महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-31, verse-37

न मातृपितृवद्राजन्धाता भूतेषु वर्तते ।
रोषादिव प्रवृत्तोऽयं यथायमितरो जनः ॥३७॥

37. na mātṛpitṛvadrājandhātā bhūteṣu vartate ,
roṣādiva pravṛtto'yaṁ yathāyamitaro janaḥ.

37. na mātṛpitṛvat rājan dhātā bhūteṣu vartate
roṣāt iva pravṛttaḥ ayam yathā ayam itaraḥ janaḥ

37. O King, the Creator (dhātā) does not behave towards beings as a mother and father would. Instead, He acts as if driven by anger, just like any other common person.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• मातृपितृवत् (mātṛpitṛvat) - like a mother and father, as parents would

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• धाता (dhātā) - the Creator, the Ordainer

• भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - in beings, among creatures, in elements

• वर्तते (vartate) - acts, behaves, exists, turns

• रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger, out of anger

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - acting, proceeding, engaged, begun

• अयम् (ayam) - refers to the Creator (dhātā) (this, he)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• इतरः (itaraḥ) - other, another, common

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, man, people

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मातृपितृवत् (mātṛpitṛvat) - like a mother and father, as parents would

(indeclinable)

`vat` suffix indicating comparison

Compound type : dvandva followed by `vat` suffix (mātṛ+pitṛ)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

धाता (dhātā) - the Creator, the Ordainer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhātṛ

dhātṛ - creator, ordainer, sustainer, supporter

agent noun from root `dhā`

from root `dhā` (to place, create, sustain)

Root: dhā (class 3)

भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - in beings, among creatures, in elements

(noun)

Locative, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, existing, past

Past Passive Participle

from root `bhū` (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

वर्तते (vartate) - acts, behaves, exists, turns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, ātmanepada, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger, out of anger

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of roṣa

roṣa - anger, wrath, fury

Root: ruṣ (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - acting, proceeding, engaged, begun

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - begun, commenced, active, engaged in, acting

Past Passive Participle

from root `vṛt` with prefix `pra`

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - refers to the Creator (dhātā) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

इतरः (itaraḥ) - other, another, common

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of itara

itara - other, another, the remaining, ordinary, common

जनः (janaḥ) - person, man, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, human being, folk, people

Root: jan (class 4)

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