महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-53

वीर विक्रान्त धर्मज्ञ सत्यसंध महीपते ।
यद्यस्यस्मिन्वने राजन्दर्शयात्मानमात्मना ॥५३॥

53. vīra vikrānta dharmajña satyasaṁdha mahīpate ,
yadyasyasminvane rājandarśayātmānamātmanā.

53. vīra vikrānta dharmajña satyasaṃdha mahīpate yadi
asya asmin vane rājan darśaya ātmānam ātmanā

53. O heroic, valiant one, knower of natural law (dharma), and truthful lord of the earth! O king, if you are present in this forest for this distressed one, then reveal your true self (ātman) through your own power (ātman).

53. הו גיבור אמיץ, יודע חוק היושר, נאמן לאמת ושליט הארץ, אם אתה ביער הזה, הו מלך, הראה לי את עצמך בעצמך.

Words meanings summery:

• वीर (vīra) - O hero (hero, warrior, brave man)

• विक्रान्त (vikrānta) - O mighty one, O valiant one (mighty, valiant, powerful)

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of dharma, righteous, just)

• सत्यसंध (satyasaṁdha) - O truthful one (truthful, faithful to one's promise)

• महीपते (mahīpate) - O king, lord of the earth (O lord of the earth, O king)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• अस्य (asya) - for this (distressed one, i.e., the speaker) (of this, of him; for this)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (in this, on this)

• वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• दर्शय (darśaya) - reveal, show (show, reveal, cause to see)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your true self (ātman) (oneself, the self, the soul)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - through your own power (ātman) (by oneself, by the self, through the soul, by one's own power)

Words meanings and morphology

वीर (vīra) - O hero (hero, warrior, brave man)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

विक्रान्त (vikrānta) - O mighty one, O valiant one (mighty, valiant, powerful)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vikrānta

vikrānta - mighty, valiant, powerful

Past Passive Participle

from vi-kram (to step forth, be mighty)

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of dharma, righteous, just)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of dharma, righteous, just

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, knowing about
  adjective
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Compound word.

सत्यसंध (satyasaṁdha) - O truthful one (truthful, faithful to one's promise)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of satyasaṃdha

satyasaṁdha - truthful, faithful to one's promise

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+saṃdha)

• satya – truth, true
  noun (neuter)
• saṃdha – joined, pledged, bound
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Compound word.

महीपते (mahīpate) - O king, lord of the earth (O lord of the earth, O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound word.

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - for this (distressed one, i.e., the speaker) (of this, of him; for this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (in this, on this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, grove, wood

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

दर्शय (darśaya) - reveal, show (show, reveal, cause to see)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of darśaya

Causal

from dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your true self (ātman) (oneself, the self, the soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit

आत्मना (ātmanā) - through your own power (ātman) (by oneself, by the self, through the soul, by one's own power)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit

Note: Used adverbially, meaning 'by oneself' or 'through one's own inherent nature/power'.

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