महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-124, verse-12

इन्द्र उवाच ।
चिकित्सकौ कर्मकरौ कामरूपसमन्वितौ ।
लोके चरन्तौ मर्त्यानां कथं सोममिहार्हतः ॥१२॥

12. indra uvāca ,
cikitsakau karmakarau kāmarūpasamanvitau ,
loke carantau martyānāṁ kathaṁ somamihārhataḥ.

12. indraḥ uvāca cikitsakau karmakarau kāmarūpasamanvitau
loke carantau martyānām katham somam iha arhataḥ

12. Indra said: "How can these two physicians, who are mere workers (karma-kara) and wander among mortals in this world, possessing forms as they desire (kāmarūpa), be worthy of soma here?"

12. אִינְדְרַה אמר, הם מרפאים ופועלים, לובשים כל צורה שירצו ומסתובבים בעולם בין בני תמותה. איך הם ראויים לסוֹמַה כאן?

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• चिकित्सकौ (cikitsakau) - two physicians, healers

• कर्मकरौ (karmakarau) - two workers, servants

• कामरूपसमन्वितौ (kāmarūpasamanvitau) - two endowed with desired forms, assuming forms at will

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• चरन्तौ (carantau) - two moving, two wandering

• मर्त्यानाम् (martyānām) - of mortals, among mortals

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• सोमम् (somam) - soma (the divine drink)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अर्हतः (arhataḥ) - they two are worthy, they two deserve

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra; king of the gods

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)

चिकित्सकौ (cikitsakau) - two physicians, healers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of cikitsaka

cikitsaka - physician, doctor, healer

कर्मकरौ (karmakarau) - two workers, servants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of karmakara

karmakara - worker, servant, one who performs an action

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karman+kara)

• karman – action, deed, work, rite, profession (karma)
  noun (neuter)
• kara – making, doing, causing; hand
  noun/adjective (masculine)

कामरूपसमन्वितौ (kāmarūpasamanvitau) - two endowed with desired forms, assuming forms at will

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kāmarūpasamanvita

kāmarūpasamanvita - assuming any form at will, endowed with a form according to one's desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāmarūpa+samanvita)

• kāmarūpa – assuming any form at will (kāmarūpa); form of desire
  adjective/noun (masculine/neuter)
• samanvita – endowed with, possessed of, accompanied by
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √i (to go) with prefixes sam and an
  Prefixes: sam+an
  Root: i (class 2)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

चरन्तौ (carantau) - two moving, two wandering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of √car

√car - to move, to wander, to walk, to practice

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Present Active Participle, dual masculine nominative

मर्त्यानाम् (martyānām) - of mortals, among mortals

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of martya

martya - mortal, human being

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

सोमम् (somam) - soma (the divine drink)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - soma (a divine intoxicating drink, a plant, or a deity)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अर्हतः (arhataḥ) - they two are worthy, they two deserve

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of √arh

Root: arh (class 1)

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