महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-181, verse-10

अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि तदिहैकमनाः शृणु ।
यथेहामुत्र च नरः सुखदुःखमुपाश्नुते ॥१०॥

10. atra te vartayiṣyāmi tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu ,
yathehāmutra ca naraḥ sukhaduḥkhamupāśnute.

10. atra te vartayiṣyāmi tat iha ekamanāḥ śṛṇu |
yathā iha amutra ca naraḥ sukhaduḥkham upāśnute

10. Here, I will explain that to you. Listen with a concentrated mind how a person experiences happiness and misery both in this world and in the next.

10. על כך אסביר לך, ולכן הקשב כאן בלב אחד, איך האדם חווה אושר וסבל גם בעולם הזה וגם בעולם הבא.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this discourse) (here, in this place)

• ते (te) - to you (singular) (to you, your)

• वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I will explain (the matter to you) (I will explain, I will relate, I will cause to turn)

• तत् (tat) - that (matter, which I will explain) (that, therefore)

• इह (iha) - here (in this current life/world) (here, in this world)

• एकमनाः (ekamanāḥ) - with a focused mind (one-minded, concentrated, attentive)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (to what I say) (listen, hear)

• यथा (yathā) - how (a person experiences) (as, just as, how)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

• अमुत्र (amutra) - in the next world (in the other world, hereafter, in the next life)

• च (ca) - and (connecting this world and the next) (and, also)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

• सुखदुःखम् (sukhaduḥkham) - happiness and misery (happiness and misery, joy and sorrow)

• उपाश्नुते (upāśnute) - experiences (experiences, obtains, enjoys, suffers)

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here (in this discourse) (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you (singular) (to you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: From tvad (you), dative/genitive singular. Here dative.

वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I will explain (the matter to you) (I will explain, I will relate, I will cause to turn)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vart

Causative future active

Causative stem vartay- + future suffix iṣya- + 1st person singular ending āmi

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Causative of √vṛt (to be, to turn). Here, 'I will make it proceed (to you)', i.e., I will explain.

तत् (tat) - that (matter, which I will explain) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Accusative singular neuter of tad.

इह (iha) - here (in this current life/world) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

एकमनाः (ekamanāḥ) - with a focused mind (one-minded, concentrated, attentive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekamanas

ekamanas - one-minded, attentive, concentrated

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+manas)

• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral/adjective
• manas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Nominative singular masculine of ekamanas.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (to what I say) (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Imperative active

Root śru + imperative 2nd person singular ending nu (for 5th class verbs)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: From √śru (to hear). Imperative 2nd person singular.

यथा (yathā) - how (a person experiences) (as, just as, how)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

अमुत्र (amutra) - in the next world (in the other world, hereafter, in the next life)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (connecting this world and the next) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Always placed after the word it connects.

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, hero

Note: Nominative singular masculine.

सुखदुःखम् (sukhaduḥkham) - happiness and misery (happiness and misery, joy and sorrow)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - happiness and misery, pleasure and pain

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – misery, pain, sorrow, suffering
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative singular neuter of sukhaduḥkha.

उपाश्नुते (upāśnute) - experiences (experiences, obtains, enjoys, suffers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upāś

Present middle

Prefix upa- + root aś + 3rd person singular middle ending nute (for 5th class verbs like aśnoti, but here nute for middle voice)

Prefix: upa

Root: aś (class 5)

Note: From upa-√aś (to experience). Present 3rd person singular middle voice.

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