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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-188, verse-63

शूद्रा धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यन्ति ब्राह्मणाः पर्युपासकाः ।
श्रोतारश्च भविष्यन्ति प्रामाण्येन व्यवस्थिताः ॥६३॥
63. śūdrā dharmaṁ pravakṣyanti brāhmaṇāḥ paryupāsakāḥ ,
śrotāraśca bhaviṣyanti prāmāṇyena vyavasthitāḥ.
63. śūdrāḥ dharmam pravakṣyanti brāhmaṇāḥ paryupāsakāḥ
śrotāraḥ ca bhaviṣyanti prāmāṇyena vyavasthitāḥ
63. Śūdras will expound (dharma), and Brahmins will serve them as attendants. Furthermore, the listeners will accept [these teachings] as established authority.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Śūdras
  • धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)
  • प्रवक्ष्यन्ति (pravakṣyanti) - they will declare, they will expound, they will preach
  • ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins
  • पर्युपासकाः (paryupāsakāḥ) - attendants, followers, worshipers
  • श्रोतारः (śrotāraḥ) - listeners, hearers
  • (ca) - and, also
  • भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become
  • प्रामाण्येन (prāmāṇyena) - by authority, by means of validity, authoritatively
  • व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ) - established, settled, ordered, arranged

Words meanings and morphology

शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Śūdras
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śūdra
śūdra - member of the fourth varṇa (social class)
Note: Subject of `pravakṣyanti`.
धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, virtue, order
From `√dhṛ` (to uphold, support) + `man` suffix.
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
Note: Object of `pravakṣyanti`.
प्रवक्ष्यन्ति (pravakṣyanti) - they will declare, they will expound, they will preach
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of pravac
Future Tense
From `pra` (forth) + `√vac` (to speak); 3rd person, plural, future active.
Prefix: pra
Root: vac (class 2)
ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class
Note: Subject of an implied verb 'will be' or predicative nominative with `paryupāsakāḥ`.
पर्युपासकाः (paryupāsakāḥ) - attendants, followers, worshipers
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of paryupāsaka
paryupāsaka - attendant, worshiper, devotee
Agent Noun
From `pari` (around) + `upa` (near) + `√ās` (to sit) + `ṇaka` suffix. One who sits around to serve/worship.
Prefixes: pari+upa
Root: ās (class 2)
श्रोतारः (śrotāraḥ) - listeners, hearers
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śrotṛ
śrotṛ - listener, hearer
Agent Noun
From `√śru` (to hear) + `tṛ` suffix.
Root: śru (class 5)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū
Future Tense
3rd person, plural, future active.
Root: bhū (class 1)
प्रामाण्येन (prāmāṇyena) - by authority, by means of validity, authoritatively
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of prāmāṇya
prāmāṇya - authority, validity, authenticity
From `pramāṇa` (proof, authority) + `ṣyañ` suffix forming abstract noun.
Note: Indicates the means or manner by which `vyavasthitāḥ`.
व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ) - established, settled, ordered, arranged
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vyavasthita
vyavasthita - established, situated, arranged, settled
Past Passive Participle
From `vi` (apart) + `ava` (down) + `√sthā` (to stand) + `kta` suffix (PPP).
Prefixes: vi+ava
Root: sthā (class 1)