महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-103, verse-23

यावान्हि भारः कृत्स्नायाः पृथिव्याः पर्वतैः सह ।
एकस्या देहशाखायास्तावद्भारममन्यत ॥२३॥

23. yāvānhi bhāraḥ kṛtsnāyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ parvataiḥ saha ,
ekasyā dehaśākhāyāstāvadbhāramamanyata.

23. yāvān hi bhāraḥ kṛtsnāyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ parvataiḥ
saha ekasyāḥ dehaśākhāyāḥ tāvat bhāram amanyata

23. Indeed, he perceived that the weight from a single limb of (the Lord's) body was equivalent to the entire burden of the earth along with its mountains.

23. כל המשקל של כדור הארץ כולו יחד עם הרים, הוא היה מרגיש כמשקל של ענף אחד בלבד מגופו של האל.

Words meanings summery:

• यावान् (yāvān) - as much as, as great as, as numerous as

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• भारः (bhāraḥ) - burden, weight, load

• कृत्स्नायाः (kṛtsnāyāḥ) - of the entire, of the whole

• पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of the earth

• पर्वतैः (parvataiḥ) - with mountains

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• एकस्याः (ekasyāḥ) - of a single (limb) (of one, of a single)

• देहशाखायाः (dehaśākhāyāḥ) - of a limb of the body, of a body-branch

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, that much, to that extent

• भारम् (bhāram) - burden, weight, load (accusative)

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

Words meanings and morphology

यावान् (yāvān) - as much as, as great as, as numerous as

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yāvat

yāvat - as much as, as great as, as long as, how much, how many

Derived from pronominal root `ya` + `vat` suffix.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Particle.

भारः (bhāraḥ) - burden, weight, load

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāra

bhāra - burden, load, weight, quantity

From root `bhṛ` (to bear).

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the 'as much as' clause.

कृत्स्नायाः (kṛtsnāyāḥ) - of the entire, of the whole

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - whole, entire, complete, all

Root: kṛt

Note: Modifies `pṛthivyāḥ`.

पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the earth (as a goddess), world

Root: pṛth

Note: Genitive of `pṛthivī`.

पर्वतैः (parvataiḥ) - with mountains

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

Root: pṛ

Note: Used with `saha`.

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

एकस्याः (ekasyāḥ) - of a single (limb) (of one, of a single)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, alone

Note: Modifies `dehaśākhāyāḥ`.

देहशाखायाः (dehaśākhāyāḥ) - of a limb of the body, of a body-branch

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of dehaśākhā

dehaśākhā - limb of the body (literally 'body branch')

Compound: `deha` (body) + `śākhā` (branch, limb).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deha+śākhā)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• śākhā – branch, limb
  noun (feminine)

Note: Genitive of `dehaśākhā`.

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, that much, to that extent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tāvat

tāvat - so much, so many, as long as, meanwhile

Derived from pronominal base `tad` with suffix `vat`.

Note: Correlative to `yāvān`.

भारम् (bhāram) - burden, weight, load (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāra

bhāra - burden, load, weight, quantity

From root `bhṛ` (to bear).

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Direct object of `amanyata`.

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of man

Imperfect tense, Middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: man (class 4)

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