महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-5, chapter-139, verse-52
विद्यावृद्धा वयोवृद्धाः क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभ ।
वृथामृत्युं न कुर्वीरंस्त्वत्कृते मधुसूदन ॥५२॥
वृथामृत्युं न कुर्वीरंस्त्वत्कृते मधुसूदन ॥५२॥
52. vidyāvṛddhā vayovṛddhāḥ kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha ,
vṛthāmṛtyuṁ na kurvīraṁstvatkṛte madhusūdana.
vṛthāmṛtyuṁ na kurvīraṁstvatkṛte madhusūdana.
52.
vidyāvṛddhāḥ vayovṛddhāḥ kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha
vṛthā mṛtyum na kurvīran tvatkṛte madhusūdana
vṛthā mṛtyum na kurvīran tvatkṛte madhusūdana
52.
kṣatriyarṣabha madhusūdana vidyāvṛddhāḥ vayovṛddhāḥ
kṣatriyāḥ tvatkṛte vṛthā mṛtyum na kurvīran
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
- न (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)
न (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)