महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-65, verse-17

एष वृद्धाननाथांश्च व्यङ्गान्पङ्गूंश्च मानवान् ।
पुत्रवत्पालयामास प्रजा धर्मेण चाभिभो ॥१७॥

17. eṣa vṛddhānanāthāṁśca vyaṅgānpaṅgūṁśca mānavān ,
putravatpālayāmāsa prajā dharmeṇa cābhibho.

17. eṣa vṛddhān anāthān ca vyaṅgān paṅgūn ca mānavān
putravat pālayāmāsa prajā dharmeṇa ca abhibho

17. O lord, he protected the elderly, the helpless, the disabled, and the lame people, as well as his subjects, like his own sons, in accordance with his intrinsic nature (dharma).

17. הוא טיפח את הזקנים, חסרי המגן, בעלי הנכות והצולעים, ואת כל בני עמו, כמו אב לבניו, בדרך היושר, הו אדון.

Words meanings summery:

• एष (eṣa) - this (person), he

• वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - old, aged (people)

• अनाथान् (anāthān) - helpless, unprotected, orphaned (people)

• च (ca) - and

• व्यङ्गान् (vyaṅgān) - disabled, crippled (people)

• पङ्गून् (paṅgūn) - lame, crippled (people)

• च (ca) - and

• मानवान् (mānavān) - humans, people

• पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son, paternally

• पालयामास (pālayāmāsa) - he protected, he maintained

• प्रजा (prajā) - subjects, people, progeny

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - in accordance with his intrinsic nature (dharma) (by natural law, by righteousness, in accordance with duty)

• च (ca) - and

• अभिभो (abhibho) - O lord, O master

Words meanings and morphology

एष (eṣa) - this (person), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it

वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - old, aged (people)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged; grown, increased; wise

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛdh (to grow, increase)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Used here as a substantive (noun).

अनाथान् (anāthān) - helpless, unprotected, orphaned (people)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anātha

anātha - helpless, unprotected, orphaned; one without a protector

Negative compound (na + nātha)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (na+nātha)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• nātha – protector, lord, master
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used here as a substantive (noun).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

व्यङ्गान् (vyaṅgān) - disabled, crippled (people)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyaṅga

vyaṅga - disabled, crippled, deficient in a limb; one with defective limbs

Bahuvrihi compound (vi + aṅga)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+aṅga)

• vi – apart, away, without
  indeclinable
• aṅga – limb, body part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here as a substantive (noun).

पङ्गून् (paṅgūn) - lame, crippled (people)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paṅgu

paṅgu - lame, crippled; one who limps

Note: Used here as a substantive (noun).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मानवान् (mānavān) - humans, people

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, belonging to Manu; offspring of Manu

Derivative of Manu

पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son, paternally

(indeclinable)

Suffixed with -vat (like, as)

पालयामास (pālayāmāsa) - he protected, he maintained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Past Perfect (Lit) of pālayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect

From root pāl (to protect, govern) + ām-kṛ (to make, do) in perfect tense

Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: Periphrastic Perfect formation

प्रजा (prajā) - subjects, people, progeny

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, subjects, people

Note: Often used as a collective noun in the accusative with a singular form in Epic Sanskrit, meaning 'the people' or 'the subjects'.

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - in accordance with his intrinsic nature (dharma) (by natural law, by righteousness, in accordance with duty)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, justice, constitution

From root dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अभिभो (abhibho) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of abhibhu

abhibhu - lord, master, conqueror, sovereign

Compound of prefix abhi + root bhū

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhi+bhū)

• abhi – towards, over, against
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, existence
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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