महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-196, verse-15
मातरं सदृशीं तात पितॄनन्ये च मन्यते ।
दुष्करं कुरुते माता विवर्धयति या प्रजाः ॥१५॥
दुष्करं कुरुते माता विवर्धयति या प्रजाः ॥१५॥
15. mātaraṁ sadṛśīṁ tāta pitṝnanye ca manyate ,
duṣkaraṁ kurute mātā vivardhayati yā prajāḥ.
duṣkaraṁ kurute mātā vivardhayati yā prajāḥ.
15.
mātaram sadṛśīm tāta pitṝn anye ca manyate
duṣkaram kurute mātā vivardhayati yā prajāḥ
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.
Words meanings summery:
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- 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