महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-15, verse-5

संन्यासं रोचये साधु कार्यस्यास्य जनार्दन ।
प्रतिहन्ति मनो मेऽद्य राजसूयो दुरासदः ॥५॥

5. saṁnyāsaṁ rocaye sādhu kāryasyāsya janārdana ,
pratihanti mano me'dya rājasūyo durāsadaḥ.

5. saṃnyāsaṃ rocaye sādhu kāryasya asya janārdana
pratihanti manaḥ me adya rājasūyaḥ durāsadaḥ

5. O Janārdana, I would truly prefer renunciation regarding this task. Today, the formidable Rājasūya sacrifice obstructs my mind.

5. הו ג׳ַנָארְדַנַה, אני מעדיף בכנות לוותר על המשימה הזאת. רוחי נשברת היום מול טקס רָאג׳ַסוּיַה שקשה להשיגו.

Words meanings summery:

• संन्यासं (saṁnyāsaṁ) - renunciation, abandonment

• रोचये (rocaye) - I like, I prefer, I desire

• साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, truly, indeed

• कार्यस्य (kāryasya) - of the task, of the action, of the duty

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana, O Kṛṣṇa

• प्रतिहन्ति (pratihanti) - obstructs, hinders, repels, strikes against

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• राजसूयः (rājasūyaḥ) - Rājasūya sacrifice, royal consecration sacrifice

• दुरासदः (durāsadaḥ) - difficult to approach, formidable, inaccessible

Words meanings and morphology

संन्यासं (saṁnyāsaṁ) - renunciation, abandonment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃnyāsa

saṁnyāsa - renunciation, abandonment, asceticism, the order of renunciates

derived from sam-ni-√as (to throw, cast down)

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: as (class 4)

रोचये (rocaye) - I like, I prefer, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √ruc

Causative form or simply ātmanepada of √ruc (class 1, 7, 10)

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada ending for 1st person singular.

साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, truly, indeed

(indeclinable)

कार्यस्य (kāryasya) - of the task, of the action, of the duty

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, task, purpose

Gerundive

formed from √kṛ + -ya (gerundive suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana, O Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - exciter/agitator of men, Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu

प्रतिहन्ति (pratihanti) - obstructs, hinders, repels, strikes against

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √han

Prefix: prati

Root: han (class 2)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, faculty of thought

Root: man

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun

Note: Functions as possessive 'my' for 'manaḥ'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

राजसूयः (rājasūyaḥ) - Rājasūya sacrifice, royal consecration sacrifice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājasūya

rājasūya - a great sacrifice performed by a universal monarch as a mark of his sovereignty

दुरासदः (durāsadaḥ) - difficult to approach, formidable, inaccessible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, inaccessible, formidable, hard to overcome

Compound of 'dur' (difficult) and 'āsada' (approachable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dus+āsada)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating difficulty or badness
• āsada – approachable, attainable, accessible
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-√sad (to approach)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rājasūyaḥ'.

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