महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-46, verse-33

अपीदानीं मम सुतास्तिष्ठेरन्मन्दचेतसः ।
येषां भ्राता गुरुर्ज्येष्ठो विनये नावतिष्ठते ॥३३॥

33. apīdānīṁ mama sutāstiṣṭheranmandacetasaḥ ,
yeṣāṁ bhrātā gururjyeṣṭho vinaye nāvatiṣṭhate.

33. api idānīm mama sutāḥ tiṣṭheran manda-cetasaḥ
yeṣām bhrātā guruḥ jyeṣṭhaḥ vinaye na avatiṣṭhate

33. Will my dull-witted sons now behave properly, when their eldest brother and preceptor (guru) does not abide by appropriate conduct?

33. האם בניי, קהי הרוח, עוד ישרדו כעת, הם שאחיהם הבכור והמכובד אינו עומד בדרך הענווה והנימוס?

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, interrogative particle

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at present

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons

• तिष्ठेरन् (tiṣṭheran) - they would stand, they would remain, they would abide

• मन्द-चेतसः (manda-cetasaḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, senseless

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher, preceptor, respected elder

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, chief, most excellent

• विनये (vinaye) - in discipline, in good conduct, in humility

• न (na) - not

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - he does not abide, he does not stay, he does not conform

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, interrogative particle

(indeclinable)

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at present

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, offspring, child

तिष्ठेरन् (tiṣṭheran) - they would stand, they would remain, they would abide

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of sthā

Optative Mood

Root 'sthā' (1st class) in optative mood, 3rd person plural active.

Root: sthā (class 1)

मन्द-चेतसः (manda-cetasaḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, senseless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manda-cetas

manda-cetas - dull-minded, slow of intellect, foolish

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manda+cetas)

• manda – dull, slow, weak, sluggish
  adjective (masculine)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher, preceptor, respected elder

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, venerable, heavy, important

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, chief, most excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, senior, chief, best

विनये (vinaye) - in discipline, in good conduct, in humility

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinaya

vinaya - discipline, modesty, good conduct, humility, training

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - he does not abide, he does not stay, he does not conform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of sthā

Present Tense

Root 'sthā' (1st class) with prefix 'ava', in present tense, 3rd person singular middle voice.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

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