महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-131, verse-15

आहारार्थं समारम्भस्तव चायं विहंगम ।
शक्यश्चाप्यन्यथा कर्तुमाहारोऽप्यधिकस्त्वया ॥१५॥

15. āhārārthaṁ samārambhastava cāyaṁ vihaṁgama ,
śakyaścāpyanyathā kartumāhāro'pyadhikastvayā.

15. āhāra-artham samārambhaḥ tava ca ayam vihaṅgama |
śakyaḥ ca api anyathā kartum āhāraḥ api adhikaḥ tvayā

15. O bird, this undertaking of yours is for the sake of food. But food, and indeed more than enough, can be obtained by you in another way.

15. הו עוף, מאמצך מכוון להשגת מזון, ואפשר להשיגו גם בדרך אחרת, ואף מזון רב יותר ממה שיש לך עכשיו.

Words meanings summery:

• आहार-अर्थम् (āhāra-artham) - for the sake of food, for food

• समारम्भः (samārambhaḥ) - undertaking, enterprise, beginning, effort

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• च (ca) - and

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• विहङ्गम (vihaṅgama) - O bird (vocative)

• शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - can be done, is possible (possible, able, capable of being done)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even (emphasis) (also, even, too)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way, differently

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• आहारः (āhāraḥ) - food

• अपि (api) - and even (emphasis) (also, even, too)

• अधिकः (adhikaḥ) - more than enough (much, abundant, excessive, more than enough)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

आहार-अर्थम् (āhāra-artham) - for the sake of food, for food

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āhāra+artha)

• āhāra – food, eating, sustenance
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ā' + root 'hṛ' (to take)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• artha – purpose, aim, sake, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially (for the purpose of).

समारम्भः (samārambhaḥ) - undertaking, enterprise, beginning, effort

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samārambha

samārambha - undertaking, enterprise, beginning, great effort

From 'sam-ā' + root 'rabh'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

विहङ्गम (vihaṅgama) - O bird (vocative)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vihaṅgama

vihaṅgama - bird, moving in the sky

From 'vi' (sky) + 'gam' (to go)

Prefix: vi

Root: gam (class 1)

शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - can be done, is possible (possible, able, capable of being done)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable, capable of being done

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root 'śak' (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Refers to 'āhāraḥ' (food).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (emphasis) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way, differently

(indeclinable)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(verb)

infinitive of kṛ

Infinitive

Infinitive from root 'kṛ' (8th conj.)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आहारः (āhāraḥ) - food

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āhāra

āhāra - food, eating, sustenance

From 'ā' + root 'hṛ' (to take)

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अपि (api) - and even (emphasis) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अधिकः (adhikaḥ) - more than enough (much, abundant, excessive, more than enough)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhika

adhika - additional, excessive, superior, more than enough

From 'adhi' + root 'kā' (to go, increase)

Prefix: adhi

Root: kā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'āhāraḥ'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Agent in a passive construction (can be done by you).

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