महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-33, verse-5

कृशानर्थांस्तथा केचिदकृशांस्तत्र कुर्वते ।
अकृशांश्च कृशांश्चक्रुर्हेतुभिः शास्त्रनिश्चितैः ॥५॥

5. kṛśānarthāṁstathā kecidakṛśāṁstatra kurvate ,
akṛśāṁśca kṛśāṁścakrurhetubhiḥ śāstraniścitaiḥ.

5. kṛśān arthān tathā kecit akṛśān tatra kurvate
akṛśān ca kṛśān ca cakruḥ hetubhiḥ śāstra-niścitaiḥ

5. Some people there would make trivial meanings substantial, and substantial ones trivial, by means of arguments that were definitively established in the scriptures.

5. היו שם כאלה שהפכו עניינים קלים לכבדי משקל, ועניינים כבדי משקל לקלים, בטיעונים שנקבעו על פי הכתבים.

Words meanings summery:

• कृशान् (kṛśān) - trivial or insignificant (meanings) (meager, small, weak, lean)

• अर्थान् (arthān) - meanings or interpretations (purposes, meanings, objects, wealth)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that way, and

• केचित् (kecit) - some people (among the disputants) (some)

• अकृशान् (akṛśān) - substantial or significant (meanings) (not meager, substantial, strong, significant)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• कुर्वते (kurvate) - they make, they do

• अकृशान् (akṛśān) - substantial or significant (meanings) (not meager, substantial, strong, significant)

• च (ca) - and, also

• कृशान् (kṛśān) - trivial or insignificant (meanings) (meager, small, weak, lean)

• च (ca) - and, also

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did

• हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - by reasons, by causes, by arguments

• शास्त्र-निश्चितैः (śāstra-niścitaiḥ) - by those determined by scriptures, by those established in sacred texts

Words meanings and morphology

कृशान् (kṛśān) - trivial or insignificant (meanings) (meager, small, weak, lean)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṛśa

kṛśa - meager, thin, small, weak, trifling

Note: Qualifies 'arthān'.

अर्थान् (arthān) - meanings or interpretations (purposes, meanings, objects, wealth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, wealth, matter

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that way, and

(indeclinable)

केचित् (kecit) - some people (among the disputants) (some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some

अकृशान् (akṛśān) - substantial or significant (meanings) (not meager, substantial, strong, significant)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akṛśa

akṛśa - not meager, not thin, strong, substantial

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of 'a' and 'kṛśa'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṛśa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• kṛśa – meager, thin, small, weak, trifling
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies implied 'arthān'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

कुर्वते (kurvate) - they make, they do

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present middle third plural

Present tense, ātmanepada (middle voice), third person plural.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अकृशान् (akṛśān) - substantial or significant (meanings) (not meager, substantial, strong, significant)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akṛśa

akṛśa - not meager, not thin, strong, substantial

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of 'a' and 'kṛśa'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṛśa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• kṛśa – meager, thin, small, weak, trifling
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies implied 'arthān'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कृशान् (kṛśān) - trivial or insignificant (meanings) (meager, small, weak, lean)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṛśa

kṛśa - meager, thin, small, weak, trifling

Note: Qualifies implied 'arthān'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect active third plural

Reduplicated perfect, parasmāipada (active voice), third person plural.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) - by reasons, by causes, by arguments

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, argument

Root: hi (class 5)

शास्त्र-निश्चितैः (śāstra-niścitaiḥ) - by those determined by scriptures, by those established in sacred texts

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śāstra-niścita

śāstra-niścita - determined by scriptures, firmly settled by sacred texts

Compound adjective.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+niścita)

• śāstra – scripture, sacred text, treatise, science
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• niścita – ascertained, determined, settled, sure
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix ni + root ci (to gather, observe).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'hetubhiḥ'.

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