महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-78, verse-9

ब्राह्मणैश्च महाभागैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः ।
नित्यमन्वास्यसे राजंस्तत्र का परिदेवना ॥९॥

9. brāhmaṇaiśca mahābhāgairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ ,
nityamanvāsyase rājaṁstatra kā paridevanā.

9. brāhmaṇaiḥ ca mahābhāgaiḥ veda-vedāṅga-pāragaiḥ
| nityam anvāsyase rājan tatra kā paridevanā

9. O King, you are constantly attended by highly esteemed Brahmins who have mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary branches (Vedangas). What cause for lamentation is there then?

9. ותמיד סביבך בְּרַהְמִינִים גדולי מזל, מומחים בוֵדוֹת ובענפיהן. הו מלך, אם כך מה הצער?

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by Brahmins, by learned ones

• च (ca) - and, also

• महाभागैः (mahābhāgaiḥ) - by highly fortunate ones, by greatly esteemed ones

• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारगैः (veda-vedāṅga-pāragaiḥ) - by those proficient in Vedas and Vedangas

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• अन्वास्यसे (anvāsyase) - you are attended, you are served

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

• का (kā) - what (feminine)

• परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation, grieving, complaint

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by Brahmins, by learned ones

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, one belonging to the Brahmana varna, learned in Vedas, relating to Brahman

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महाभागैः (mahābhāgaiḥ) - by highly fortunate ones, by greatly esteemed ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - greatly fortunate, illustrious, highly esteemed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bhāga – share, fortune, destiny, portion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇaiḥ

वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारगैः (veda-vedāṅga-pāragaiḥ) - by those proficient in Vedas and Vedangas

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of veda-vedāṅga-pāraga

veda-vedāṅga-pāraga - master of the Vedas and Vedangas

Compound type : tatpurusha (veda+vedāṅga+pāraga)

• veda – knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda scripture
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vedāṅga – auxiliary limb of the Veda (Vedanga)
  noun (neuter)
• pāraga – one who has reached the other shore, master, proficient
  adjective (masculine)
  from pāra + ga (goer)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇaiḥ

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage

अन्वास्यसे (anvāsyase) - you are attended, you are served

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of anu-ās

Prefix: anu

Root: ās (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

(indeclinable)

locative of ta

का (kā) - what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with paridevanā

परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation, grieving, complaint

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paridevanā

paridevanā - lamentation, grieving, complaint

from pari + div + ana (feminine)

Prefix: pari

Root: div (class 4)

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