महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-14

कर्मजा हि मनुष्याणां रोगा नास्त्यत्र संशयः ।
आधिभिश्चैव बाध्यन्ते व्याधैः क्षुद्रमृगा इव ॥१४॥

14. karmajā hi manuṣyāṇāṁ rogā nāstyatra saṁśayaḥ ,
ādhibhiścaiva bādhyante vyādhaiḥ kṣudramṛgā iva.

14. karmajāḥ hi manuṣyāṇām rogāḥ na asti atra saṃśayaḥ
| ādhibhiḥ ca eva bādhyante vyādhaiḥ kṣudramṛgāḥ iva

14. Indeed, human diseases (roga) are born from past actions (karma); there is no doubt about this. They are afflicted by mental anxieties (ādhi) just as small animals are tormented by hunters.

14. מחלות של בני אדם נולדות מהשפעת פעולות העבר, אין בכך ספק, והם גם מוטרדים מדאגות, כמו חיות קטנות שציידים רודפים אחריהן.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्मजाः (karmajāḥ) - born from karma

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

• मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of humans

• रोगाः (rogāḥ) - diseases, illnesses

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this regard)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• आधिभिः (ādhibhiḥ) - by mental anxieties, by mental distress

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, only, just)

• बाध्यन्ते (bādhyante) - they are afflicted, they are tormented

• व्याधैः (vyādhaiḥ) - by hunters, by fowlers

• क्षुद्रमृगाः (kṣudramṛgāḥ) - small animals, small deer

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

कर्मजाः (karmajāḥ) - born from karma

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karmaja

karmaja - born from action, caused by karma

Compound of `karma` and `ja` (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+ja)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual, fate, destiny
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix
  Derived from root `jan` (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `rogāḥ`

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

(indeclinable)

मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of humans

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - human, man, mankind

रोगाः (rogāḥ) - diseases, illnesses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of roga

roga - disease, sickness, illness

From root `ruj` (to break, to pain)

Root: ruj (class 7)

Note: Subject of the sentence

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active Indicative

Root verb 'to be'

Root: as (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this regard)

(indeclinable)

Locative of pronominal base `a`

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, apprehension

From `sam-śī` (to doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of `na asti`

आधिभिः (ādhibhiḥ) - by mental anxieties, by mental distress

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ādhi

ādhi - mental pain, anxiety, distress, trouble, worry

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

बाध्यन्ते (bādhyante) - they are afflicted, they are tormented

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of bādh

Present Middle Indicative

Derived from root `bādh` (class 1, often used in middle voice) as a passive

Root: bādh (class 1)

व्याधैः (vyādhaiḥ) - by hunters, by fowlers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vyādha

vyādha - hunter, fowler, slayer, outcast

From `vi-ā-dhā` (to pierce, to strike)

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used in the simile

क्षुद्रमृगाः (kṣudramṛgāḥ) - small animals, small deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣudramṛga

kṣudramṛga - small animal, insignificant beast

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṣudra+mṛga)

• kṣudra – small, minute, insignificant, mean, vile
  adjective
• mṛga – deer, wild animal, beast
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in the simile as the victims

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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