महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-149, verse-44
स्त्रिया मूढेन लुब्धेन बालेन लघुना तथा ।
न मन्त्रयेत गुह्यानि येषु चोन्मादलक्षणम् ॥४४॥
न मन्त्रयेत गुह्यानि येषु चोन्मादलक्षणम् ॥४४॥
44. striyā mūḍhena lubdhena bālena laghunā tathā ,
na mantrayeta guhyāni yeṣu conmādalakṣaṇam.
na mantrayeta guhyāni yeṣu conmādalakṣaṇam.
44.
striyā mūḍhena lubdhena bālena laghunā tathā
na mantrayeta guhyāni yeṣu ca unmādalakṣaṇam
na mantrayeta guhyāni yeṣu ca unmādalakṣaṇam
44.
One should not discuss confidential matters (guhya) with a woman, a fool, a greedy person, a child, a fickle person, or with those who show signs of mental instability.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्त्रिया (striyā) - with a woman
- मूढेन (mūḍhena) - with a fool, with an ignorant person
- लुब्धेन (lubdhena) - with a greedy person
- बालेन (bālena) - with a child, with an immature person
- लघुना (laghunā) - with a light-minded person, with a fickle person, with an insignificant person
- तथा (tathā) - and, similarly, thus
- न (na) - not
- मन्त्रयेत (mantrayeta) - one should deliberate, one should consult
- गुह्यानि (guhyāni) - secrets, confidential matters
- येषु (yeṣu) - among whom, in whom
- च (ca) - and, also
- उन्मादलक्षणम् (unmādalakṣaṇam) - a symptom of madness, sign of mental instability
Words meanings and morphology
स्त्रिया (striyā) - with a woman
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of strī
strī - woman, female
मूढेन (mūḍhena) - with a fool, with an ignorant person
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of mūḍha
mūḍha - foolish, ignorant, perplexed, bewildered
Past Passive Participle
root muh + kta suffix
Root: muh
Note: used as a noun here
लुब्धेन (lubdhena) - with a greedy person
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of lubdha
lubdha - greedy, covetous, eager, attached
Past Passive Participle
root lubh + kta suffix
Root: lubh
Note: used as a noun here
बालेन (bālena) - with a child, with an immature person
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāla
bāla - child, young, inexperienced, foolish
लघुना (laghunā) - with a light-minded person, with a fickle person, with an insignificant person
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of laghu
laghu - light, small, quick, trivial, fickle, imprudent
Note: used as a noun here
तथा (tathā) - and, similarly, thus
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
मन्त्रयेत (mantrayeta) - one should deliberate, one should consult
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of mantr
denominal from mantra (noun)
Root: mantr (class 10)
गुह्यानि (guhyāni) - secrets, confidential matters
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of guhya
guhya - secret, hidden, confidential, to be concealed
Gerundive
root guh + ṇyat
Root: guh
Note: used as a noun here
येषु (yeṣu) - among whom, in whom
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
उन्मादलक्षणम् (unmādalakṣaṇam) - a symptom of madness, sign of mental instability
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of unmādalakṣaṇa
unmādalakṣaṇa - sign of madness, symptom of delusion
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (unmāda+lakṣaṇa)
- unmāda – madness, insanity, delusion, intoxication
noun (masculine)
Prefix: ud
Root: mad - lakṣaṇa – characteristic, symptom, sign, mark
noun (neuter)