महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-63

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
दिवं स्पृशति भूमिं च शब्दः पुण्यस्य कर्मणः ।
यावत्स शब्दो भवति तावत्पुरुष उच्यते ॥६३॥

63. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
divaṁ spṛśati bhūmiṁ ca śabdaḥ puṇyasya karmaṇaḥ ,
yāvatsa śabdo bhavati tāvatpuruṣa ucyate.

63. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | divam spṛśati bhūmim ca śabdaḥ puṇyasya
karmaṇaḥ | yāvat saḥ śabdaḥ bhavati tāvat puruṣaḥ ucyate

63. Yudhiṣṭhira replied, "The reputation (śabda) of a meritorious action (karma) touches both heaven and earth. As long as that reputation lasts, for so long is one truly called a (cosmic) person (puruṣa)."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira, eldest of the Pāṇḍavas

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दिवम् (divam) - heaven, sky, celestial region

• स्पृशति (spṛśati) - touches, reaches, contacts

• भूमिम् (bhūmim) - earth, ground, land

• च (ca) - and, also

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - reputation, fame (sound, word, voice, fame, reputation)

• पुण्यस्य (puṇyasya) - of merit, of virtue, of a good deed

• कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of a meritorious action (karma) (of an action, of a deed, of a work (karma))

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, while

• सः (saḥ) - that (reputation) (he, that)

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - reputation, fame (sound, word, voice, fame, reputation)

• भवति (bhavati) - exists, lasts (is, exists, happens, becomes)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much, for that long

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - The true cosmic person (puruṣa) (man, human being, the (supreme cosmic) person (puruṣa))

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is truly called (is said, is called, is declared)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira, eldest of the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira, steady in battle

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

root 'vac' (2nd class) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

दिवम् (divam) - heaven, sky, celestial region

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day

Note: Object of spṛśati.

स्पृशति (spṛśati) - touches, reaches, contacts

(verb)

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

present active

from root 'spṛś' (6th class), 3rd person singular

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Subject is śabdaḥ.

भूमिम् (bhūmim) - earth, ground, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Note: Object of spṛśati.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - reputation, fame (sound, word, voice, fame, reputation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, voice, fame, reputation

Note: Subject of spṛśati.

पुण्यस्य (puṇyasya) - of merit, of virtue, of a good deed

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, good, righteous

Note: Modifies karmaṇaḥ.

कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of a meritorious action (karma) (of an action, of a deed, of a work (karma))

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, destiny (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, while

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with tāvat.

सः (saḥ) - that (reputation) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to śabdaḥ.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - reputation, fame (sound, word, voice, fame, reputation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, voice, fame, reputation

Note: Subject of bhavati.

भवति (bhavati) - exists, lasts (is, exists, happens, becomes)

(verb)

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

present active

from root 'bhū' (1st class), 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much, for that long

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with yāvat.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - The true cosmic person (puruṣa) (man, human being, the (supreme cosmic) person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, spirit, the (supreme cosmic) person

Note: Subject of ucyate.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is truly called (is said, is called, is declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

present passive

from root 'vac' (2nd class), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root: vac (class 2)

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