महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-2, chapter-64, verse-9
स्मरन्ति सुकृतान्येव न वैराणि कृतानि च ।
सन्तः प्रतिविजानन्तो लब्ध्वा प्रत्ययमात्मनः ॥९॥
सन्तः प्रतिविजानन्तो लब्ध्वा प्रत्ययमात्मनः ॥९॥
9. smaranti sukṛtānyeva na vairāṇi kṛtāni ca ,
santaḥ prativijānanto labdhvā pratyayamātmanaḥ.
santaḥ prativijānanto labdhvā pratyayamātmanaḥ.
9.
smaranti sukṛtāni eva na vairāṇi kṛtāni ca
santaḥ prativijānantaḥ labdhvā pratyayam ātmanaḥ
santaḥ prativijānantaḥ labdhvā pratyayam ātmanaḥ
9.
The virtuous (santas), having gained a firm conviction about the true self (ātman), remember only good deeds and not the enmities that have occurred.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्मरन्ति (smaranti) - they remember, they recall
- सुकृतानि (sukṛtāni) - good deeds, meritorious acts
- एव (eva) - only, just, indeed
- न (na) - not
- वैराणि (vairāṇi) - enmities, hostilities
- कृतानि (kṛtāni) - done, performed
- च (ca) - and
- सन्तः (santaḥ) - virtuous, good people, sages
- प्रतिविजानन्तः (prativijānantaḥ) - recognizing, understanding fully, discerning
- लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having gained, having realized
- प्रत्ययम् (pratyayam) - a firm conviction or understanding (conviction, confidence, knowledge, belief)
- आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman), of the soul
Words meanings and morphology
स्मरन्ति (smaranti) - they remember, they recall
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of smṛ
Root: smṛ (class 1)
Note: The main verb of the sentence, with 'santaḥ' as its subject.
सुकृतानि (sukṛtāni) - good deeds, meritorious acts
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of sukṛta
sukṛta - good deed, virtuous act, merit, fortune
Compound type : tatpurusha (su+kṛta)
- su – good, well, excellent
indeclinable
Prefix indicating 'good' or 'well'. - kṛta – done, made, performed
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root √kṛ (to do, make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Object of 'smaranti'.
एव (eva) - only, just, indeed
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
वैराणि (vairāṇi) - enmities, hostilities
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of vaira
vaira - enmity, hostility, hatred, animosity, revenge
Note: Object of 'smaranti' (negated).
कृतानि (kṛtāni) - done, performed
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of kṛta
kṛta - done, made, performed, created
Past Passive Participle
From root √kṛ (to do, make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Modifies 'vairāṇi' (enmities that have been done).
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
सन्तः (santaḥ) - virtuous, good people, sages
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sant
sant - good, virtuous, existing, a good person, sage, saint
Present Active Participle
From root √as (to be), used as a substantive.
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Subject of 'smaranti'.
प्रतिविजानन्तः (prativijānantaḥ) - recognizing, understanding fully, discerning
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of prativijānat
prativijānat - recognizing, understanding fully, discerning, perceiving
Present Active Participle
From root √jñā (to know) with prefixes prati and vi
Prefixes: prati+vi
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Agrees with 'santaḥ'. Describes the state of the virtuous.
लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having gained, having realized
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root √labh (to obtain, gain)
Root: labh (class 1)
प्रत्ययम् (pratyayam) - a firm conviction or understanding (conviction, confidence, knowledge, belief)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of pratyaya
pratyaya - conviction, belief, confidence, knowledge, notion, cause, reason, instrument
Note: Object of 'labdhvā'.
आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman), of the soul
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, consciousness, true essence, the supreme self (ātman)
Note: Qualifies 'pratyayam'.