महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-124, verse-10

च्यवन उवाच ।
मावमंस्था महात्मानौ रूपद्रविणवत्तरौ ।
यौ चक्रतुर्मां मघवन्वृन्दारकमिवाजरम् ॥१०॥

10. cyavana uvāca ,
māvamaṁsthā mahātmānau rūpadraviṇavattarau ,
yau cakraturmāṁ maghavanvṛndārakamivājaram.

10. cyavanaḥ uvāca mā avamaṃsthāḥ mahātmānau rūpadraviṇavattarau
yau cakratuḥ mām maghavan vṛndārakam iva ajaram

10. Cyavana said: "O Indra, do not insult these two great souls (mahātman), who are more endowed with beauty and wealth. They made me ageless (ajara) like an immortal god (vṛndāraka)."

10. צ׳ְיַוַנַה אמר, אל תבזה את שני בעלי הנפש הגדולה, העשירים ביופי ובהון, אשר עשו אותי, הו מַגְהַוַן, כמו אל שאינו מזדקן.

Words meanings summery:

• च्यवनः (cyavanaḥ) - Cyavana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

• अवमंस्थाः (avamaṁsthāḥ) - do not insult/disrespect (with 'mā') (you should insult, you should disrespect)

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - two great souls, magnanimous ones

• रूपद्रविणवत्तरौ (rūpadraviṇavattarau) - more endowed with beauty and wealth

• यौ (yau) - who (dual)

• चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they two made/did

• माम् (mām) - me

• मघवन् (maghavan) - O Indra! (epithet for Indra)

• वृन्दारकम् (vṛndārakam) - god, an excellent one

• इव (iva) - like, as, similar to

• अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless, immortal

Words meanings and morphology

च्यवनः (cyavanaḥ) - Cyavana (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cyavana

cyavana - Cyavana (a revered sage in Hindu mythology)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Perfect active form of √vac (irregular)

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

अवमंस्थाः (avamaṁsthāḥ) - do not insult/disrespect (with 'mā') (you should insult, you should disrespect)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist injunctive (luṅ) of ava-√man

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

Note: 2nd person singular, Aorist Injunctive Middle form with prohibitive particle 'mā'

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - two great souls, magnanimous ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, magnanimous, noble-minded (mahātman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

रूपद्रविणवत्तरौ (rūpadraviṇavattarau) - more endowed with beauty and wealth

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of rūpadraviṇavattara

rūpadraviṇavattara - more possessing beauty and wealth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rūpadraviṇa+vat+tara)

• rūpadraviṇa – beauty and wealth
  noun (neuter)
• vat – possessing, having, like (suffix)
  suffix/adjective
• tara – more, comparatively (suffix)
  suffix/adjective

Note: Agrees with mahātmānau

यौ (yau) - who (dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they two made/did

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Perfect active form of √kṛ

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

मघवन् (maghavan) - O Indra! (epithet for Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maghavan

maghavan - liberal, bountiful; epithet of Indra

वृन्दारकम् (vṛndārakam) - god, an excellent one

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛndāraka

vṛndāraka - god, excellent, chief

इव (iva) - like, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless, immortal

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajara

ajara - ageless, not subject to old age, immortal

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (a+jara)

• a – not, un- (negating prefix)
  prefix/indeclinable
• jara – old age, decay
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'mām' (me)

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