महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-7

यो नित्यं क्षमते तात बहून्दोषान्स विन्दति ।
भृत्याः परिभवन्त्येनमुदासीनास्तथैव च ॥७॥

7. yo nityaṁ kṣamate tāta bahūndoṣānsa vindati ,
bhṛtyāḥ paribhavantyenamudāsīnāstathaiva ca.

7. yaḥ nityaṃ kṣamate tāta bahūn doṣān sa vindati |
bhṛtyāḥ paribhavanti enam udāsīnāḥ tathā eva ca

7. O dear one, he who constantly forbears (kṣamā) encounters many difficulties. His servants disrespect him, and so do indifferent people.

7. מי שסולח תמיד, הו יקירי, מוצא בכך פגמים רבים. משרתיו מזלזלים בו, וכך גם אלה שאדישים אליו.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• नित्यम् (nityam) - perpetually, always, constantly

• क्षमते (kṣamate) - forgives, forbears, endures

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

• दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, troubles

• स (sa) - he

• विन्दति (vindati) - finds, obtains, encounters

• भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants, employees

• परिभवन्ति (paribhavanti) - disrespect, insult, overcome

• एनम् (enam) - him

• उदासीनाः (udāsīnāḥ) - indifferent ones, neutral people, unconcerned people

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

नित्यम् (nityam) - perpetually, always, constantly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nitya

nitya - constant, eternal, perpetual, regular

Note: Functions as an adverb

क्षमते (kṣamate) - forgives, forbears, endures

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṣam

Present tense 3rd person singular middle form of √kṣam

Root: kṣam (class 1)

तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, beloved

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, troubles

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, trouble

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विन्दति (vindati) - finds, obtains, encounters

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Present tense 3rd person singular active form of √vid (class 6)

Root: vid (class 6)

भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants, employees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, dependent, hired

परिभवन्ति (paribhavanti) - disrespect, insult, overcome

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of paribhū

Present tense 3rd person plural active form of √bhū with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: bhū (class 1)

एनम् (enam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this (anaphoric pronoun referring to a previously mentioned person or thing)

उदासीनाः (udāsīnāḥ) - indifferent ones, neutral people, unconcerned people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udāsīna

udāsīna - indifferent, neutral, unconcerned, passive

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: ās (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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