महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-50

कथं ह्यस्मद्विधो ब्रह्मन्वर्तमानो गृहाश्रमे ।
भरणं पालनं चापि न कुर्यादनुयायिनाम् ॥५०॥

50. kathaṁ hyasmadvidho brahmanvartamāno gṛhāśrame ,
bharaṇaṁ pālanaṁ cāpi na kuryādanuyāyinām.

50. katham hi asmadvidhaḥ brahman vartamānaḥ gṛhāśrame
bharaṇam pālanam ca api na kuryāt anuyāyinām

50. O Brahmin, how indeed can one like me, living in the householder stage (gṛhāśrama), not provide maintenance and protection for his dependents?

50. הו בְּרַהְמִין, איך אדם כמונו, החי בשלב חיי הבית, לא יפרנס ולא יגן על הנלווים אליו?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way, why

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• अस्मद्विधः (asmadvidhaḥ) - one like me, similar to us

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• वर्तमानः (vartamānaḥ) - living, abiding, existing

• गृहाश्रमे (gṛhāśrame) - in the householder stage (gṛhāśrama)

• भरणम् (bharaṇam) - maintenance, support, bearing

• पालनम् (pālanam) - protection, rearing, guarding

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• न (na) - not, no

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, should make, should perform

• अनुयायिनाम् (anuyāyinām) - of dependents, of followers

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way, why

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

अस्मद्विधः (asmadvidhaḥ) - one like me, similar to us

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asmadvidha

asmadvidha - one like me, similar to us

Compound type : tatpurusha (asmad+vidha)

• asmad – I, we
  pronoun
• vidha – kind, sort, like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, one who knows (brahman)

वर्तमानः (vartamānaḥ) - living, abiding, existing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - existing, being, present

Present Active Participle

Derived from √vṛt (1st class) with Śānac suffix

Root: vṛt (class 1)

गृहाश्रमे (gṛhāśrame) - in the householder stage (gṛhāśrama)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gṛhāśrama

gṛhāśrama - householder stage of life

Compound type : tatpurusha (gṛha+āśrama)

• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)
• āśrama – hermitage, stage of life, abode
  noun (masculine)

भरणम् (bharaṇam) - maintenance, support, bearing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bharaṇa

bharaṇa - maintenance, support, bearing

पालनम् (pālanam) - protection, rearing, guarding

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pālana

pālana - protection, rearing, guarding

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, should make, should perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अनुयायिनाम् (anuyāyinām) - of dependents, of followers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anuyāyin

anuyāyin - follower, dependent, attendant

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