महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-196, verse-15

मातरं सदृशीं तात पितॄनन्ये च मन्यते ।
दुष्करं कुरुते माता विवर्धयति या प्रजाः ॥१५॥

15. mātaraṁ sadṛśīṁ tāta pitṝnanye ca manyate ,
duṣkaraṁ kurute mātā vivardhayati yā prajāḥ.

15. mātaram sadṛśīm tāta pitṝn anye ca manyate
duṣkaram kurute mātā vivardhayati yā prajāḥ

15. O dear child, some consider a mother to be on par with fathers and other relatives. Truly, a mother performs a very difficult task, for she is the one who fosters her children.

15. הו יקירי, יש המחשיבים את האם כשווה (לאב), ואחרים מכבדים גם את האבות. אולם האם עושה דבר קשה, כשהיא מגדלת את הצאצאים.

Words meanings summery:

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• सदृशीम् (sadṛśīm) - equal, similar

• तात (tāta) - dear child (vocative, used affectionately) (dear child, father)

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• च (ca) - and, also

• मन्यते (manyate) - they consider, they think

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult, hard to do, difficult task

• कुरुते (kurute) - she does, she performs

• माता (mātā) - mother

• विवर्धयति (vivardhayati) - she nourishes, she raises, she fosters

• या (yā) - who, which (feminine)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - offspring, children, progeny

Words meanings and morphology

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

सदृशीम् (sadṛśīm) - equal, similar

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sadṛśī

sadṛśī - equal, similar, like

तात (tāta) - dear child (vocative, used affectionately) (dear child, father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear (term of address to a younger person or equal)

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मन्यते (manyate) - they consider, they think

(verb)

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

Present tense, Ātmanepada

Root: man (class 4)

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult, hard to do, difficult task

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, hard, arduous, a difficult action

Prefix: dus

Root: kṛ

कुरुते (kurute) - she does, she performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present tense, Ātmanepada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

विवर्धयति (vivardhayati) - she nourishes, she raises, she fosters

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vi-vṛdh

Causative

Present tense, Causative voice

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

या (yā) - who, which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - offspring, children, progeny

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, subjects, people

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