महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-6

तत आयव्ययौ दृष्ट्वा समौ सममतिर्द्विजः ।
सर्वथा प्राणिनां पीडामुपादानादमन्यत ॥६॥

6. tata āyavyayau dṛṣṭvā samau samamatirdvijaḥ ,
sarvathā prāṇināṁ pīḍāmupādānādamanyata.

6. tataḥ āya-vyayau dṛṣṭvā samau sama-matiḥ dvijaḥ
sarvathā prāṇinām pīḍām upādānāt amanyata

6. Then, the brahmin (dvijaḥ), having an equal mind (sama-matiḥ), observed that the king's income and expenditure (āya-vyayau) were balanced (samau). He concluded that taking any wealth (upādānāt) in any manner (sarvathā) would certainly cause distress (pīḍām) to living beings (prāṇinām).

6. אז ראה אותו בְּרַהְמִין שוויוני נפש שההכנסות וההוצאות שוות, והבין שבכל מקרה לקיחה תגרום סבל ליצורים החיים.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• आय-व्ययौ (āya-vyayau) - income and expenditure (dual)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

• समौ (samau) - equal, balanced, similar (dual)

• सम-मतिः (sama-matiḥ) - one whose mind is impartial, equanimous

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - Agastya (as a Brahmin) (a twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), a Brahmin)

• सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way, by all means, certainly, at all

• प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

• पीडाम् (pīḍām) - distress, pain, harm, injury

• उपादानात् (upādānāt) - from taking, due to acquisition, from accepting

• अमन्यत (amanyata) - he thought, he considered, he believed

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

आय-व्ययौ (āya-vyayau) - income and expenditure (dual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of āya-vyaya

āya-vyaya - income and expenditure

Compound type : Dvandva (āya+vyaya)

• āya – income, revenue
  noun (masculine)
  Verbal Noun
  From root i (to go) with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: i (class 2)
• vyaya – expenditure, expense
  noun (masculine)
  Verbal Noun
  From root i (to go) with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

समौ (samau) - equal, balanced, similar (dual)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of sama

sama - same, equal, like, even, impartial

सम-मतिः (sama-matiḥ) - one whose mind is impartial, equanimous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sama-mati

sama-mati - one whose mind is equal/impartial, equanimous

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sama+mati)

• sama – equal, same, impartial
  adjective (masculine)
• mati – mind, thought, intellect, opinion
  noun (feminine)

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - Agastya (as a Brahmin) (a twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), a Brahmin)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), Brahmin, bird, tooth

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  indeclinable
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way, by all means, certainly, at all

(indeclinable)

Derived from sarva (all, every) with suffix -thā (in the manner of)

प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate creature

Derived from prāṇa (life-breath) with suffix -in

पीडाम् (pīḍām) - distress, pain, harm, injury

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pīḍā

pīḍā - pain, distress, affliction, oppression, injury

Derived from root pīḍ (to oppress, vex)

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

उपादानात् (upādānāt) - from taking, due to acquisition, from accepting

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of upādāna

upādāna - taking, acquisition, acceptance, grasping

Verbal Noun

Derived from root dā (to give) with upasargas upa and ā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

अमन्यत (amanyata) - he thought, he considered, he believed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Imperfect (Laṅ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

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