महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-113

कच्चिदन्धांश्च मूकांश्च पङ्गून्व्यङ्गानबान्धवान् ।
पितेव पासि धर्मज्ञ तथा प्रव्रजितानपि ॥११३॥

113. kaccidandhāṁśca mūkāṁśca paṅgūnvyaṅgānabāndhavān ,
piteva pāsi dharmajña tathā pravrajitānapi.

113. kaccit andhān ca mūkān ca paṅgūn vyaṅgān abāndhavān
pitā iva pāsi dharmajña tathā pravrajitān api

113. O knower of natural law (dharma), do you surely protect, like a father, the blind, the mute, the lame, the deformed, and those without relatives, and also the renunciants?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, surely, whether

• अन्धान् (andhān) - blind ones

• च (ca) - and, also

• मूकान् (mūkān) - mute ones, dumb ones

• च (ca) - and, also

• पङ्गून् (paṅgūn) - lame ones, crippled ones

• व्यङ्गान् (vyaṅgān) - deformed ones, maimed ones

• अबान्धवान् (abāndhavān) - those without relatives

• पिता (pitā) - father

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पासि (pāsi) - you protect, you nourish

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma)

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, similarly

• प्रव्रजितान् (pravrajitān) - renunciants, ascetics

• अपि (api) - also, even

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, surely, whether

(indeclinable)

अन्धान् (andhān) - blind ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of andha

andha - blind, sightless; a blind person

Note: Used as a noun here.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मूकान् (mūkān) - mute ones, dumb ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mūka

mūka - mute, dumb; a mute person

Note: Used as a noun here.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पङ्गून् (paṅgūn) - lame ones, crippled ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paṅgu

paṅgu - lame, crippled; a lame person

Note: Used as a noun here.

व्यङ्गान् (vyaṅgān) - deformed ones, maimed ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyaṅga

vyaṅga - deficient in a limb, crippled, deformed; a deformed person

Note: Used as a noun here.

अबान्धवान् (abāndhavān) - those without relatives

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abāndhava

abāndhava - without kinsmen, friendless, destitute; a friendless person

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+bāndhava)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bāndhava – kinsman, relative, friend
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as a noun here.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पासि (pāsi) - you protect, you nourish

(verb)

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

present tense, 2nd person singular

Root: pā (class 2)

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of natural law (dharma), one who understands what is right

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, understanding, a knower
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jñā (9th class)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used as a vocative noun here.

तथा (tathā) - likewise, similarly

(indeclinable)

प्रव्रजितान् (pravrajitān) - renunciants, ascetics

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pravrajita

pravrajita - gone forth, gone into exile, renunciant, ascetic

Past Passive Participle

from root vraj (1st class) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun here.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)