महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-46, verse-25

न मे हस्तः समभवद्वसु तत्प्रतिगृह्णतः ।
प्रातिष्ठन्त मयि श्रान्ते गृह्य दूराहृतं वसु ॥२५॥

25. na me hastaḥ samabhavadvasu tatpratigṛhṇataḥ ,
prātiṣṭhanta mayi śrānte gṛhya dūrāhṛtaṁ vasu.

25. na me hastaḥ samabhavat vasu tat pratigṛhṇataḥ
prātiṣṭhanta mayi śrānte gṛhya dūra-āhṛtam vasu

25. My hand was unable to keep receiving that wealth. When I was exhausted, the wealth that had been brought from afar was collected and remained there.

25. ידי לא הספיקה לקבל את העושר ההוא. וכשהתעייפתי, (האנשים) עמדו סביבי ובידיהם עושר נוסף שהובא מרחוק.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my (genitive/dative of I))

• हस्तः (hastaḥ) - my hand (hand, arm)

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - was able (to continue) (happened, came to be, was able, occurred)

• वसु (vasu) - wealth (wealth, riches, good)

• तत् (tat) - that (wealth) (that, it)

• प्रतिगृह्णतः (pratigṛhṇataḥ) - while I was receiving (that wealth) (of one receiving, taking back, accepting)

• प्रातिष्ठन्त (prātiṣṭhanta) - the wealth (implied subject) was collected and remained there (they stood, remained, were placed)

• मयि (mayi) - while I was (tired) (in me, on me, with respect to me)

• श्रान्ते (śrānte) - when I was tired (tired, exhausted)

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having been collected/taken (having taken, having received, having seized)

• दूर-आहृतम् (dūra-āhṛtam) - (wealth) brought from afar (brought from afar, faraway)

• वसु (vasu) - wealth (wealth, riches, good)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of negation.

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my (genitive/dative of I))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form of `mama`.

हस्तः (hastaḥ) - my hand (hand, arm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand

समभवत् (samabhavat) - was able (to continue) (happened, came to be, was able, occurred)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sam-bhū

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

वसु (vasu) - wealth (wealth, riches, good)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vasu

vasu - wealth, riches, good

Note: Object of `pratigṛhṇataḥ`.

तत् (tat) - that (wealth) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Accusative singular neuter of `tad`.

प्रतिगृह्णतः (pratigṛhṇataḥ) - while I was receiving (that wealth) (of one receiving, taking back, accepting)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pratigṛhṇat

pratigṛhṇat - receiving, accepting

Present Active Participle

From `prati` + root `grah` (to seize, take) + `śatṛ`

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Present active participle, genitive singular masculine. Implies 'while I was receiving'.

प्रातिष्ठन्त (prātiṣṭhanta) - the wealth (implied subject) was collected and remained there (they stood, remained, were placed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of pra-sthā

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

मयि (mayi) - while I was (tired) (in me, on me, with respect to me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Locative singular of `aham` (I). Used in a locative absolute construction.

श्रान्ते (śrānte) - when I was tired (tired, exhausted)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śrānta

śrānta - tired, weary

Past Passive Participle

From root `śram` (to be weary) + suffix `kta`

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: PPP, locative singular masculine.

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having been collected/taken (having taken, having received, having seized)

(indeclinable)

absolutiva

From root `grah` (to seize, take) + `ya` (for pre-prefixed verbs; but here used without prefix, so `tvā` is expected, `gṛhya` form usually from roots ending in `ā`, or with prefix; this form is an exception or less common for simple root `grah` as an absolutive)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Absolutive (gerund).

दूर-आहृतम् (dūra-āhṛtam) - (wealth) brought from afar (brought from afar, faraway)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dūrāhṛta

dūrāhṛta - brought from afar

Past Passive Participle

From `dūra` (distance) + `ā` + root `hṛ` (to carry) + `kta`

Compound type : tatpurusha (dūra+āhṛta)

• dūra – distant, far
  adjective (neuter)
• āhṛta – brought, collected
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `ā` + root `hṛ` (to carry, bring)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: PPP, agreeing with `vasu`.

वसु (vasu) - wealth (wealth, riches, good)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vasu

vasu - wealth, riches, good

Note: Subject of `prātiṣṭhanta`.

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