महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-47, verse-6

ब्राह्मणानां सहस्राणि स्नातकानां महात्मनाम् ।
दश मोक्षविदां तद्वद्यान्बिभर्ति युधिष्ठिरः ॥६॥

6. brāhmaṇānāṁ sahasrāṇi snātakānāṁ mahātmanām ,
daśa mokṣavidāṁ tadvadyānbibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ.

6. brāhmaṇānām sahasrāṇi snātakānām mahātmanām daśa
mokṣavidām tadvat yān bibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

6. Likewise, Yudhiṣṭhira maintained ten thousands of great-souled brahmins who were graduates (snātakas) and knowers of final liberation (mokṣa).

6. עשרת אלפים בְּרַהְמִינִים, בוגרי לימודים ובעלי נפש גדולה, וכן יודעי הגאולה הרוחנית, אותם פרנס יוּדְהִישְׁתְהִירַה.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the brahmins

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• स्नातकानाम् (snātakānām) - of graduates (brahmins who have completed their Vedic studies and vows) (of graduates, of those who have bathed (after completing studies))

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of great-souled (brahmins) (of great-souled ones, of noble-minded ones)

• दश (daśa) - ten (referring to 'ten thousands') (ten)

• मोक्षविदाम् (mokṣavidām) - of those who were knowers of final liberation (mokṣa) (of those knowing liberation (mokṣa))

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - likewise, in the same way (similarly, in that manner, just so)

• यान् (yān) - whom (referring to the brahmins) (whom, which)

• बिभर्ति (bibharti) - he (Yudhiṣṭhira) maintained, supported (he supports, maintains, bears)

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (the eldest Pāṇḍava) (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the brahmins

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, member of the priestly class

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

स्नातकानाम् (snātakānām) - of graduates (brahmins who have completed their Vedic studies and vows) (of graduates, of those who have bathed (after completing studies))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of snātaka

snātaka - a Brahmin who has completed his Vedic studies, a graduate

Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'brāhmaṇānām'.

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of great-souled (brahmins) (of great-souled ones, of noble-minded ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ātman – soul, self, essence, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'brāhmaṇānām'.

दश (daśa) - ten (referring to 'ten thousands') (ten)

(numeral)

Note: Often used with 'sahasra' to mean 'ten thousand'.

मोक्षविदाम् (mokṣavidām) - of those who were knowers of final liberation (mokṣa) (of those knowing liberation (mokṣa))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mokṣavid

mokṣavid - knowing liberation, learned in salvation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+vid)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, salvation, freedom (mokṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knowing, wise, learned
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root 'vid' (to know) + suffix
  Root: vid (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'brāhmaṇānām'.

तद्वत् (tadvat) - likewise, in the same way (similarly, in that manner, just so)

(indeclinable)

यान् (yān) - whom (referring to the brahmins) (whom, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun introducing a clause about the brahmins.

बिभर्ति (bibharti) - he (Yudhiṣṭhira) maintained, supported (he supports, maintains, bears)

(verb)

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

Present active third person singular

From root 'bhṛ' (to bear), present tense, third person singular, active voice (reduplicated form).

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (the eldest Pāṇḍava) (Yudhiṣṭhira)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (steadfast in battle), eldest of the Pāṇḍavas

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