • (ca) - and
  • मासाः (māsāḥ) - months
  • (ca) - and
  • ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) - seasons
  • षट् (ṣaṭ) - six
  • (ca) - and
  • भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

Words meanings and morphology

क्षणाः (kṣaṇāḥ) - moments, instants
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣaṇa
kṣaṇa - a moment, an instant, a unit of time
Note: Visarga dropped in original Devanagari for poetic license.
लवाः (lavāḥ) - fractions of moments, very small time units
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of lava
lava - a drop, a fragment, a very small division of time (1/30 of a kṣaṇa)
Note: Visarga dropped in original Devanagari for poetic license.
मुहूर्ताः (muhūrtāḥ) - periods of 48 minutes, muhūrtas
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of muhūrta
muhūrta - a division of time, period of 48 minutes
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
दिवा (divā) - day, by day
(indeclinable)
रात्रिः (rātriḥ) - night
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of rātri
rātri - night
तथा (tathā) - so, similarly
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, also
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अर्धमासाः (ardhamāsāḥ) - half-months, fortnights
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ardhamāsa
ardhamāsa - a half-month, a fortnight
Compound type : tatpurusha (ardha+māsa)
  • ardha – half, a part
    noun (masculine)
  • māsa – a month
    noun (masculine)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
मासाः (māsāḥ) - months
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of māsa
māsa - a month
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) - seasons
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛtu
ṛtu - a season, a fixed time or period
षट् (ṣaṭ) - six
(numeral)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata
bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian