महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-33, verse-52
व्यसनं वास्य काङ्क्षेत विनाशं वा युधिष्ठिर ।
अपि सिन्धोर्गिरेर्वापि किं पुनर्मर्त्यधर्मिणः ॥५२॥
अपि सिन्धोर्गिरेर्वापि किं पुनर्मर्त्यधर्मिणः ॥५२॥
52. vyasanaṁ vāsya kāṅkṣeta vināśaṁ vā yudhiṣṭhira ,
api sindhorgirervāpi kiṁ punarmartyadharmiṇaḥ.
api sindhorgirervāpi kiṁ punarmartyadharmiṇaḥ.
52.
vyasanaṃ vā asya kāṅkṣeta vināśaṃ vā yudhiṣṭhira
api sindhoḥ gireḥ vā api kiṃ punaḥ martyadharmiṇaḥ
api sindhoḥ gireḥ vā api kiṃ punaḥ martyadharmiṇaḥ
52.
Or one should desire his misfortune or destruction, O Yudhishthira. Even an ocean or a mountain can be overcome, how much more so a mortal being, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is to be perishable?
Words meanings summery:
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- व्यसनं (vyasanaṁ) - downfall, misfortune (misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction, downfall)
- वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
- अस्य (asya) - his (referring to the adversary) (of him, his, of this)
- काङ्क्षेत (kāṅkṣeta) - should desire, should wish for
- विनाशं (vināśaṁ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, disappearance)
- वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
- युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira (O Yudhishthira (proper noun))
- अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)
- सिन्धोः (sindhoḥ) - of the ocean (of the ocean, of the river, of the Indus)
- गिरेः (gireḥ) - of the mountain
- वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
- अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)
- किं (kiṁ) - how (in the phrase "kiṃ punaḥ") (what, why, how)
- पुनः (punaḥ) - how much more (in the phrase "kiṃ punaḥ") (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)
- मर्त्यधर्मिणः (martyadharmiṇaḥ) - of a mortal being, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is perishable (of a mortal being, of one whose nature is to die)
Words meanings and morphology
व्यसनं (vyasanaṁ) - downfall, misfortune (misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction, downfall)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana
vyasana - misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction, downfall
From √as (to throw) with vi and sam prefixes
Prefixes: vi+sam
Root: as (class 4)
वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
(indeclinable)
अस्य (asya) - his (referring to the adversary) (of him, his, of this)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, he, she, it
काङ्क्षेत (kāṅkṣeta) - should desire, should wish for
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kāṅkṣ
From √kāṅkṣ (to desire)
Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)
विनाशं (vināśaṁ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, disappearance)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vināśa
vināśa - destruction, ruin, disappearance
From √naś (to perish) with vi prefix
Prefix: vi
Root: naś (class 4)
वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
(indeclinable)
युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira (O Yudhishthira (proper noun))
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (name of a Pandava prince, 'firm in battle')
अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)
(indeclinable)
सिन्धोः (sindhoḥ) - of the ocean (of the ocean, of the river, of the Indus)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of sindhu
sindhu - ocean, river, Indus river, country of Sindh
गिरेः (gireḥ) - of the mountain
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of giri
giri - mountain, hill
वा (vā) - or (or, and, as if)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)
(indeclinable)
किं (kiṁ) - how (in the phrase "kiṃ punaḥ") (what, why, how)
(indeclinable)
Note: Part of the idiom 'kiṃ punaḥ'
पुनः (punaḥ) - how much more (in the phrase "kiṃ punaḥ") (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)
(indeclinable)
Note: Part of the idiom 'kiṃ punaḥ'
मर्त्यधर्मिणः (martyadharmiṇaḥ) - of a mortal being, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is perishable (of a mortal being, of one whose nature is to die)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of martyadharmin
martyadharmin - mortal, subject to death, having a mortal nature
Compound type : bahuvrihi (martya+dharmin)
- martya – mortal, human being, subject to death
adjective (masculine)
Root: mṛ (class 1) - dharmin – possessing qualities, having a specific nature (dharma), righteous
adjective (masculine)
Derived from dharma
Note: Agrees with an implicit 'of a person'