महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-188, verse-25

पिता पुत्रस्य भोक्ता च पितुः पुत्रस्तथैव च ।
अतिक्रान्तानि भोज्यानि भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥२५॥

25. pitā putrasya bhoktā ca pituḥ putrastathaiva ca ,
atikrāntāni bhojyāni bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye.

25. pitā putrasya bhoktā ca pituḥ putraḥ tathā eva
ca atikrāntāni bhojyāni bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye

25. A father will exploit his son's possessions, and a son will likewise exploit his father's possessions. Foods that are forbidden or past their time will be consumed at the end of the age (yuga).

25. בקץ העידן האב יאכל את חלקו של בנו והבן את חלקו של אביו, ואיש לא יקפיד על הסדרים של מה ראוי לאכול.

Words meanings summery:

• पिता (pitā) - father

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

• भोक्ता (bhoktā) - enjoyer, consumer, exploiter

• च (ca) - and

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, in the same way

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• च (ca) - and

• अतिक्रान्तानि (atikrāntāni) - transgressed, violated, past, forbidden, abandoned

• भोज्यानि (bhojyāni) - edibles, things to be eaten/enjoyed, food

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

• युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - in the decline of the age, at the end of the age (yuga)

Words meanings and morphology

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, progenitor

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

भोक्ता (bhoktā) - enjoyer, consumer, exploiter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhoktṛ

bhoktṛ - one who eats, enjoys, consumes, experiences, master, exploiter

agent noun

derived from root √bhuj with suffix -tṛ

Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, progenitor

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

तथा (tathā) - likewise, in the same way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अतिक्रान्तानि (atikrāntāni) - transgressed, violated, past, forbidden, abandoned

(adjective)

neuter, plural of atikrānta

atikrānta - passed, gone beyond, transgressed, violated, elapsed, forbidden

Past Passive Participle

derived from ati-√kram (to transgress, pass over)

Prefix: ati

Root: kram (class 1)

भोज्यानि (bhojyāni) - edibles, things to be eaten/enjoyed, food

(adjective)

neuter, plural of bhojya

bhojya - to be eaten, eatable, food, object of enjoyment

Gerundive

derived from root √bhuj (to eat, enjoy) with suffix -ya

Root: bhuj (class 7)

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - in the decline of the age, at the end of the age (yuga)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yugakṣaya

yugakṣaya - decline of an age, end of a yuga

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuga+kṣaya)

• yuga – age, epoch, yoke, pair, era (yuga)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• kṣaya – decay, destruction, end, decline, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

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