महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-185, verse-52

तपसा महता युक्तः सोऽथ स्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे ।
सर्वाः प्रजा मनुः साक्षाद्यथावद्भरतर्षभ ॥५२॥

52. tapasā mahatā yuktaḥ so'tha sraṣṭuṁ pracakrame ,
sarvāḥ prajā manuḥ sākṣādyathāvadbharatarṣabha.

52. tapasā mahatā yuktaḥ saḥ atha sraṣṭum pracakrame
sarvāḥ prajāḥ manuḥ sākṣāt yathāvat bharatarṣabha

52. Equipped with great austerities (tapas), he then began to create. O best of Bharatas, Manu himself directly created all beings (prajā) as they should be.

52. הו אדם דגול מבני בְּהַרַטַה, מַנוּ, כשהוא מצויד בעוצמה רוחנית גדולה, התחיל אז ליצור בעצמו, כראוי, את כל היצורים.

Words meanings summery:

• तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity, with penance

• महता (mahatā) - by great, with great

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - equipped with (austerities) (joined, endowed, engaged, equipped)

• सः (saḥ) - Manu (referring to the subject of the previous verse) (he, that)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• स्रष्टुम् (sraṣṭum) - to create, in order to create

• प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began (to create) (began, undertook)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, entire

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - living beings, creation (creatures, beings, progeny)

• मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, correctly, as it should be

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressed to an audience or interlocutor (O best of Bharatas (epithet for kings/heroes))

Words meanings and morphology

तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity, with penance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, religious devotion

Root: tap (class 1)

महता (mahatā) - by great, with great

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, noble

present active participle

From root mah (to be great) or a primary derivative

Note: Agrees with tapasā.

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - equipped with (austerities) (joined, endowed, engaged, equipped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, yoked, connected, endowed with, intent on, proper

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, to yoke) + kta suffix

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with saḥ (Manu).

सः (saḥ) - Manu (referring to the subject of the previous verse) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

स्रष्टुम् (sraṣṭum) - to create, in order to create

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root sṛj (to create) + tumun suffix

Root: sṛj (class 6)

प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began (to create) (began, undertook)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of kram

Prefix: pra

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: A perfect form of pra-kram.

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, entire

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with prajāḥ.

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - living beings, creation (creatures, beings, progeny)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - creatures, progeny, subjects, people

From pra- + root jan (to be born)

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manu

manu - Manu (a primordial man, progenitor of humanity, lawgiver)

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly

(indeclinable)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, correctly, as it should be

(indeclinable)

From yathā + vat suffix

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressed to an audience or interlocutor (O best of Bharatas (epithet for kings/heroes))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, chief among Bharatas

Compound: Bharata (name of a tribe/dynasty) + ṛṣabha (bull, best).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a king, a warrior
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

Note: A form of address.

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