महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-247, verse-27

एतत्स्वर्गसुखं विप्र लोका नानाविधास्तथा ।
गुणाः स्वर्गस्य प्रोक्तास्ते दोषानपि निबोध मे ॥२७॥

27. etatsvargasukhaṁ vipra lokā nānāvidhāstathā ,
guṇāḥ svargasya proktāste doṣānapi nibodha me.

27. etat svarga-sukham vipra lokāḥ nānā-vidhāḥ tathā
| guṇāḥ svargasya proktāḥ te doṣān api nibodha me

27. O Brahmin (vipra), this is the happiness of heaven (svargasukha), and similarly, there are various realms. These qualities of heaven have been described; now, also learn from me about its faults.

27. זה האושר של עולם השמיים, הו בְּרַהְמִין, וכך גם העולמות מסוגים שונים. סיפרתי לך על המעלות של עולם השמיים, ועכשיו הבן גם את הפגמים שלו.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• स्वर्ग-सुखम् (svarga-sukham) - heavenly happiness

• विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

• नाना-विधाः (nānā-vidhāḥ) - of various kinds, diverse

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, virtues

• स्वर्गस्य (svargasya) - of heaven

• प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - declared, stated, described

• ते (te) - those

• दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects

• अपि (api) - also, even

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand or perceive (from me) (learn, know, understand)

• मे (me) - from me, to me

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

स्वर्ग-सुखम् (svarga-sukham) - heavenly happiness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svarga-sukha

svarga-sukha - the happiness of heaven, heavenly pleasure

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+sukha)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• sukha – happiness, pleasure, comfort
  noun (neuter)

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, inspired, wise, priest

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, universe

नाना-विधाः (nānā-vidhāḥ) - of various kinds, diverse

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānā-vidha

nānā-vidha - various, diverse, manifold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+vidha)

• nānā – various, different, diverse
  indeclinable
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, virtues

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - strand, quality, virtue, merit, attribute

स्वर्गस्य (svargasya) - of heaven

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise

प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - declared, stated, described

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prokta

prokta - declared, stated, told, described

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra + vac (to speak, say) with suffix -ta

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it, those

दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, error, blame

Root: duṣ (class 4)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

निबोध (nibodha) - understand or perceive (from me) (learn, know, understand)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nibudh

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - from me, to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Can also be genitive.

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