महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-186, verse-46

भूयिष्ठं कूटमानैश्च पण्यं विक्रीणते जनाः ।
वणिजश्च नरव्याघ्र बहुमाया भवन्त्युत ॥४६॥

46. bhūyiṣṭhaṁ kūṭamānaiśca paṇyaṁ vikrīṇate janāḥ ,
vaṇijaśca naravyāghra bahumāyā bhavantyuta.

46. bhūyiṣṭham kūṭa-mānaiḥ ca paṇyam vikrīṇate janāḥ
vaṇijaḥ ca naravyāghra bahu-māyāḥ bhavanti uta

46. O tiger among men, people mostly sell merchandise using false measures, and merchants, moreover, become very deceitful.

46. רוב האנשים ימכרו סחורה במשקלות ובמידות מזויפים. והסוחרים, הו אדם דגול, יהיו רמאים רבים.

Words meanings summery:

• भूयिष्ठम् (bhūyiṣṭham) - mostly, in great measure, abundantly

• कूट-मानैः (kūṭa-mānaiḥ) - with false measures, with deceptive standards

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• पण्यम् (paṇyam) - merchandise, goods, commodity

• विक्रीणते (vikrīṇate) - they sell

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants, traders

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) (O tiger among men, O eminent man)

• बहु-मायाः (bahu-māyāḥ) - very deceitful, full of tricks, having many illusions

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

• उत (uta) - indeed, moreover, also

Words meanings and morphology

भूयिष्ठम् (bhūyiṣṭham) - mostly, in great measure, abundantly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūyiṣṭha

bhūyiṣṭha - most abundant, very much, mostly, largest part

superlative of `bahu` (much, many)

Note: Used adverbially here.

कूट-मानैः (kūṭa-mānaiḥ) - with false measures, with deceptive standards

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of kūṭa-māna

kūṭa-māna - false measure, fraudulent standard

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kūṭa+māna)

• kūṭa – false, fraudulent, deceptive, deceit
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• māna – measure, standard, pride, honor
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root √mā (to measure)
  Root: mā (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

पण्यम् (paṇyam) - merchandise, goods, commodity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paṇya

paṇya - merchandise, goods, commodity, salable

Gerundive

from root √paṇ (to bargain, to sell)

Root: paṇ (class 1)

विक्रीणते (vikrīṇate) - they sell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of krī

Prefix: vi

Root: krī (class 9)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants, traders

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaṇij

vaṇij - merchant, trader

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) (O tiger among men, O eminent man)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, eminent man, best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upamita) (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

बहु-मायाः (bahu-māyāḥ) - very deceitful, full of tricks, having many illusions

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu-māyā

bahu-māyā - very deceitful, full of tricks, having many illusions

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+māyā)

• bahu – much, many, abundant
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• māyā – illusion, magic, trick, deceit
  noun (feminine)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

उत (uta) - indeed, moreover, also

(indeclinable)

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