महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-90

कच्चिज्ज्ञातीन्गुरून्वृद्धान्दैवतांस्तापसानपि ।
चैत्यांश्च वृक्षान्कल्याणान्ब्राह्मणांश्च नमस्यसि ॥९०॥

90. kaccijjñātīngurūnvṛddhāndaivatāṁstāpasānapi ,
caityāṁśca vṛkṣānkalyāṇānbrāhmaṇāṁśca namasyasi.

90. kaccit jñātīn gurūn vṛddhān daivatān tāpasān api
caityān ca vṛkṣān kalyāṇān brāhmaṇān ca namasyasi

90. I hope you revere your relatives, teachers (guru), elders, deities, and ascetics, as well as sacred shrines (caitya), auspicious trees, and Brahmins.

90. האם אתה מכבד קרובים, מכובדים וזקנים, אלוהויות ובעלי עוצמה רוחנית, וכן מקדשים, עצים מבורכים ובְּרַהְמִינִים?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, is it that, perchance

• ज्ञातीन् (jñātīn) - relatives, kinsmen, family members

• गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, elders, respected persons

• वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elders, old people, the aged

• दैवतान् (daivatān) - deities, divine beings

• तापसान् (tāpasān) - ascetics, hermits, penitents

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• चैत्यान् (caityān) - sacred shrines, monuments, places of worship

• च (ca) - and, also

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

• कल्याणान् (kalyāṇān) - auspicious (referring to trees) (auspicious, benevolent, beautiful, good)

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

• च (ca) - and, also

• नमस्यसि (namasyasi) - you salute, you revere, you bow down to

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, is it that, perchance

(indeclinable)

ज्ञातीन् (jñātīn) - relatives, kinsmen, family members

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jñāti

jñāti - relative, kinsman, caste, race

गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, elders, respected persons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide, elder, heavy, important

वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elders, old people, the aged

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased, augmented, venerable

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vṛdh (to grow, increase)

Root: √vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Used substantively as 'the elders'.

दैवतान् (daivatān) - deities, divine beings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of daivata

daivata - divine, relating to a deity, a deity, a god

Derived from 'deva' (god) with the taddhita suffix '-ta' or '-at' meaning 'belonging to'.

तापसान् (tāpasān) - ascetics, hermits, penitents

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tāpasa

tāpasa - ascetic, hermit, practicing austerity (tapas)

Derived from 'tapas' (austerity) with the suffix '-a' or '-sa'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

चैत्यान् (caityān) - sacred shrines, monuments, places of worship

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of caitya

caitya - a sacred tree, a place of worship, a shrine, a monument, a temple

Derived from 'citi' (funeral pile, collection) or root '√ci' (to collect).

Root: √ci (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree, plant, wood

कल्याणान् (kalyāṇān) - auspicious (referring to trees) (auspicious, benevolent, beautiful, good)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kalyāṇa

kalyāṇa - auspicious, benevolent, good, excellent, beautiful, happy, welfare

Note: Modifies 'vṛkṣān'.

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a priest, one belonging to the priestly class, relating to Brahman

Derived from 'brahman' with suffix '-aṇa'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नमस्यसि (namasyasi) - you salute, you revere, you bow down to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √namasy

Denominative verb

Derived from the noun 'namas' (obeisance) with the desiderative/denominative suffix '-ya'.

Root: √nam (class 1)

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