महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-41, verse-13

शल्यादीनपि कस्मात्त्वं न स्तौषि वसुधाधिपान् ।
स्तवाय यदि ते बुद्धिर्वर्तते भीष्म सर्वदा ॥१३॥

13. śalyādīnapi kasmāttvaṁ na stauṣi vasudhādhipān ,
stavāya yadi te buddhirvartate bhīṣma sarvadā.

13. śalyādīn api kasmāt tvam na stauṣi vasudhādhipān
stavāya yadi te buddhiḥ vartate bhīṣma sarvadā

13. O Bhishma, if your intention is always to praise, why do you not also praise kings like Shalya and the others?

13. מדוע אינך משבח גם את שַׁלְיַה ואת שאר שליטי הארץ, אם ליבך נוטה תמיד לשבח, הו בְּהִישְׁמַה?

Words meanings summery:

• शल्यादीन् (śalyādīn) - Shalya and others

• अपि (api) - even, also

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• न (na) - not, no

• स्तौषि (stauṣi) - you praise

• वसुधाधिपान् (vasudhādhipān) - kings, rulers of the earth

• स्तवाय (stavāya) - for praise, for eulogy

• यदि (yadi) - if

• ते (te) - your, to you

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - mind, intellect, intention

• वर्तते (vartate) - exists, is, proceeds

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

Words meanings and morphology

शल्यादीन् (śalyādīn) - Shalya and others

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śalyādi

śalyādi - Shalya and others; beginning with Shalya

Compound type : Dvigu/Bahuvrīhi (śalya+ādi)

• śalya – Shalya (a king, brother of Madri and maternal uncle of Nakula and Sahadeva); spear, dart
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  indeclinable

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

(interrogative pronoun)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, informal)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्तौषि (stauṣi) - you praise

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of stu

Root: stu (class 2)

वसुधाधिपान् (vasudhādhipān) - kings, rulers of the earth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vasudhādhipa

vasudhādhipa - king, ruler of the earth, sovereign

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vasudhā+adhipa)

• vasudhā – earth, the holder of wealth
  noun (feminine)
  From 'vasu' (wealth) + 'dhā' (holder).
• adhipa – ruler, lord, chief
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'adhi' and root √pā (to protect, govern).
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)

स्तवाय (stavāya) - for praise, for eulogy

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of stava

stava - praise, eulogy, hymn

Derived from the root √stu (to praise).

Root: stu (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, informal)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - mind, intellect, intention

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, mind, understanding, intention, discernment

Derived from the root √budh (to know, perceive).

Root: budh (class 1)

वर्तते (vartate) - exists, is, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru patriarch); formidable, terrible

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

(indeclinable)

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