महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-265, verse-22

प्रजापतिसमो विप्रो ब्रह्मयोनिः पिता तव ।
न च पालयसे धर्मं लोकपालसमः कथम् ॥२२॥

22. prajāpatisamo vipro brahmayoniḥ pitā tava ,
na ca pālayase dharmaṁ lokapālasamaḥ katham.

22. prajāpatisamaḥ vipraḥ brahmayoniḥ pitā tava
na ca pālayase dharmam lokapālasamaḥ katham

22. Your father is a Brahmin, equal to Prajāpati, a source of sacred knowledge. How can you, being like a guardian of the world, not uphold your natural law (dharma)?

22. אביך הוא בְּרַהְמִין השווה לפְּרַג׳ָאפַּטִי, וצאצא של בְּרַהְמָה. ואיך אינך שומר על דרך היושר, אתה הדומה לשומר עולמות?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रजापतिसमः (prajāpatisamaḥ) - equal to Prajāpati, like Prajāpati

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin, sage, inspired one

• ब्रह्मयोनिः (brahmayoniḥ) - born of Brahmā, source of sacred knowledge

• पिता (pitā) - father

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• पालयसे (pālayase) - you protect, you uphold, you maintain

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue

• लोकपालसमः (lokapālasamaḥ) - equal to a world-protector, like a guardian of the world

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

प्रजापतिसमः (prajāpatisamaḥ) - equal to Prajāpati, like Prajāpati

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpatisama

prajāpatisama - equal to Prajāpati

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajāpati+sama)

• prajāpati – lord of creatures, creator
  proper noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin, sage, inspired one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, a wise man, inspired, a priest

ब्रह्मयोनिः (brahmayoniḥ) - born of Brahmā, source of sacred knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmayoni

brahmayoni - born of Brahmā, having the Veda as source, source of sacred knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+yoni)

• brahman – Brahmin, sacred knowledge, supreme reality
  noun (neuter)
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth-place
  noun (feminine)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पालयसे (pālayase) - you protect, you uphold, you maintain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pālay

Causative stem

Derived from root pā (to protect) as a causative stem.

Root: pā (class 2)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature

लोकपालसमः (lokapālasamaḥ) - equal to a world-protector, like a guardian of the world

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokapālasama

lokapālasama - equal to a world-protector

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lokapāla+sama)

• lokapāla – guardian of the world
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

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