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5,139

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-139, verse-52

विद्यावृद्धा वयोवृद्धाः क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभ ।
वृथामृत्युं न कुर्वीरंस्त्वत्कृते मधुसूदन ॥५२॥
52. vidyāvṛddhā vayovṛddhāḥ kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha ,
vṛthāmṛtyuṁ na kurvīraṁstvatkṛte madhusūdana.
52. vidyāvṛddhāḥ vayovṛddhāḥ kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha
vṛthā mṛtyum na kurvīran tvatkṛte madhusūdana
52. kṣatriyarṣabha madhusūdana vidyāvṛddhāḥ vayovṛddhāḥ
kṣatriyāḥ tvatkṛte vṛthā mṛtyum na kurvīran
52. O best among kṣatriyas, O Madhusūdana, kṣatriyas who are venerable in knowledge and advanced in age should not incur a useless death because of you.

Words meanings summery:

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  • विद्यावृद्धाः (vidyāvṛddhāḥ) - aged in knowledge, venerable in learning
  • वयोवृद्धाः (vayovṛddhāḥ) - aged in years, elderly
  • क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - kṣatriyas, warriors
  • क्षत्रियर्षभ (kṣatriyarṣabha) - O Kṛṣṇa, best among kṣatriyas (O best among kṣatriyas, O bull among warriors)
  • वृथा (vṛthā) - uselessly, in vain, for nothing
  • मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death
  • (na) - not
  • कुर्वीरन् (kurvīran) - (with na) they should not incur (they should do, they should incur)
  • त्वत्कृते (tvatkṛte) - for your sake, because of you
  • मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Kṛṣṇa (O Madhusūdana (a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa))

Words meanings and morphology

विद्यावृद्धाः (vidyāvṛddhāḥ) - aged in knowledge, venerable in learning
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vidyāvṛddha
vidyāvṛddha - old/advanced in knowledge
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidyā+vṛddha)
  • vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
    noun (feminine)
  • vṛddha – grown, old, aged, experienced
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root vṛdh (to grow)
    Root: vṛdh (class 1)
वयोवृद्धाः (vayovṛddhāḥ) - aged in years, elderly
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vayovṛddha
vayovṛddha - old/advanced in age
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vayas+vṛddha)
  • vayas – age, time of life
    noun (neuter)
  • vṛddha – grown, old, aged, experienced
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root vṛdh (to grow)
    Root: vṛdh (class 1)
क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - kṣatriyas, warriors
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya
kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class
क्षत्रियर्षभ (kṣatriyarṣabha) - O Kṛṣṇa, best among kṣatriyas (O best among kṣatriyas, O bull among warriors)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣatriyarṣabha
kṣatriyarṣabha - foremost of kṣatriyas, best of warriors
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣatriya+ṛṣabha)
  • kṣatriya – a member of the warrior or ruling class
    noun (masculine)
  • ṛṣabha – bull; chief, best, excellent
    noun (masculine)
वृथा (vṛthā) - uselessly, in vain, for nothing
(indeclinable)
मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu
mṛtyu - death
Root: mṛ (class 6)
(na) - not
(indeclinable)
कुर्वीरन् (kurvīran) - (with na) they should not incur (they should do, they should incur)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
त्वत्कृते (tvatkṛte) - for your sake, because of you
(indeclinable)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvat+kṛta)
  • tvat – from you
    pronoun
    ablative singular of 'yūṣmad'
  • kṛta – done, made, performed
    adjective (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root kṛ (to do)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Often used as a postposition 'for the sake of'.
मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Kṛṣṇa (O Madhusūdana (a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa))
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana
madhusūdana - slayer of the demon Madhu (an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)