महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-139, verse-9

सोऽस्मदर्थे व्रतं साधु चर त्वं ब्रह्महिंसनम् ।
समर्थो ह्यहमेकाकी कर्म कर्तुमिदं मुने ॥९॥

9. so'smadarthe vrataṁ sādhu cara tvaṁ brahmahiṁsanam ,
samartho hyahamekākī karma kartumidaṁ mune.

9. saḥ asmadarthe vratam sādhu cara tvam brahmahiṃsanam
samarthaḥ hi aham ekākī karma kartum idam mune

9. Therefore, O sage, for our sake, you should properly undertake the vow (vrata) related to the killing of a Brahmin. For I alone am capable of performing this ritual (karma).

9. ולכן עשה אתה למעננו, כראוי, נדר כפרה על רצח בְּרַהְמִין. אני לבדי מסוגל לבצע את הטקס הזה, הו קדוש.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, therefore

• अस्मदर्थे (asmadarthe) - for our sake, for us

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance

• साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, correctly

• चर (cara) - perform, practice, undertake

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• ब्रह्महिंसनम् (brahmahiṁsanam) - (vow concerning) the killing of a Brahmin

• समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable, able

• हि (hi) - for, indeed

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एकाकी (ekākī) - alone, solitary

• कर्म (karma) - ritual, deed

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to perform

• इदम् (idam) - this

• मुने (mune) - O sage

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, therefore

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Often used as a correlative or simply 'therefore'/'and'.

अस्मदर्थे (asmadarthe) - for our sake, for us

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of asmadartha

asmadartha - for our purpose, for our sake

Compound type : tatpurusha (asmad+artha)

• asmad – we, us
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, sake, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Locative for 'for the sake of'.

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, religious observance, sacred duty

Note: Object of 'cara'.

साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, correctly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'cara'.

चर (cara) - perform, practice, undertake

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

ब्रह्महिंसनम् (brahmahiṁsanam) - (vow concerning) the killing of a Brahmin

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahmahiṃsana

brahmahiṁsana - killing of a Brahmin, injury to a Brahmin

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+hiṃsana)

• brahman – Brahmin, Supreme Reality (brahman)
  noun (masculine)
• hiṃsana – killing, harming, injuring
  noun (neuter)
  Agent Noun / Verbal Noun
  Derived from root hiṃs (to harm, kill)
  Root: hiṃs (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'vratam' (object of 'cara').

समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable, able

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samartha

samartha - capable, able, strong

Prefix: sam

Root: arth

Note: Agrees with 'aham'.

हि (hi) - for, indeed

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (pronoun)

एकाकी (ekākī) - alone, solitary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekākin

ekākin - alone, solitary, single

Note: Agrees with 'aham'.

कर्म (karma) - ritual, deed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

Note: Object of 'kartum'.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to perform

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Infinitives are indeclinable.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'karma'.

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic

Note: Addressing Parāvasu.

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