महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-2, chapter-5, verse-62
कच्चिदायव्यये युक्ताः सर्वे गणकलेखकाः ।
अनुतिष्ठन्ति पूर्वाह्णे नित्यमायव्ययं तव ॥६२॥
अनुतिष्ठन्ति पूर्वाह्णे नित्यमायव्ययं तव ॥६२॥
62. kaccidāyavyaye yuktāḥ sarve gaṇakalekhakāḥ ,
anutiṣṭhanti pūrvāhṇe nityamāyavyayaṁ tava.
anutiṣṭhanti pūrvāhṇe nityamāyavyayaṁ tava.
62.
kaccit āyavyaye yuktāḥ sarve gaṇakalekhakāḥ
anutiṣṭhanti pūrvāhṇe nityam āyavyayam tava
anutiṣṭhanti pūrvāhṇe nityam āyavyayam tava
62.
I hope that all your appointed accountants and scribes diligently manage your income and expenditure accounts every forenoon.
Words meanings summery:
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- कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, do you, whether
- आयव्यये (āyavyaye) - in matters of income and expenditure (in income and expenditure, in revenue and expense)
- युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - appointed (to a task) (appointed, engaged, joined, connected)
- सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)
- गणकलेखकाः (gaṇakalekhakāḥ) - accountants and scribes (accountants and scribes, calculators and writers)
- अनुतिष्ठन्ति (anutiṣṭhanti) - they diligently manage (they perform, they attend to, they carry out, they manage)
- पूर्वाह्णे (pūrvāhṇe) - every forenoon (in the forenoon, in the morning)
- नित्यम् (nityam) - diligently/every (forenoon) (daily, constantly, always, perpetually)
- आयव्ययम् (āyavyayam) - your income and expenditure accounts (income and expenditure, account of income and expenditure)
- तव (tava) - your (your, of you)
Words meanings and morphology
कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, do you, whether
(indeclinable)
आयव्यये (āyavyaye) - in matters of income and expenditure (in income and expenditure, in revenue and expense)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, dual of āyavyaya
āyavyaya - income and expenditure, revenue and expense
Compound type : dvandva (āya+vyaya)
- āya – income, revenue, gain
noun (masculine)
From ā-√i (to come, approach)
Prefix: ā
Root: i (class 2) - vyaya – expenditure, expense, loss
noun (masculine)
From vi-√i (to go apart, pass away)
Prefix: vi
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Could also be interpreted as singular locative of the compound, referring to the 'department' of income-expenditure.
युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - appointed (to a task) (appointed, engaged, joined, connected)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yukta
yukta - joined, connected, fitted, appointed, engaged, skilled
Past Passive Participle
From root √yuj (to join, to yoke, to appoint)
Root: yuj (class 7)
Note: Qualifies gaṇakalekhakāḥ.
सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, complete
Note: Qualifies gaṇakalekhakāḥ.
गणकलेखकाः (gaṇakalekhakāḥ) - accountants and scribes (accountants and scribes, calculators and writers)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of gaṇakalekhaka
gaṇakalekhaka - accountants and scribes
Compound type : dvandva (gaṇaka+lekhaka)
- gaṇaka – calculator, accountant, astronomer
noun (masculine)
From √gaṇ (to count)
Root: gaṇ (class 10) - lekhaka – writer, scribe, clerk
noun (masculine)
From √likh (to write)
Root: likh (class 6)
अनुतिष्ठन्ति (anutiṣṭhanti) - they diligently manage (they perform, they attend to, they carry out, they manage)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of anutiṣṭh
Prefix: anu
Root: sthā (class 1)
पूर्वाह्णे (pūrvāhṇe) - every forenoon (in the forenoon, in the morning)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of pūrvāhṇa
pūrvāhṇa - forenoon, morning
Compound type : tatpurusha (pūrva+ahna)
- pūrva – former, prior, eastern
adjective (masculine) - ahna – day
noun (masculine)
From ahan
नित्यम् (nityam) - diligently/every (forenoon) (daily, constantly, always, perpetually)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used adverbially here. The meaning "diligently" comes from "regularly/constantly" applied to the act of managing.
आयव्ययम् (āyavyayam) - your income and expenditure accounts (income and expenditure, account of income and expenditure)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of āyavyaya
āyavyaya - income and expenditure, revenue and expense, financial account
Compound type : dvandva (āya+vyaya)
- āya – income, revenue, gain
noun (masculine)
From ā-√i (to come, approach)
Prefix: ā
Root: i (class 2) - vyaya – expenditure, expense, loss
noun (masculine)
From vi-√i (to go apart, pass away)
Prefix: vi
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Object of anutiṣṭhanti. It is singular here, referring to 'the (system of) income and expenditure' or 'the account'.
तव (tava) - your (your, of you)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Genitive of yuṣmad (you).