महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-17

अपरे बाहुबलिनः क्लिश्यन्ते बहवो जनाः ।
दुःखेन चाधिगच्छन्ति भोजनं द्विजसत्तम ॥१७॥

17. apare bāhubalinaḥ kliśyante bahavo janāḥ ,
duḥkhena cādhigacchanti bhojanaṁ dvijasattama.

17. apare bāhubalinaḥ kliśyante bahavaḥ janāḥ
duḥkhena ca adhigacchanti bhojanam dvijasattama

17. O best among the twice-born (dvijasattama), many other strong individuals suffer and acquire their food with great difficulty.

17. ואחרים, בעלי זרוע חזקה, רבים מבני האדם, מתייסרים, וגם בקושי מגיעים לאוכל, הו בְּרַהְמִין דגול.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - others, subsequent

• बाहुबलिनः (bāhubalinaḥ) - strong-armed, powerful, mighty

• क्लिश्यन्ते (kliśyante) - they suffer, they are afflicted

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with difficulty, by suffering

• च (ca) - and, also

• अधिगच्छन्ति (adhigacchanti) - they obtain, they reach, they acquire

• भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best Brahmin (O best among the twice-born)

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - others, subsequent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, western

बाहुबलिनः (bāhubalinaḥ) - strong-armed, powerful, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhubalin

bāhubalin - strong-armed, mighty, powerful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bāhu+bala)

• bāhu – arm, fore-arm
  noun (masculine)
• balin – strong, powerful, vigorous
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From bala (strength) + -in suffix (possessing)

क्लिश्यन्ते (kliśyante) - they suffer, they are afflicted

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of kliś

Present Passive

4th class verb, Present Passive 3rd plural

Root: kliś (class 4)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with difficulty, by suffering

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, difficulty

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अधिगच्छन्ति (adhigacchanti) - they obtain, they reach, they acquire

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of adhigam

Present Active

1st class verb, Present Active 3rd plural

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhojana

bhojana - food, eating, meal

action noun

From root bhuj (to eat) + -ana suffix

Root: bhuj (class 7)

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best Brahmin (O best among the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born, best Brahmin

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born, Brahmin, bird, snake, tooth
  noun (masculine)
  From dvi (two) + jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Superlative of sat (good, excellent)

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