महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-188, verse-34

आक्रम्याक्रम्य साधूनां दारांश्चैव धनानि च ।
भोक्ष्यन्ते निरनुक्रोशा रुदतामपि भारत ॥३४॥

34. ākramyākramya sādhūnāṁ dārāṁścaiva dhanāni ca ,
bhokṣyante niranukrośā rudatāmapi bhārata.

34. ākramya ākramya sādhūnām dārān ca eva dhanāni
ca bhokṣyante niranukrośāḥ rudatām api bhārata

34. O Bhārata, these merciless (niranukrośā) individuals will repeatedly attack virtuous people (sādhu), seizing their wives and wealth, and they will enjoy these possessions even as the victims weep.

34. הו בְּהָארַטַה, הם ישתלטו שוב ושוב על נשותיהם ורכושם של אנשים טובים וינצלו אותם, בלי רחמים, גם כשהללו בוכים.

Words meanings summery:

• आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having attacked, having assailed, having invaded

• आक्रम्य (ākramya) - Emphasizes repeated action. (having attacked, having assailed, having invaded)

• साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) - of good people, of virtuous ones, of honest persons

• दारान् (dārān) - wives

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

• धनानि (dhanāni) - wealth, riches, property

• च (ca) - and, also

• भोक्ष्यन्ते (bhokṣyante) - they will enjoy, they will possess, they will consume

• निरनुक्रोशाः (niranukrośāḥ) - pitiless, merciless, without compassion

• रुदताम् (rudatām) - of those who are weeping

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressed to a prominent figure in the Mahābhārata, likely Arjuna or Yudhiṣṭhira. (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

Words meanings and morphology

आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having attacked, having assailed, having invaded

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From 'ā' (upasarga) + √kram (to step) + lyap (absolutive suffix for prefixed verbs)

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

आक्रम्य (ākramya) - Emphasizes repeated action. (having attacked, having assailed, having invaded)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From 'ā' (upasarga) + √kram (to step) + lyap (absolutive suffix for prefixed verbs)

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Repetition ('dvīr-ukti') implies repeated action or intensity.

साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) - of good people, of virtuous ones, of honest persons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, sage

From √sādh (to accomplish, succeed)

Root: sādh (class 5)

दारान् (dārān) - wives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (always plural in Sanskrit when referring to a single wife, and also plural for multiple wives)

Note: The objects being seized.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Particle

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

धनानि (dhanāni) - wealth, riches, property

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money

From √dhā (to place, hold, acquire)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: The objects being seized.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Particle

Note: Connects 'dārān' and 'dhanāni'.

भोक्ष्यन्ते (bhokṣyante) - they will enjoy, they will possess, they will consume

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Implies enjoyment for themselves.

निरनुक्रोशाः (niranukrośāḥ) - pitiless, merciless, without compassion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niranukrośa

niranukrośa - merciless, pitiless, cruel

Compound formed from 'nis' (without) + 'anukrośa' (pity, compassion)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+anukrośa)

• nis – out, without, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix for negation or absence
• anukrośa – pity, compassion, sympathy, lament
  noun (masculine)
  From 'anu' (after) + √kruś (to cry, lament)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: kruś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of 'bhokṣyante'.

रुदताम् (rudatām) - of those who are weeping

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rudat

rudat - weeping, crying

Present Active Participle

From √rud (to cry, weep) + śatṛ (present active participle suffix)

Root: rud (class 2)

Note: Refers to the victims of the oppression.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Particle

Note: Emphasizes the severity of the act, that they take even from those who are weeping.

भारत (bhārata) - Addressed to a prominent figure in the Mahābhārata, likely Arjuna or Yudhiṣṭhira. (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, pertaining to Bharata, India

Derived from 'Bharata'

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