महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-20, verse-16

स्वर्गयोनिर्जयो राजन्स्वर्गयोनिर्महद्यशः ।
स्वर्गयोनिस्तपो युद्धे मार्गः सोऽव्यभिचारवान् ॥१६॥

16. svargayonirjayo rājansvargayonirmahadyaśaḥ ,
svargayonistapo yuddhe mārgaḥ so'vyabhicāravān.

16. svargayoniḥ jayaḥ rājan svargayoniḥ mahat yaśaḥ
svargayoniḥ tapaḥ yuddhe mārgaḥ saḥ avyabhicāravān

16. O King, victory leads to heaven, great fame leads to heaven, and the discipline (tapas) in battle also leads to heaven. That is the unfailing path.

16. הו מלך, הניצחון הוא מקור השמים, והתהילה הגדולה היא מקור השמים, וגם התרגול בקרב הוא מקור השמים. זו דרך שאינה כושלת.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

• जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, renown

• स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - discipline and effort (in battle) (austerity, penance, spiritual discipline)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, road

• सः (saḥ) - that (path) (that, he)

• अव्यभिचारवान् (avyabhicāravān) - unfailing, unerring, constant, certain

Words meanings and morphology

स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svargayoni

svargayoni - source of heaven, leading to heaven, having heaven as its origin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svarga+yoni)

• svarga – heaven, celestial abode
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)

जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svargayoni

svargayoni - source of heaven, leading to heaven, having heaven as its origin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svarga+yoni)

• svarga – heaven, celestial abode
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Present active participle stem, used as an adjective.

Root: mah (class 1)

यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, renown

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - fame, glory, renown, splendor

स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svargayoni

svargayoni - source of heaven, leading to heaven, having heaven as its origin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svarga+yoni)

• svarga – heaven, celestial abode
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)

तपः (tapaḥ) - discipline and effort (in battle) (austerity, penance, spiritual discipline)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, spiritual discipline, fervent exertion

Root: tap (class 1)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

Past Passive Participle of root `yudh` used as a noun.

Root: yudh (class 4)

मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, road

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course

Root: mṛg (class 10)

सः (saḥ) - that (path) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

masculine nominative singular

अव्यभिचारवान् (avyabhicāravān) - unfailing, unerring, constant, certain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyabhicāravat

avyabhicāravat - unfailing, unerring, constant, certain, steadfast

Possessive suffix `mat/vat`

`a-vyabhicāra-vat` (not deviating/failing + having).

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (a+vyabhicāra+vat)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vyabhicāra – deviation, failure, transgression, inconstancy
  noun (masculine)
  From `vi-abhi-car` (to deviate)
  Prefixes: vi+abhi
  Root: car (class 1)
• vat – possessing, endowed with
  suffix
  Possessive suffix
  Used to form possessive adjectives (mat/vat)

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