महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-199, verse-33

बहु लोके विपर्यस्तं दृश्यते द्विजसत्तम ।
धर्मयुक्तमधर्मं च तत्र किं प्रतिभाति ते ॥३३॥

33. bahu loke viparyastaṁ dṛśyate dvijasattama ,
dharmayuktamadharmaṁ ca tatra kiṁ pratibhāti te.

33. bahu loke viparyastam dṛśyate dvijasattama
dharmayuktam adharmam ca tatra kim pratibhāti te

33. O best among the twice-born (dvija), much in the world appears inverted; unrighteousness (adharma) is presented as righteousness (dharma). What, then, occurs to you in this regard?

33. הו בְּרַהְמִין דגול, נראים בעולם הרבה דברים הפוכים, דרך היושר מצד אחד והעוול מצד שני. מה דעתך על כך?

Words meanings summery:

• बहु (bahu) - much, many, abundant

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the people

• विपर्यस्तम् (viparyastam) - inverted, reversed, confused, disordered

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is visible

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among Brahmins/sages (O best among the twice-born)

• धर्मयुक्तम् (dharmayuktam) - associated with righteousness, joined with dharma

• अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness, injustice, vice

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter, in that case

• किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, shines forth, occurs to, suggests itself

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, by you)

Words meanings and morphology

बहु (bahu) - much, many, abundant

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

विपर्यस्तम् (viparyastam) - inverted, reversed, confused, disordered

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viparyasta

viparyasta - inverted, reversed, confused, disordered

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: as

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is visible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among Brahmins/sages (O best among the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of 'sat' or 'sādhu'

धर्मयुक्तम् (dharmayuktam) - associated with righteousness, joined with dharma

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmayukta

dharmayukta - associated with righteousness (dharma), connected to right conduct

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+yukta)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law (dharma), virtue
  noun (masculine)
• yukta – joined, associated, endowed with
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: yuj (class 7)

अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness, injustice, vice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness (adharma), injustice, vice

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negation prefix
• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law (dharma), virtue
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter, in that case

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

(interrogative pronoun)

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, shines forth, occurs to, suggests itself

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, by you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Can also be genitive singular.

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