महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-44, verse-14

समिद्धं पावकं वापि घृतमेदोवसाहुतम् ।
घृताक्तश्चीरवासास्त्वं मध्येनोत्तर्तुमिच्छसि ॥१४॥

14. samiddhaṁ pāvakaṁ vāpi ghṛtamedovasāhutam ,
ghṛtāktaścīravāsāstvaṁ madhyenottartumicchasi.

14. samiddham pāvakam vā api ghṛtamedovasāhutam |
ghṛtāktaḥ cīravāsāḥ tvam madhyena uttartum icchasi

14. Or else, you, smeared with ghee and dressed in bark-garments, wish to cross through the middle of a blazing fire, which has been offered ghee, fat, and marrow.

14. או שאתה רוצה, כשאתה ספוג בחמאה מזוקקת ולבוש בגדי קליפות, לחצות את אמצע האש הבוערת שהוזנה בחמאה מזוקקת, בשומן ובמוח עצם.

Words meanings summery:

• समिद्धम् (samiddham) - blazing (fire) (blazing, kindled, inflamed)

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - or else (also, even, indeed)

• घृतमेदोवसाहुतम् (ghṛtamedovasāhutam) - (fire) offered with ghee, fat, and marrow (offered with ghee, fat, and marrow)

• घृताक्तः (ghṛtāktaḥ) - smeared with ghee

• चीरवासाः (cīravāsāḥ) - dressed in bark, wearing bark-garments

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मध्येन (madhyena) - through the middle, by means of the middle

• उत्तर्तुम् (uttartum) - to cross over, to overcome

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire, you want

Words meanings and morphology

समिद्धम् (samiddham) - blazing (fire) (blazing, kindled, inflamed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samiddha

samiddha - blazing, kindled, inflamed

Past Passive Participle

From root √indh (to kindle) with prefix sam (completely)

Prefix: sam

Root: indh (class 7)

Note: Agrees with pāvakam

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifying

From root √pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - or else (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: vā api (or else)

घृतमेदोवसाहुतम् (ghṛtamedovasāhutam) - (fire) offered with ghee, fat, and marrow (offered with ghee, fat, and marrow)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghṛtamedovasāhuta

ghṛtamedovasāhuta - offered with ghee, fat, and marrow

Past Passive Participle (as part of a compound)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa (ghṛta+medas+vasā+āhuta)

• ghṛta – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  From root √ghṛ (to sprinkle, to shine)
  Root: ghṛ (class 3)
• medas – fat, marrow
  noun (neuter)
• vasā – fat, grease, marrow
  noun (feminine)
• āhuta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √hu (to offer sacrifice) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Agrees with pāvakam

घृताक्तः (ghṛtāktaḥ) - smeared with ghee

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghṛtākta

ghṛtākta - smeared with ghee, anointed with clarified butter

Past Passive Participle (as part of a compound)

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (ghṛta+ākta)

• ghṛta – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  From root √ghṛ (to sprinkle, to shine)
  Root: ghṛ (class 3)
• ākta – smeared, anointed, touched
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √añj (to smear, to anoint)
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with tvam

चीरवासाः (cīravāsāḥ) - dressed in bark, wearing bark-garments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cīravāsas

cīravāsas - dressed in bark, wearing bark-garments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cīra+vāsas)

• cīra – bark, strip of bark (used as cloth)
  noun (neuter)
• vāsas – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with tvam

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

yuṣmad - you (singular)

मध्येन (madhyena) - through the middle, by means of the middle

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center

उत्तर्तुम् (uttartum) - to cross over, to overcome

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive of root √tṝ (to cross) with prefix ut (up, out, over)

Prefix: ud

Root: tṝ (class 1)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire, you want

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of √iṣ

Present Indicative

From the desiderative stem of √iṣ, 'iccha'

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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