महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-203, verse-6

प्रवृत्तवाक्यो मन्त्री च योऽनुराग्यभ्यसूयकः ।
विवित्समानो विप्रर्षे स्तब्धो मानी स राजसः ॥६॥

6. pravṛttavākyo mantrī ca yo'nurāgyabhyasūyakaḥ ,
vivitsamāno viprarṣe stabdho mānī sa rājasaḥ.

6. pravṛttavākyaḥ mantrī ca yaḥ anurāgī abhyasūyakaḥ
vivitsamānaḥ viprarṣe stabdhaḥ mānī saḥ rājasaḥ

6. O sage, that minister who is prone to speaking, attached, envious, excessively curious, obstinate, and proud—he is of the nature of passion (rajas).

6. הו חוזה בְּרַהְמִין, מי שמרבה בדיבור ומשמש יועץ, מלא התקשרות וקנאה, מבקש לדעת, קשוח וגאה - הוא רָאג׳ַסַה.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवृत्तवाक्यः (pravṛttavākyaḥ) - one whose speech is active, talkative

• मन्त्री (mantrī) - minister, counsellor

• च (ca) - and, also

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• अनुरागी (anurāgī) - attached, fond of, passionate

• अभ्यसूयकः (abhyasūyakaḥ) - envious, fault-finding, censorious

• विवित्समानः (vivitsamānaḥ) - desiring to know, inquisitive, curious

• विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O Brahmin sage

• स्तब्धः (stabdhaḥ) - stiff, obstinate, arrogant

• मानी (mānī) - proud, conceited, vain

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• राजसः (rājasaḥ) - of the nature of rajas, passionate

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवृत्तवाक्यः (pravṛttavākyaḥ) - one whose speech is active, talkative

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravṛttavākya

pravṛttavākya - one whose speech is active, talkative, garrulous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pravṛtta+vākya)

• pravṛtta – engaged, active, commenced, arisen
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vākya – speech, word, sentence
  noun (neuter)

मन्त्री (mantrī) - minister, counsellor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantrin

mantrin - minister, counsellor, advisor

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अनुरागी (anurāgī) - attached, fond of, passionate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anurāgin

anurāgin - attached, devoted, fond of, passionate

अभ्यसूयकः (abhyasūyakaḥ) - envious, fault-finding, censorious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyasūyaka

abhyasūyaka - envious, fault-finding, censorious

Prefix: abhi

Root: asūy (class 10)

विवित्समानः (vivitsamānaḥ) - desiring to know, inquisitive, curious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivitsamāna

vivitsamāna - desiring to know, inquisitive, curious

Present participle (desiderative)

Derived from the desiderative stem 'vivitsa' of the root 'vid' with the present participle suffix '-māna'

Root: vid (class 2)

विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O Brahmin sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viprarṣi

viprarṣi - Brahmin sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vipra+ṛṣi)

• vipra – Brahmin, inspired, wise
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

स्तब्धः (stabdhaḥ) - stiff, obstinate, arrogant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stabdha

stabdha - stiff, rigid, obstinate, arrogant

Past Passive Participle

Root: stambh (class 5)

मानी (mānī) - proud, conceited, vain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānin

mānin - proud, conceited, arrogant

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजसः (rājasaḥ) - of the nature of rajas, passionate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājasa

rājasa - pertaining to rajas, passionate, spirited, active

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