महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-93, verse-25

न स्म पूर्वे जनाश्चक्रुर्न करिष्यन्ति चापरे ।
गयो यदकरोद्यज्ञे राजर्षिरमितद्युतिः ॥२५॥

25. na sma pūrve janāścakrurna kariṣyanti cāpare ,
gayo yadakarodyajñe rājarṣiramitadyutiḥ.

25. na sma pūrve janāḥ cakruḥ na kariṣyanti ca apare
gayaḥ yat akarot yajñe rājarṣiḥ amitadyutiḥ

25. Indeed, neither did people of former times achieve such a feat, nor will others in the future. What the royal sage (rājarṣi) Gaya, of immeasurable splendor, performed in his ritual (yajña)...

25. (ואמרו) לא עשו זאת אנשים קודם ולא יעשו אחרים אחריהם, את מה שעשה גַיַה בטקס, המלך החוזה בעל הזוהר האין סופי.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly, (emphasizes past action when used with present tense)

• पूर्वे (pūrve) - former, previous, earlier

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they did, they performed

• न (na) - not, nor

• करिष्यन्ति (kariṣyanti) - they will do, they will perform

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरे (apare) - others

• गयः (gayaḥ) - King Gaya, a royal sage (Gaya)

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• अकरोत् (akarot) - he did, he performed

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the ritual, in the sacrifice

• राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, kingly seer

• अमितद्युतिः (amitadyutiḥ) - of immeasurable splendor, having infinite luster

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly, (emphasizes past action when used with present tense)

(indeclinable)

पूर्वे (pūrve) - former, previous, earlier

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pūrva

pūrva - former, previous, eastern, ancient

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, creature, mankind

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they did, they performed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of cakruḥ

Perfect tense 3rd person plural active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

करिष्यन्ति (kariṣyanti) - they will do, they will perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of kariṣyanti

Future tense 3rd person plural active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior

गयः (gayaḥ) - King Gaya, a royal sage (Gaya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaya

gaya - Gaya (a celebrated ancient king and royal sage)

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - what, which, that (relative pronoun/conjunction)

अकरोत् (akarot) - he did, he performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of akarot

Imperfect tense 3rd person singular active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the ritual, in the sacrifice

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - ritual, sacrifice, offering, devotion (yajña)

Root: yaj (class 1)

राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, kingly seer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - royal sage, kingly seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

अमितद्युतिः (amitadyutiḥ) - of immeasurable splendor, having infinite luster

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amitadyuti

amitadyuti - of immeasurable splendor, having infinite luster

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amita+dyuti)

• amita – immeasurable, infinite, boundless
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mā with negation prefix a-
  Prefix: a-
  Root: mā (class 2)
• dyuti – splendor, luster, brilliance, light
  noun (feminine)

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