महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-247, verse-20

स्वयंप्रभास्ते भास्वन्तो लोकाः कामदुघाः परे ।
न तेषां स्त्रीकृतस्तापो न लोकैश्वर्यमत्सरः ॥२०॥

20. svayaṁprabhāste bhāsvanto lokāḥ kāmadughāḥ pare ,
na teṣāṁ strīkṛtastāpo na lokaiśvaryamatsaraḥ.

20. svayamprabhāḥ te bhāsvantaḥ lokāḥ kāmadughāḥ pare
na teṣām strīkṛtaḥ tāpaḥ na lokaiśvaryamatsaraḥ

20. Those supreme realms are self-luminous and radiant, fulfilling all desires. For the beings there, there is no suffering caused by women, nor is there any envy of worldly power.

20. העולמות העליונים האלה מאירים מאליהם, זוהרים ומגשימים כל משאלה. אין להם סבל שנגרם בגלל נשים ואין קנאה בריבונות על העולמות,

Words meanings summery:

• स्वयम्प्रभाः (svayamprabhāḥ) - self-luminous, self-radiant

• ते (te) - those, they

• भास्वन्तः (bhāsvantaḥ) - shining, radiant, brilliant

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, people, beings

• कामदुघाः (kāmadughāḥ) - wish-fulfilling, yielding all desires

• परे (pare) - supreme, higher, excellent

• न (na) - not, no

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

• स्त्रीकृतः (strīkṛtaḥ) - caused by women

• तापः (tāpaḥ) - heat, suffering, distress, pain

• न (na) - not, no

• लोकैश्वर्यमत्सरः (lokaiśvaryamatsaraḥ) - envy of worldly opulence/power

Words meanings and morphology

स्वयम्प्रभाः (svayamprabhāḥ) - self-luminous, self-radiant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svayamprabha

svayamprabha - self-luminous, self-radiant, shining by one's own light

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (svayam+prabhā)

• svayam – self, by oneself
  indeclinable
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

भास्वन्तः (bhāsvantaḥ) - shining, radiant, brilliant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāsvat

bhāsvat - shining, radiant, brilliant, luminous

present participle of bhās (to shine)

Root: bhās (class 1)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, people, beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, universe, people, community, human beings

कामदुघाः (kāmadughāḥ) - wish-fulfilling, yielding all desires

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāmadugha

kāmadugha - wish-fulfilling, yielding all desires (like the cow Kāmadhenu)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kāma+dugha)

• kāma – desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• dugha – milking, yielding
  adjective (masculine)
  From root duh (to milk)
  Root: duh (class 2)

परे (pare) - supreme, higher, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, other, ultimate

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

स्त्रीकृतः (strīkṛtaḥ) - caused by women

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of strīkṛta

strīkṛta - done by a woman, caused by women

Past Passive Participle

kṛta is a PPP from kṛ (to do, make)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (strī+kṛta)

• strī – woman, wife
  noun (feminine)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तापः (tāpaḥ) - heat, suffering, distress, pain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, burning, pain, suffering, distress, affliction

Root: tap (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लोकैश्वर्यमत्सरः (lokaiśvaryamatsaraḥ) - envy of worldly opulence/power

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokaiśvaryamatsara

lokaiśvaryamatsara - envy of worldly power or opulence

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (loka+aiśvarya+matsara)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• aiśvarya – sovereignty, supremacy, power, prosperity, opulence
  noun (neuter)
• matsara – envy, jealousy, malice, hatred
  noun (masculine)

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