महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-31, verse-22

यथा दारुमयी योषा नरवीर समाहिता ।
ईरयत्यङ्गमङ्गानि तथा राजन्निमाः प्रजाः ॥२२॥

22. yathā dārumayī yoṣā naravīra samāhitā ,
īrayatyaṅgamaṅgāni tathā rājannimāḥ prajāḥ.

22. yathā dārumayī yoṣā naravīra samāhitā
īrayati aṅgam aṅgāni tathā rājan imāḥ prajāḥ

22. O hero among men (naravīra), just as a wooden puppet, when expertly handled, moves its various limbs, so too, O King (rājan), does the Lord move these creatures.

22. הו גיבור בין אנשים, כשם שבובה מעץ בדמות אישה, שהורכבה היטב, מזיזה את איבריה, כך, הו מלך, היצורים האלה.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• दारुमयी (dārumayī) - made of wood, wooden

• योषा (yoṣā) - wooden puppet (woman, girl, doll, puppet)

• नरवीर (naravīra) - vocative address to a warrior, likely Arjuna or Yudhishthira (O hero among men, O valiant man)

• समाहिता (samāhitā) - when expertly handled/operated (fixed, collected, concentrated, properly arranged, handled, operated)

• ईरयति (īrayati) - moves (its limbs) (causes to move, impels, sets in motion, sends, throws)

• अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - limb (distributive sense 'limb by limb') (limb, part, member)

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - the various limbs (limbs, parts, members)

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

• राजन् (rājan) - vocative address to a king, likely Yudhishthira (O King)

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - these creatures/beings (creatures, progeny, subjects, people)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

दारुमयी (dārumayī) - made of wood, wooden

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dārumaya

dārumaya - made of wood, wooden

Derived from 'dāru' (wood) with suffix -maya (made of)

योषा (yoṣā) - wooden puppet (woman, girl, doll, puppet)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yoṣā

yoṣā - a woman, a girl, a female; doll, puppet

नरवीर (naravīra) - vocative address to a warrior, likely Arjuna or Yudhishthira (O hero among men, O valiant man)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravīra

naravīra - hero among men, chief of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+vīra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)

समाहिता (samāhitā) - when expertly handled/operated (fixed, collected, concentrated, properly arranged, handled, operated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - fixed, collected, concentrated, intent on, properly placed, composed, self-controlled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dhā' (to place) with upasargas 'sam' and 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'yoṣā'.

ईरयति (īrayati) - moves (its limbs) (causes to move, impels, sets in motion, sends, throws)

(verb)

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

Causative verb form (from root ṛ or īr)

Causative stem from root ṛ (to go, move) or īr (to stir).

Root: īr (class 10)

अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - limb (distributive sense 'limb by limb') (limb, part, member)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṅga

aṅga - limb, member of the body, part, subdivision, accessory

Note: Used here in a distributive sense with aṅgāni (limb by limb).

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - the various limbs (limbs, parts, members)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, member of the body, part, subdivision, accessory

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

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - vocative address to a king, likely Yudhishthira (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - these creatures/beings (creatures, progeny, subjects, people)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, creatures, living beings, subjects, people

Derived from root 'jan' (to be born) with upasarga 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

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