महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-159, verse-9

जघन्यकालमप्येतद्भवेद्यत्सर्वपार्थिवान् ।
निर्दहेयमहं क्रोधात्तृणानीव हुताशनः ॥९॥

9. jaghanyakālamapyetadbhavedyatsarvapārthivān ,
nirdaheyamahaṁ krodhāttṛṇānīva hutāśanaḥ.

9. jaghanya-kālam api etat bhavet yat sarva-pārthivān
nirdaheyam aham krodhāt tṛṇāni iva hutāśanaḥ

9. api etat jaghanya-kālam bhavet yat aham krodhāt
hutāśanaḥ tṛṇāni iva sarva-pārthivān nirdaheyam

9. Even if this were the worst of times, I would burn down all the kings out of anger, just as fire (hutāśana) burns grass.

9. גם אם יגיע הזמן הגרוע ביותר, הייתי יכול לשרוף ברוגזי את כל המלכים כשם שאש מכלה קש.

Words meanings summery:

• जघन्य-कालम् (jaghanya-kālam) - the worst time, the last time

• अपि (api) - even, also

• एतत् (etat) - this

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be, it may be

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause)

• सर्व-पार्थिवान् (sarva-pārthivān) - all kings

• निर्दहेयम् (nirdaheyam) - I would burn down, I would consume completely

• अहम् (aham) - I

• क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - from anger, out of anger

• तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - grass (plural)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire (hutāśana), god of fire

Words meanings and morphology

जघन्य-कालम् (jaghanya-kālam) - the worst time, the last time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jaghanya-kāla

jaghanya-kāla - the worst time, the last moment, the lowest time

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jaghanya+kāla)

• jaghanya – last, hindmost, lowest, worst, vile
  adjective (neuter)
• kāla – time, season, death
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial accusative, 'at the worst time'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be, it may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

सर्व-पार्थिवान् (sarva-pārthivān) - all kings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva-pārthiva

sarva-pārthiva - all kings

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+pārthiva)

• sarva – all, every, entire
  adjective (masculine)
• pārthiva – king, prince, ruler (lit. 'lord of earth')
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'nirdaheyam'.

निर्दहेयम् (nirdaheyam) - I would burn down, I would consume completely

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of nir-dah

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: The prefix 'nir' intensifies the action of burning.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'nirdaheyam'.

क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - from anger, out of anger

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, fury

derived from root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Indicates cause or origin.

तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - grass (plural)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw, a blade of grass

Note: Object of implied verb in comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire (hutāśana), god of fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, god of fire (lit. 'eater of oblations')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa or bahuvrīhi (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, poured (as oblation)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root hu (to offer, sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, eater
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Used as the subject of comparison.

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