महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-264, verse-27

असकृत्त्वं मया मूढ निर्जितो जीवितप्रियः ।
मुक्तो ज्ञातिरिति ज्ञात्वा का त्वरा मरणे पुनः ॥२७॥

27. asakṛttvaṁ mayā mūḍha nirjito jīvitapriyaḥ ,
mukto jñātiriti jñātvā kā tvarā maraṇe punaḥ.

27. asakṛt tvam mayā mūḍha nirjitaḥ jīvitapriyaḥ
muktaḥ jñātiḥ iti jñātvā kā tvarā maraṇe punaḥ

27. O foolish one, you who love your life, have been defeated by me many times. Knowing that you are a relative, you were released. Why again this haste towards death?

27. הו טיפש, שוב ושוב הובסת על ידי, ואתה אוהב את חייך. שחררתי אותך כי אתה קרוב משפחה. מה ממהר לך למות שוב?

Words meanings summery:

• असकृत् (asakṛt) - many times (often, many times, repeatedly)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Sugriva) (you)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Vali) (by me)

• मूढ (mūḍha) - O foolish one (foolish, deluded)

• निर्जितः (nirjitaḥ) - defeated (conquered, defeated)

• जीवितप्रियः (jīvitapriyaḥ) - you who love your life (dear to life, fond of life, one who loves life)

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - released (released, liberated, freed)

• ज्ञातिः (jñātiḥ) - a relative (relative, kinsman)

• इति (iti) - indicating reason/thought (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - knowing (having known, knowing)

• का (kā) - what (feminine, agreeing with tvarā) (what, which (feminine))

• त्वरा (tvarā) - haste (haste, speed)

• मरणे (maraṇe) - towards death (in death, towards death)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

असकृत् (asakṛt) - many times (often, many times, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Sugriva) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मया (mayā) - by me (Vali) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मूढ (mūḍha) - O foolish one (foolish, deluded)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, stupid, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √muh

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Used as a vocative

निर्जितः (nirjitaḥ) - defeated (conquered, defeated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirjita

nirjita - conquered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √ji with prefix nis-

Prefix: nis

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam'

जीवितप्रियः (jīvitapriyaḥ) - you who love your life (dear to life, fond of life, one who loves life)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvitapriya

jīvitapriya - dear to life, fond of life

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvita+priya)

• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
  Derived from √jīv
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• priya – dear, beloved, favorite
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam'

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - released (released, liberated, freed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - released, freed, liberated (mokṣa)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √muc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam' (implied subject)

ज्ञातिः (jñātiḥ) - a relative (relative, kinsman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñāti

jñāti - relative, kinsman

इति (iti) - indicating reason/thought (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - knowing (having known, knowing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from √jñā with suffix -tvā

Root: jñā (class 9)

का (kā) - what (feminine, agreeing with tvarā) (what, which (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Interrogative pronoun

त्वरा (tvarā) - haste (haste, speed)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tvarā

tvarā - haste, speed, hurry

मरणे (maraṇe) - towards death (in death, towards death)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used to indicate direction or purpose here

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

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