महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-146, verse-22

मां चैव धृतराष्ट्रं च पूर्वमेव महाद्युते ।
चित्रकार इवालेख्यं कृत्वा मा स्म विनाशय ।
प्रजापतिः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा यथा संहरते तथा ॥२२॥

22. māṁ caiva dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ ca pūrvameva mahādyute ,
citrakāra ivālekhyaṁ kṛtvā mā sma vināśaya ,
prajāpatiḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā yathā saṁharate tathā.

22. mām ca eva dhṛtarāṣṭram ca pūrvam eva
mahādyute | citrakāraḥ iva ālekhyam
kṛtvā mā sma vināśaya | prajāpatiḥ
prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā yathā saṃharate tathā

22. mahādyute mām ca eva dhṛtarāṣṭram ca
pūrvam eva citrakāraḥ iva ālekhyam
kṛtvā mā sma vināśaya yathā prajāpatiḥ
prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā saṃharate tathā

22. O greatly effulgent one, do not destroy me and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, whom you created in the first place, just as a painter does not destroy his own painting. Do not act like Prajāpati, who, having created beings, also destroys them.

Words meanings summery:

• माम् (mām) - me

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, certainly)

• धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (proper name) (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - in the first place, beforehand (before, formerly, previously)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• महाद्युते (mahādyute) - O greatly effulgent one (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O greatly glorious one, O greatly effulgent one)

• चित्रकारः (citrakāraḥ) - painter, artist

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

• आलेख्यम् (ālekhyam) - a painting (a drawing, picture, painting)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having created, having made (referring to the act of creation, like a painter makes a picture) (having done, having made)

• मा (mā) - do not (not, do not)

• स्म (sma) - (strengthens the prohibition) (indeed, certainly (used with present tense to indicate past action, or with prohibitive to strengthen it))

• विनाशय (vināśaya) - do not destroy (prohibitive) (destroy, cause to perish)

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati (the creator deity) (lord of creatures, Prajāpati (a creator deity))

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings (creatures, beings, people)

• सृष्ट्वा (sṛṣṭvā) - having created (having created, having emitted)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the way that)

• संहरते (saṁharate) - destroys (destroys, gathers, draws back, withdraws)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so (it is) (so, thus, accordingly)

Words meanings and morphology

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Gender is null for personal pronouns in Sanskrit.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to connect nouns in a list.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (proper name) (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king of the Kurus)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to connect nouns in a list.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - in the first place, beforehand (before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage of the neuter accusative singular.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

महाद्युते (mahādyute) - O greatly effulgent one (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O greatly glorious one, O greatly effulgent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - of great splendor, greatly effulgent, glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• dyuti – splendor, brilliance, light
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Vocative of a compound adjective ending in -i.

चित्रकारः (citrakāraḥ) - painter, artist

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citrakāra

citrakāra - painter, artist

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citra+kāra)

• citra – picture, painting, varied, wonderful
  noun (neuter)
• kāra – maker, doer, causing
  noun (masculine)
  From root √kṛ (कृ), to do, make.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: This 'citrakāraḥ' is used with 'iva' (like) to form a simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

आलेख्यम् (ālekhyam) - a painting (a drawing, picture, painting)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ālekhya

ālekhya - a drawing, picture, painting, to be painted

Gerundive

Derived from prefix ā- (आ) + root likh (लिख् - to write, scratch, paint). Gerundive meaning 'that which should be painted' or 'a painting'.

Prefix: ā

Root: likh (class 6)

Note: The object of 'kṛtvā'.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having created, having made (referring to the act of creation, like a painter makes a picture) (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root kṛ (कृ) of class 8. Absolutive (suffix -tvā).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Precedes the main verb 'vināśaya'.

मा (mā) - do not (not, do not)

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - (strengthens the prohibition) (indeed, certainly (used with present tense to indicate past action, or with prohibitive to strengthen it))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'mā' and an aorist (or augmentless imperfect) to form a strong prohibition. Here, it precedes an imperative verb.

विनाशय (vināśaya) - do not destroy (prohibitive) (destroy, cause to perish)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √naś

Causative Imperative Active

Causative stem: nāśaya. Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, parasmaipada. Preceded by prefix vi- (वि).

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati (the creator deity) (lord of creatures, Prajāpati (a creator deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, progenitor, a creator deity (Prajāpati)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pati)

• prajā – offspring, progeny, creatures, people
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings (creatures, beings, people)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, creatures, people

Note: Object of 'sṛṣṭvā' and 'saṃharate'.

सृष्ट्वा (sṛṣṭvā) - having created (having created, having emitted)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root sṛj (सृज्) of class 6. Absolutive (suffix -tvā). Retroflexion of sibilant and cerebralization of j to ṣṭ.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the way that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile or comparison.

संहरते (saṁharate) - destroys (destroys, gathers, draws back, withdraws)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √hṛ

Present Middle

Root hṛ (हृ) of class 1. Present tense, 3rd person singular, ātmanepada. Preceded by prefix sam- (सम्).

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so (it is) (so, thus, accordingly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with 'yathā'.