महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-32

शुभैः प्रयोगैर्देवत्वं व्यामिश्रैर्मानुषो भवेत् ।
मोहनीयैर्वियोनीषु त्वधोगामी च किल्बिषैः ॥३२॥

32. śubhaiḥ prayogairdevatvaṁ vyāmiśrairmānuṣo bhavet ,
mohanīyairviyonīṣu tvadhogāmī ca kilbiṣaiḥ.

32. śubhaiḥ prayogaiḥ devatvam vyāmiśraiḥ mānuṣaḥ bhavet
| mohanīyaiḥ viyonīṣu tu adhogāmī ca kilbiṣaiḥ

32. Through auspicious practices, one attains godhood; through mixed actions, one becomes a human; and through actions that lead to delusion (mohanīya), one is born in lower species and descends due to sins.

32. בעקבות מעשים טובים נולד אל, בעקבות מעשים מעורבים נולד אדם, בעקבות מעשים מטעים נולד ביצורים נחותים, ובעקבות עוולות הוא יורד מטה.

Words meanings summery:

• शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - by auspicious, by good

• प्रयोगैः (prayogaiḥ) - by applications, by efforts, by means, by rites

• देवत्वम् (devatvam) - godhood, divinity, state of being a deity

• व्यामिश्रैः (vyāmiśraiḥ) - Referring to mixed actions (good and bad). (by mixed, by combined)

• मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human, man

• भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (may become, should become, becomes)

• मोहनीयैः (mohanīyaiḥ) - Referring to actions that cause confusion or spiritual ignorance (moha). (by deluding, by causing delusion, by bewildering (actions))

• वियोनीषु (viyonīṣu) - in lower species, in unfavorable wombs

• तु (tu) - therefore or indeed for emphasis. (but, indeed, however, therefore)

• अधोगामी (adhogāmī) - one who goes downwards, downward-going

• च (ca) - and

• किल्बिषैः (kilbiṣaiḥ) - by sins, by faults, by offenses

Words meanings and morphology

शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - by auspicious, by good

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, pure, beautiful

Note: Adjective agreeing with `prayogaiḥ`.

प्रयोगैः (prayogaiḥ) - by applications, by efforts, by means, by rites

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prayoga

prayoga - application, use, employment, effort, practice, rite, means

From √yuj with pra- prefix

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

देवत्वम् (devatvam) - godhood, divinity, state of being a deity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of devatva

devatva - godhood, divinity, state of being a god

suffix -tva (abstract noun)

Note: Object of implied verb of 'attainment'.

व्यामिश्रैः (vyāmiśraiḥ) - Referring to mixed actions (good and bad). (by mixed, by combined)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vyāmiśra

vyāmiśra - mixed, combined, variegated

From √miśr with prefixes vi- and ā-

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: miśr (class 10)

मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, man, human being

derived from manu

भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (may become, should become, becomes)

(verb)

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

optative active

3rd singular optative active of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मोहनीयैः (mohanīyaiḥ) - Referring to actions that cause confusion or spiritual ignorance (moha). (by deluding, by causing delusion, by bewildering (actions))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mohanīya

mohanīya - causing delusion, bewildering, deluding; that which is to be bewildered

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

from √muh with suffix -anīya

Root: muh (class 4)

वियोनीषु (viyonīṣu) - in lower species, in unfavorable wombs

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of viyoni

viyoni - unfavorable womb, lower species, improper birth

compound of vi- (bad) and yoni

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vi+yoni)

• vi – apart, asunder, away, bad, negative
  indeclinable
  prefix
• yoni – womb, origin, source, species
  noun (feminine)

तु (tu) - therefore or indeed for emphasis. (but, indeed, however, therefore)

(indeclinable)

particle

अधोगामी (adhogāmī) - one who goes downwards, downward-going

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhogāmin

adhogāmin - going downwards, descending, falling

agent noun from adhas + √gam

compound of adhas (down) and gāmin (goer)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (adhas+gāmin)

• adhas – below, downwards, inferior
  indeclinable
  adverb
• gāmin – going, moving, leading to
  adjective (masculine)
  agentive suffix -in
  from √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

particle

किल्बिषैः (kilbiṣaiḥ) - by sins, by faults, by offenses

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of kilbiṣa

kilbiṣa - sin, fault, offense, crime, guilt

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