महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-199, verse-5
ओषध्यो वीरुधश्चापि पशवो मृगपक्षिणः ।
अन्नाद्यभूता लोकस्य इत्यपि श्रूयते श्रुतिः ॥५॥
अन्नाद्यभूता लोकस्य इत्यपि श्रूयते श्रुतिः ॥५॥
5. oṣadhyo vīrudhaścāpi paśavo mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ,
annādyabhūtā lokasya ityapi śrūyate śrutiḥ.
annādyabhūtā lokasya ityapi śrūyate śrutiḥ.
5.
oṣadhyaḥ vīrudhaḥ ca api paśavaḥ mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
| annādyabhūtāḥ lokasya iti api śrūyate śrutiḥ
| annādyabhūtāḥ lokasya iti api śrūyate śrutiḥ
5.
Herbs, plants, and also cattle, wild animals, and birds have become food for humankind (lokasya) – thus indeed is what is heard in the sacred texts (śruti).
Words meanings summery:
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- ओषध्यः (oṣadhyaḥ) - herbs, medicinal plants
- वीरुधः (vīrudhaḥ) - creepers, plants
- च (ca) - and
- अपि (api) - also, even
- पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, cattle
- मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - wild animals and birds
- अन्नाद्यभूताः (annādyabhūtāḥ) - having become food, serving as food
- लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, for the people, for humankind
- इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner
- अपि (api) - also, even
- श्रूयते (śrūyate) - it is heard, it is said
- श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - sacred text, Veda
Words meanings and morphology
ओषध्यः (oṣadhyaḥ) - herbs, medicinal plants
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of oṣadhi
oṣadhi - herb, medicinal plant, annual plant
वीरुधः (vīrudhaḥ) - creepers, plants
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of vīrudh
vīrudh - creeper, climbing plant, shrub, herb
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even
(indeclinable)
पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, cattle
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of paśu
paśu - animal, cattle, beast
मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - wild animals and birds
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgapakṣin
mṛgapakṣin - wild animal and bird (as a class)
Compound type : dvandva (mṛga+pakṣin)
- mṛga – wild animal, deer, game
noun (masculine) - pakṣin – bird
noun (masculine)
अन्नाद्यभूताः (annādyabhūtāḥ) - having become food, serving as food
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of annādyabhūta
annādyabhūta - having become food, fit to be eaten
Compound type : tatpurusha (annādya+bhūta)
- annādya – food, that which is eaten, edible
noun (neuter)
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
Derived from 'anna' (food) and 'ādya' (to be eaten).
Root: ad (class 2) - bhūta – become, been, existing, a being, an element
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From verb root 'bhū' (to be, to become).
Root: bhū (class 1)
लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, for the people, for humankind
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of loka
loka - world, people, humankind, realm
इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even
(indeclinable)
श्रूयते (śrūyate) - it is heard, it is said
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śru
Root: śru (class 5)
श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - sacred text, Veda
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śruti
śruti - hearing, sacred knowledge, revelation, Veda (śruti)