महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-147, verse-22
सिद्धो वा यदि वा देवो गन्धर्वो वाथ गुह्यकः ।
पृष्टः सन्कामया ब्रूहि कस्त्वं वानररूपधृक् ॥२२॥
पृष्टः सन्कामया ब्रूहि कस्त्वं वानररूपधृक् ॥२२॥
22. siddho vā yadi vā devo gandharvo vātha guhyakaḥ ,
pṛṣṭaḥ sankāmayā brūhi kastvaṁ vānararūpadhṛk.
pṛṣṭaḥ sankāmayā brūhi kastvaṁ vānararūpadhṛk.
22.
siddhaḥ vā yadi vā devaḥ gandharvaḥ vā atha guhyakaḥ
pṛṣṭaḥ san kāmayā brūhi kaḥ tvam vānararūpadhṛk
pṛṣṭaḥ san kāmayā brūhi kaḥ tvam vānararūpadhṛk
22.
Whether you are a perfected being, or a god, or a celestial musician, or a Guhyaka, tell me willingly, since I have asked you, who are you, appearing in the form of a monkey?
Words meanings summery:
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- सिद्धः (siddhaḥ) - perfected one, accomplished being, saint
- वा (vā) - or, either
- यदि (yadi) - if, in case
- वा (vā) - or, either
- देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity
- गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - celestial musician, Gandharva (a class of celestial beings)
- वा (vā) - or, either
- अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover
- गुह्यकः (guhyakaḥ) - a Guhyaka (a class of demigods, attendants of Kubera)
- पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - having been asked (by me) (asked, questioned)
- सन् (san) - being, existing
- कामया (kāmayā) - willingly, by desire
- ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak
- कः (kaḥ) - who, what
- त्वम् (tvam) - you
- वानररूपधृक् (vānararūpadhṛk) - wearing the form of a monkey, monkey-formed
Words meanings and morphology
सिद्धः (siddhaḥ) - perfected one, accomplished being, saint
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of siddha
siddha - accomplished, perfected, successful, a perfected being
Past Passive Participle
From root √sidh.
Root: sidh (class 1)
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
यदि (yadi) - if, in case
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deva
deva - god, deity, divine being, celestial being
From root √div.
Root: div (class 4)
गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - celestial musician, Gandharva (a class of celestial beings)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of gandharva
gandharva - celestial musician, Gandharva (a class of demigods)
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover
(indeclinable)
Note: Used after 'vā' to mean 'or else'.
गुह्यकः (guhyakaḥ) - a Guhyaka (a class of demigods, attendants of Kubera)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of guhyaka
guhyaka - a class of demigods, attendants of Kubera, a hidden being
From root √guh (to hide).
Root: guh (class 1)
पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - having been asked (by me) (asked, questioned)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa
pṛṣṭa - asked, interrogated, questioned
Past Passive Participle
From root √prach.
Root: prach (class 6)
Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.
सन् (san) - being, existing
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sat
sat - being, existing, good, real
Present Active Participle
From root √as (to be).
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.
कामया (kāmayā) - willingly, by desire
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāma
kāma - desire, wish, love, pleasure
ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū
Imperative Active
Root brū, 2nd person singular imperative.
Root: brū (class 2)
कः (kaḥ) - who, what
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
Interrogative pronoun.
Note: Subject of implied verb 'asi' (are).
त्वम् (tvam) - you
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (singular)
वानररूपधृक् (vānararūpadhṛk) - wearing the form of a monkey, monkey-formed
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vānararūpadhṛ
vānararūpadhṛ - bearing the form of a monkey, having a monkey's form
Bahuvrīhi compound.
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vānara+rūpa+dhṛ)
- vānara – monkey, ape
noun (masculine) - rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
noun (neuter) - dhṛ – bearing, holding, sustaining
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun/suffix
Derived from root √dhṛ (to bear/hold).
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.