महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-299, verse-22

अवेक्षया महाराज तव गाण्डीवधन्वना ।
धर्मानुगतया बुद्ध्या न किंचित्साहसं कृतम् ॥२२॥

22. avekṣayā mahārāja tava gāṇḍīvadhanvanā ,
dharmānugatayā buddhyā na kiṁcitsāhasaṁ kṛtam.

22. avekṣayā mahārāja tava gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
dharmānugatāyā buddhyā na kiñcit sāhasam kṛtam

22. O great king, nothing rash or violent has been done by your Gāṇḍīva-wielding warrior's (Arjuna's) intellect (buddhi), which always conforms to natural law (dharma).

22. הו מלך גדול, אַרְג׳וּנַה בעל קשת גַאנְדִיוַה פעל מתוך שיקול דעת ובהבנה הנאמנה לדרך היושר, ולא עשה שום מעשה פזיז.

Words meanings summery:

• अवेक्षया (avekṣayā) - by observation, by consideration, by intellect

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king, O emperor

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• गाण्डीवधन्वना (gāṇḍīvadhanvanā) - by Arjuna (by the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow)

• धर्मानुगताया (dharmānugatāyā) - (referring to buddhi) (which follows natural law, conforming to righteousness)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by discernment

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, somewhat

• साहसम् (sāhasam) - a rash act, an act of violence (a rash act, violence, audacity, enterprise)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, made

Words meanings and morphology

अवेक्षया (avekṣayā) - by observation, by consideration, by intellect

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of avekṣā

avekṣā - observation, consideration, regard, intellect, knowledge

Derived from prefix ava + root īkṣ (to see) + suffix a

Prefix: ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king, O emperor

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler, sovereign
  noun (masculine)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural, polite)

गाण्डीवधन्वना (gāṇḍīvadhanvanā) - by Arjuna (by the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gāṇḍīvadhanvan

gāṇḍīvadhanvan - wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow (epithet for Arjuna)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gāṇḍīva+dhanvan)

• gāṇḍīva – name of Arjuna's bow
  proper noun (neuter)
• dhanvan – bow, weapon
  noun (neuter)

धर्मानुगताया (dharmānugatāyā) - (referring to buddhi) (which follows natural law, conforming to righteousness)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dharmānugatā

dharmānugata - conforming to natural law (dharma), righteous, consistent with duty

Past Passive Participle

Derived from dharma + anugata (past passive participle of anugam)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+anugata)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• anugata – followed, conforming to, gone after
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefix anu + root gam (to go)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by discernment

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, perception

Derived from root budh (to know)

Root: budh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, somewhat

(indeclinable)

साहसम् (sāhasam) - a rash act, an act of violence (a rash act, violence, audacity, enterprise)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāhasa

sāhasa - rashness, violence, audacity, enterprise, valor

Derived from sahas (force)

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter, but used as object of 'done' here.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, completed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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