महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-45

स भूयश्चिन्तयामास न न्याय्यं क्षुभितोऽस्मि यत् ।
साध्वीः पत्नीर्द्विजेन्द्राणामकामाः कामयाम्यहम् ॥४५॥

45. sa bhūyaścintayāmāsa na nyāyyaṁ kṣubhito'smi yat ,
sādhvīḥ patnīrdvijendrāṇāmakāmāḥ kāmayāmyaham.

45. sa bhūyaḥ cintayāmāsa na nyāyyam kṣubhitaḥ asmi yat
sādhvīḥ patnīḥ dvija-indrāṇām akāmāḥ kāmayāmi aham

45. He thought again, 'It is not proper that I am agitated, because I desire the chaste wives of the chief Brahmins, who are unwilling.'

45. הוא הרהר שוב, אין זה ראוי שאני נסער. אני מתאווה לנשים צדיקות של גדולי הבְּרַהְמִינִים, והן אינן מתאוות לי.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Agni (he, that)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he thought, he considered

• न (na) - not, no

• न्याय्यम् (nyāyyam) - proper, just, right, lawful

• क्षुभितः (kṣubhitaḥ) - agitated, disturbed, shaken

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• यत् (yat) - because (that, because, which)

• साध्वीः (sādhvīḥ) - virtuous, chaste, good (fem. pl.)

• पत्नीः (patnīḥ) - wives

• द्विज-इन्द्राणाम् (dvija-indrāṇām) - of the chief Brahmins

• अकामाः (akāmāḥ) - unwilling, not desirous, without desire

• कामयामि (kāmayāmi) - I desire, I long for

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Agni (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine nominative singular of 'tad'

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

(indeclinable)

Comparative form from 'bhūri' (much, many)

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he thought, he considered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of cint

Perfect tense, third person singular, active voice, from the causative/denominal base 'cintaya'

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: periphrastic perfect (ām-āsa formation)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: negation

न्याय्यम् (nyāyyam) - proper, just, right, lawful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nyāyya

nyāyya - just, proper, right, suitable

Gerundive

from nyāya (justice, rule)

Note: predicative nominative with 'asmi' (implied 'iti')

क्षुभितः (kṣubhitaḥ) - agitated, disturbed, shaken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣubhita

kṣubhita - agitated, disturbed, shaken

Past Passive Participle

from root kṣubh (to tremble, to be agitated)

Root: kṣubh (class 4)

Note: predicative nominative agreeing with 'aham' (implied with 'asmi')

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present tense, first person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - because (that, because, which)

(indeclinable)

Note: causal conjunction

साध्वीः (sādhvīḥ) - virtuous, chaste, good (fem. pl.)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sādhvī

sādhvī - virtuous, chaste (woman), good, excellent

Note: agreeing with 'patnīḥ'

पत्नीः (patnīḥ) - wives

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress of the house

Note: object of 'kāmayāmi'

द्विज-इन्द्राणाम् (dvija-indrāṇām) - of the chief Brahmins

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dvija-indra

dvija-indra - chief of the twice-born, chief Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+indra)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (king of gods), chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: possessing the wives

अकामाः (akāmāḥ) - unwilling, not desirous, without desire

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of akāma

akāma - without desire, unwilling, not desirous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi / avyayībhāva (a+kāma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kāma – desire, love
  noun (masculine)

Note: agreeing with 'patnīḥ'

कामयामि (kāmayāmi) - I desire, I long for

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of kam

Present tense, first person singular, active voice (from denominal/causative base)

Root: kam (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

Note: subject of 'kāmayāmi' and 'asmi'

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