महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-153, verse-20

तमन्वियाम भवतां प्रभावाद्रजनीचराः ।
पुरा स नापराध्नोति सिद्धानां ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥२०॥

20. tamanviyāma bhavatāṁ prabhāvādrajanīcarāḥ ,
purā sa nāparādhnoti siddhānāṁ brahmavādinām.

20. tam anviyāma bhavatām prabhāvāt rajanīcarāḥ purā
saḥ na aparādhnoti siddhānām brahma-vādinām

20. Let us follow him, O night-wanderers (rajanīcara), by your power, lest he offends the perfected beings (siddha) and the speakers of brahman (brahmavādin).

20. הו שוטטי הלילה, בזכות כוחכם נלך בעקבותיו, לבל יפגע הוא בסִידְּהַא ובחכמים הדוברים על המציאות הקוסמית.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him

• अन्वियाम (anviyāma) - let us follow, may we follow

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you, your (polite plural)

• प्रभावात् (prabhāvāt) - by the power, by the influence

• रजनीचराः (rajanīcarāḥ) - O rākṣasas (demons or night-wanderers) (O night-wanderers, O rākṣasas)

• पुरा (purā) - before, formerly, lest, so that not

• सः (saḥ) - he

• न (na) - not

• अपराध्नोति (aparādhnoti) - he offends, he wrongs, he harms

• सिद्धानाम् (siddhānām) - of the perfected beings (siddha), a class of semi-divine beings or accomplished sages (of the perfected ones, of the Siddhas)

• ब्रह्म-वादिनाम् (brahma-vādinām) - of the speakers of brahman (brahman), those who discourse on or know the ultimate reality (of the speakers of brahman, of the knowers of brahman)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'anviyāma'.

अन्वियाम (anviyāma) - let us follow, may we follow

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of anv-i

Optative Mood

1st person plural, active voice (from 'anu' + root 'i')

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you, your (polite plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'rajanīcarāḥ'.

प्रभावात् (prabhāvāt) - by the power, by the influence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prabhāva

prabhāva - power, influence, might

From 'pra' + root 'bhū' (to be powerful)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

रजनीचराः (rajanīcarāḥ) - O rākṣasas (demons or night-wanderers) (O night-wanderers, O rākṣasas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of rajanīcara

rajanīcara - night-wanderer, demon, rākṣasa

Compound meaning "one who moves (cara) in the night (rajanī)"

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (rajanī+cara)

• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
  Root: raj (class 1)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'car'
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: The addressees.

पुरा (purā) - before, formerly, lest, so that not

(indeclinable)

Adverb/conjunction

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'aparādhnoti'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

negation particle

Note: Negates 'aparādhnoti'.

अपराध्नोति (aparādhnoti) - he offends, he wrongs, he harms

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of aparādh

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, active voice

Prefixes: apa+ā

Root: rādh (class 5)

सिद्धानाम् (siddhānām) - of the perfected beings (siddha), a class of semi-divine beings or accomplished sages (of the perfected ones, of the Siddhas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of siddha

siddha - perfected, accomplished, successful, a perfected being

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sidh' (to accomplish)

Root: sidh (class 4)

ब्रह्म-वादिनाम् (brahma-vādinām) - of the speakers of brahman (brahman), those who discourse on or know the ultimate reality (of the speakers of brahman, of the knowers of brahman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahma-vādin

brahma-vādin - one who speaks of brahman, a theologian, a knower of ultimate reality

Compound meaning "one who speaks (vādin) of brahman"

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (brahman+vādin)

• brahman – ultimate reality, the absolute
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• vādin – speaking, speaker, disputant
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'vad'
  Root: vad (class 1)

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