महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-30, verse-34

प्रभाववानपि नरस्तस्य लोकाः सनातनाः ।
क्रोधनस्त्वल्पविज्ञानः प्रेत्य चेह च नश्यति ॥३४॥

34. prabhāvavānapi narastasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ ,
krodhanastvalpavijñānaḥ pretya ceha ca naśyati.

34. prabhāvavān api naraḥ tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ
krodhanaḥ tu alpavijñānaḥ pretya ca iha ca naśyati

34. Even a powerful (prabhāvavān) man [who practices forgiveness] attains eternal worlds (sanātana). But an angry (krodhana) and ignorant (alpavijñāna) person perishes both in this world and in the afterlife.

34. אדם כזה, גם כשהוא בעל עוצמה, עולמות נצחיים מצפים לו. אך הזועם, דל הבנה, אובד בעולם הזה ובעולם הבא.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रभाववान् (prabhāvavān) - powerful, influential, glorious

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, to him

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, people

• सनातनाः (sanātanāḥ) - eternal, everlasting, ancient

• क्रोधनः (krodhanaḥ) - an angry person (irascible, angry, wrathful one)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• अल्पविज्ञानः (alpavijñānaḥ) - one with little knowledge, ignorant, unwise

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, in the afterlife, after death

• च (ca) - and, also

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• च (ca) - and, also

• नश्यति (naśyati) - he perishes, he is ruined, he disappears

Words meanings and morphology

प्रभाववान् (prabhāvavān) - powerful, influential, glorious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhāvavat

prabhāvavat - powerful, influential, glorious

derived from prabhāva (power, influence) with -vat suffix

Note: Agrees with 'naraḥ'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, to him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Can also be dative in some contexts, but genitive is appropriate here ('his worlds').

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Note: The subject of the implied verb 'are'.

सनातनाः (sanātanāḥ) - eternal, everlasting, ancient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, everlasting, ancient

Derived from 'sanā' (always) + 'tana' (suffix indicating duration or belonging).

Root: sanā

Note: Agrees with 'lokāḥ'.

क्रोधनः (krodhanaḥ) - an angry person (irascible, angry, wrathful one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krodhana

krodhana - irascible, angry, wrathful

from krodha (anger) with -ana suffix (prone to)

Root: krudh (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

अल्पविज्ञानः (alpavijñānaḥ) - one with little knowledge, ignorant, unwise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alpavijñāna

alpavijñāna - one with little knowledge, ignorant, unwise

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alpa+vijñāna)

• alpa – little, small, few
  adjective (masculine)
• vijñāna – knowledge, understanding, discernment, science
  noun (neuter)
  from vi (prefix) + jñā (to know)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'krodhanaḥ'.

प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, in the afterlife, after death

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

derived from pra (prefix) + i (to go) with -tya suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Adverbial gerund.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'iha' with the previous item 'pretya'.

नश्यति (naśyati) - he perishes, he is ruined, he disappears

(verb)

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

present active

4th class, active voice, present tense

Root: naś (class 4)

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