महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-44

कच्चिद्दारान्मनुष्याणां तवार्थे मृत्युमेयुषाम् ।
व्यसनं चाभ्युपेतानां बिभर्षि भरतर्षभ ॥४४॥

44. kacciddārānmanuṣyāṇāṁ tavārthe mṛtyumeyuṣām ,
vyasanaṁ cābhyupetānāṁ bibharṣi bharatarṣabha.

44. kaccit dārān manuṣyāṇām tava arthe mṛtyum eyuṣām
vyasanam ca abhyupetānām bibharṣi bharatarṣabha

44. O best of the Bhāratas, I trust that you support the wives of those men who have died for your sake and of those who have fallen into misfortune.

44. הו מיטב בני בְּהַרַטַה, האם אתה מפרנס את נשותיהם של אנשים שמתו למענך, ואת אלה שנקלעו למצוקה?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, I trust, perhaps

• दारान् (dārān) - wives

• मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of men, of human beings

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of, for the benefit of

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

• एयुषाम् (eyuṣām) - of those who have met death (of those who have gone, of those who have attained, of those who have met)

• व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - misfortune, calamity, distress, vice

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभ्युपेतानाम् (abhyupetānām) - of those who have fallen into misfortune (of those who have approached, met, incurred)

• बिभर्षि (bibharṣi) - you maintain, you support, you bear

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas, O chief among Bharatas

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, I trust, perhaps

(indeclinable)

दारान् (dārān) - wives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (always used in plural in this sense)

मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - man, human being, person

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of, for the benefit of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, benefit

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise

from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

एयुषाम् (eyuṣām) - of those who have met death (of those who have gone, of those who have attained, of those who have met)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of īyus

īyus - gone, attained

Perfect Active Participle

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with kvasu suffix

Root: i (class 2)

व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - misfortune, calamity, distress, vice

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction, vice

from root as with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभ्युपेतानाम् (abhyupetānām) - of those who have fallen into misfortune (of those who have approached, met, incurred)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of abhyupeta

abhyupeta - approached, gone to, met, incurred

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with prefixes 'abhi' and 'upa'

Prefixes: abhi+upa

Root: i (class 2)

बिभर्षि (bibharṣi) - you maintain, you support, you bear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas, O chief among Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of Bharatas (epithet for a great warrior or king in the Bharata lineage), best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata lineage
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

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