महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-7, verse-4
भ्राता मम सुहृच्चैव साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः ।
तस्य स्मृत्वाद्य सुभृशं हृदयं दीर्यतीव मे ॥४॥
तस्य स्मृत्वाद्य सुभृशं हृदयं दीर्यतीव मे ॥४॥
4. bhrātā mama suhṛccaiva sākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ ,
tasya smṛtvādya subhṛśaṁ hṛdayaṁ dīryatīva me.
tasya smṛtvādya subhṛśaṁ hṛdayaṁ dīryatīva me.
4.
bhrātā mama suhṛt ca eva sākṣāt dharmaḥ iva aparaḥ
tasya smṛtvā adya subhṛśam hṛdayam dīryati iva me
tasya smṛtvā adya subhṛśam hṛdayam dīryati iva me
4.
My brother and true friend, he was truly like a second embodiment of righteousness (dharma) itself. Today, remembering him so intensely, my heart feels as if it is breaking apart.
Words meanings summery:
(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)
- भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother
- मम (mama) - my, of me
- सुहृत् (suhṛt) - friend, well-wisher
- च (ca) - and
- एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only
- साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly
- धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - Vidura embodying righteousness (righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature)
- इव (iva) - like, as if
- अपरः (aparaḥ) - another, second, other
- तस्य (tasya) - of him, his
- स्मृत्वा (smṛtvā) - having remembered
- अद्य (adya) - today, now
- सुभृशम् (subhṛśam) - exceedingly, intensely, very much
- हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind
- दीर्यति (dīryati) - it is breaking, it is splitting
- इव (iva) - as if, like
- मे (me) - my, of me
Words meanings and morphology
भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ
bhrātṛ - brother
मम (mama) - my, of me
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
सुहृत् (suhṛt) - friend, well-wisher
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of suhṛd
suhṛd - friend, well-wisher, good-hearted
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only
(indeclinable)
साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly
(indeclinable)
धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - Vidura embodying righteousness (righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, moral law
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
इव (iva) - like, as if
(indeclinable)
अपरः (aparaḥ) - another, second, other
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of apara
apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior
तस्य (tasya) - of him, his
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
स्मृत्वा (smṛtvā) - having remembered
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Gerund/absolutive of the root smṛ 'to remember'.
Root: smṛ (class 1)
अद्य (adya) - today, now
(indeclinable)
सुभृशम् (subhṛśam) - exceedingly, intensely, very much
(indeclinable)
हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya
hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, essence
दीर्यति (dīryati) - it is breaking, it is splitting
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dīr
Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (often with passive sense 'is breaking' for this root).
Root: dṝ (class 9)
इव (iva) - as if, like
(indeclinable)
मे (me) - my, of me
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me