महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-32, verse-7

धर्मो यस्यातिशङ्क्यः स्यादार्षं वा दुर्बलात्मनः ।
वेदाच्छूद्र इवापेयात्स लोकादजरामरात् ॥७॥

7. dharmo yasyātiśaṅkyaḥ syādārṣaṁ vā durbalātmanaḥ ,
vedācchūdra ivāpeyātsa lokādajarāmarāt.

7. dharmaḥ yasya atiśaṅkyaḥ syāt ārṣam vā durbalātmanaḥ
| vedāt śūdraḥ iva apeyāt sa lokāt ajarāmarāt

7. For one whose natural law (dharma) is highly questionable, or who, being weak-minded, doubts sacred wisdom, they should be excluded from that imperishable and immortal realm, just as a Śūdra is excluded from the Veda.

7. מי שדרך היושר או תורת החוזים (רְשִׁי) מעוררת בו ספק מופרז, והוא בעל רוח חלשה, יידחה מעולם שאין בו זקנה ומוות, כמו שׁוּדְרַה הנדחה מהוֵדוֹת.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma), one's intrinsic nature or moral duty (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, of which

• अतिशङ्क्यः (atiśaṅkyaḥ) - highly questionable or suspicious (very doubtful, highly suspicious, greatly to be doubted)

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be, would be

• आर्षम् (ārṣam) - sacred wisdom or tradition (relating to a sage, sacred, divine, traditional)

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• दुर्बलात्मनः (durbalātmanaḥ) - of one who is weak-minded (of a weak-minded person, of a weak soul)

• वेदात् (vedāt) - from the Veda (sacred texts) (from the Veda, from knowledge)

• शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a person of the Śūdra (fourth social) class

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अपेयात् (apeyāt) - should be excluded (should be excluded, should go away from, should avoid)

• स (sa) - he, that person (that, he, she, it)

• लोकात् (lokāt) - from that realm (from the world, from the realm)

• अजरामरात् (ajarāmarāt) - from the imperishable and immortal (realm) (from the ageless and immortal, from eternal (realm))

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma), one's intrinsic nature or moral duty (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, conduct, religion, intrinsic nature, quality

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

अतिशङ्क्यः (atiśaṅkyaḥ) - highly questionable or suspicious (very doubtful, highly suspicious, greatly to be doubted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atiśaṅkya

atiśaṅkya - to be greatly suspected, greatly to be doubted, very doubtful

Gerundive

Derived from root śaṅk with prefix ati

Prefix: ati

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

आर्षम् (ārṣam) - sacred wisdom or tradition (relating to a sage, sacred, divine, traditional)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ārṣa

ārṣa - relating to a ṛṣi (sage), sacred, divine, traditional, archaic

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

दुर्बलात्मनः (durbalātmanaḥ) - of one who is weak-minded (of a weak-minded person, of a weak soul)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of durbalātman

durbalātman - weak-minded, weak-souled

Compound type : bahuvrihi (durbala+ātman)

• durbala – weak, feeble, infirm
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: dur
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, mind
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

वेदात् (vedāt) - from the Veda (sacred texts) (from the Veda, from knowledge)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - Veda (sacred knowledge), knowledge

Root: vid (class 2)

शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a person of the Śūdra (fourth social) class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūdra

śūdra - a person belonging to the fourth varna or social class

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अपेयात् (apeyāt) - should be excluded (should be excluded, should go away from, should avoid)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of apai

Prefix: apa

Root: i (class 2)

स (sa) - he, that person (that, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

लोकात् (lokāt) - from that realm (from the world, from the realm)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, universe, people

Root: lok (class 10)

अजरामरात् (ajarāmarāt) - from the imperishable and immortal (realm) (from the ageless and immortal, from eternal (realm))

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ajarāmara

ajarāmara - ageless and immortal, imperishable and eternal

Compound type : dvandva (ajara+amara)

• ajara – ageless, not decaying
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• amara – immortal, deathless
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a

Note: Modifies 'lokāt'

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