महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-196, verse-5

मन्येऽहं गुरुवत्सर्वमेकपत्न्यस्तथा स्त्रियः ।
पतिव्रतानां शुश्रूषा दुष्करा प्रतिभाति मे ॥५॥

5. manye'haṁ guruvatsarvamekapatnyastathā striyaḥ ,
pativratānāṁ śuśrūṣā duṣkarā pratibhāti me.

5. manye aham guruvat sarvam ekapatnyaḥ tathā
striyaḥ pativratānām śuśrūṣā duṣkarā pratibhāti me

5. I consider all women, particularly those devoted to one husband (ekapatnyaḥ), to be like a revered teacher (guru). Serving such devoted wives (pativratānām) appears arduous to me.

5. אני חושב שכל אלה ראויים לכבוד כמו מורה, וכך גם הנשים הנאמנות לבעל אחד. נראה לי ששירות הנשים הנאמנות לבעליהן קשה לביצוע.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• अहम् (aham) - I

• गुरुवत् (guruvat) - like a teacher (guru), like a preceptor

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every

• एकपत्न्यः (ekapatnyaḥ) - wives devoted to one husband

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• पतिव्रतानाम् (pativratānām) - of devoted wives

• शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā) - service, attendance, desire to hear

• दुष्करा (duṣkarā) - difficult to perform, arduous

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it shines, it occurs to

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Middle Indicative

1st person singular

Root: man (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

गुरुवत् (guruvat) - like a teacher (guru), like a preceptor

(indeclinable)

formed with suffix -vat

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एकपत्न्यः (ekapatnyaḥ) - wives devoted to one husband

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ekapatnī

ekapatnī - a wife devoted to one husband

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+patnī)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• patnī – wife
  noun (feminine)
  Root: pat (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

(indeclinable)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

पतिव्रतानाम् (pativratānām) - of devoted wives

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of pativratā

pativratā - a woman devoted to her husband

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pati+vrata)

• pati – husband, master
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, duty
  noun (neuter)
  verbal adjective from vṛ
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā) - service, attendance, desire to hear

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuśrūṣā

śuśrūṣā - service, attendance, obedience, desire to hear

Desiderative Noun

from desiderative stem of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

दुष्करा (duṣkarā) - difficult to perform, arduous

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult, arduous, hard to do

compound of `dus` (bad/difficult) + `kara` (doing)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dus+kara)

• dus – difficult, bad
  indeclinable
• kara – doing, making, hand
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from kṛ
  suffix -a (kṛ + a)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it shines, it occurs to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

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