महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-5, chapter-105, verse-7
सुहृदां हि धनं भुक्त्वा कृत्वा प्रणयमीप्सितम् ।
प्रतिकर्तुमशक्तस्य जीवितान्मरणं वरम् ॥७॥
प्रतिकर्तुमशक्तस्य जीवितान्मरणं वरम् ॥७॥
7. suhṛdāṁ hi dhanaṁ bhuktvā kṛtvā praṇayamīpsitam ,
pratikartumaśaktasya jīvitānmaraṇaṁ varam.
pratikartumaśaktasya jīvitānmaraṇaṁ varam.
7.
suhṛdām hi dhanam bhuktvā kṛtvā praṇayam īpsitam
pratikartum aśaktasya jīvitāt maraṇam varam
pratikartum aśaktasya jīvitāt maraṇam varam
7.
Indeed, for one who has enjoyed the wealth of friends and had their desired requests (praṇaya) fulfilled, but who is unable to return the favor (pratikartum), death is preferable to life.
Words meanings summery:
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- सुहृदाम् (suhṛdām) - of friends (of friends, of well-wishers)
- हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)
- धनम् (dhanam) - wealth (wealth, property, riches)
- भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having enjoyed (having enjoyed, having eaten, having experienced)
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having had...granted (having done, having made, having performed)
- प्रणयम् (praṇayam) - desired requests (praṇaya) (request, favor, love, devotion, trust)
- ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired (desired, wished for, sought)
- प्रतिकर्तुम् (pratikartum) - to return the favor (pratikartum) (to repay, to return the favor, to retaliate)
- अशक्तस्य (aśaktasya) - but who is unable (of one unable, incapable)
- जीवितात् (jīvitāt) - than life (than life, from life)
- मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)
- वरम् (varam) - is preferable (better, preferable, excellent)
Words meanings and morphology
सुहृदाम् (suhṛdām) - of friends (of friends, of well-wishers)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of suhṛd
suhṛd - friend, well-wisher
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+hṛd)
- su – good, well
indeclinable - hṛd – heart, mind
noun (neuter)
हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
धनम् (dhanam) - wealth (wealth, property, riches)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana
dhana - wealth, property, riches
Note: Object of 'bhuktvā'.
भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having enjoyed (having enjoyed, having eaten, having experienced)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Indeclinable participle from root bhuj
Root: bhuj (class 7)
Note: Null for gender/number/case/person/tense/lakara/voice as it is an absolutive.
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having had...granted (having done, having made, having performed)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Indeclinable participle from root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Null for gender/number/case/person/tense/lakara/voice as it is an absolutive.
प्रणयम् (praṇayam) - desired requests (praṇaya) (request, favor, love, devotion, trust)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of praṇaya
praṇaya - request, favor, love, devotion, trust
Derived from root nī with prefix pra
Prefix: pra
Root: nī (class 1)
Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.
ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired (desired, wished for, sought)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of īpsita
īpsita - desired, wished for, sought
Past Passive Participle
Derived from desiderative of root āp (to obtain)
Root: āp (class 5)
Note: Agrees with 'praṇayam'.
प्रतिकर्तुम् (pratikartum) - to return the favor (pratikartum) (to repay, to return the favor, to retaliate)
(indeclinable)
infinitive
Infinitive from root kṛ (to do) with prefix prati
Prefix: prati
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Acts as the object of 'aśaktasya'.
अशक्तस्य (aśaktasya) - but who is unable (of one unable, incapable)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of aśakta
aśakta - unable, incapable, powerless
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+śakta)
- a – not, non, un-
indeclinable - śakta – able, capable, powerful
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root śak (to be able)
Root: śak (class 5)
Note: Qualifies an implied person.
जीवितात् (jīvitāt) - than life (than life, from life)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of jīvita
jīvita - life, livelihood
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root jīv (to live)
Root: jīv (class 1)
Note: Used in comparison ('better than').
मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa
maraṇa - death, dying
Derived from root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6)
Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.
वरम् (varam) - is preferable (better, preferable, excellent)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vara
vara - better, preferable, excellent, booon, choice