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5,174

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-174, verse-5

अलं प्रव्रजितेनेह भद्रे शृणु हितं वचः ।
इतो गच्छस्व भद्रं ते पितुरेव निवेशनम् ॥५॥
5. alaṁ pravrajiteneha bhadre śṛṇu hitaṁ vacaḥ ,
ito gacchasva bhadraṁ te pitureva niveśanam.
5. alam pravrajitena iha bhadre śṛṇu hitam vacaḥ
itaḥ gacchasva bhadram te pituḥ eva niveśanam
5. bhadre iha pravrajitena alam hitam vacaḥ śṛṇu
itaḥ pituḥ eva niveśanam gacchasva te bhadram
5. O gentle lady, enough with this life of a renunciant (pravrajyā) here. Listen to this beneficial advice: Go from here to your father's own home; may good fortune be with you.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अलम् (alam) - enough with (enough, sufficient, capable of, prohibitory particle)
  • प्रव्रजितेन (pravrajitena) - by this state of renunciation (by the renunciant, by one who has renounced)
  • इह (iha) - in this situation (here, in this world, in this case)
  • भद्रे (bhadre) - O gentle lady (O gentle one, O auspicious one, O good lady)
  • शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)
  • हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (beneficial, advantageous, good)
  • वचः (vacaḥ) - advice (word, speech, saying)
  • इतः (itaḥ) - from here (from here, hence, from this)
  • गच्छस्व (gacchasva) - go (go, proceed)
  • भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune (good fortune, welfare, well-being)
  • ते (te) - for you (to you, for you, your)
  • पितुः (pituḥ) - father's (of the father, from the father)
  • एव (eva) - own, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)
  • निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - dwelling, home (dwelling, abode, home, entering)

Words meanings and morphology

अलम् (alam) - enough with (enough, sufficient, capable of, prohibitory particle)
(indeclinable)
प्रव्रजितेन (pravrajitena) - by this state of renunciation (by the renunciant, by one who has renounced)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of pravrajita
pravrajita - one who has gone forth, renunciant, ascetic, mendicant
Past Passive Participle
From pra-√vraj (to go forth, depart)
Prefix: pra
Root: vraj (class 1)
Note: Governed by 'alam'.
इह (iha) - in this situation (here, in this world, in this case)
(indeclinable)
भद्रे (bhadre) - O gentle lady (O gentle one, O auspicious one, O good lady)
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā
bhadrā - gentle, auspicious, good, fair, gracious
Feminine form of bhadra
शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru
From √śru, 5th class verb.
Root: śru (class 5)
हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (beneficial, advantageous, good)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of hita
hita - beneficial, good, suitable, placed, established
Past Passive Participle
From √dhā, with prefix 'hi' (from *dha-ita > hita)
Root: dhā (class 3)
वचः (vacaḥ) - advice (word, speech, saying)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas
vacas - word, speech, saying, advice
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: Object of 'śṛṇu'.
इतः (itaḥ) - from here (from here, hence, from this)
(indeclinable)
Suffix -tas added to idam
गच्छस्व (gacchasva) - go (go, proceed)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of gam
From √gam, 1st class verb (gacchati)
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Middle voice, implying 'go for yourself' or 'go well'.
भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune (good fortune, welfare, well-being)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra
bhadra - auspicious, good, fortunate, welfare, well-being
ते (te) - for you (to you, for you, your)
(pronoun)
Dative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Oblique stem of 'you' (tvam/yuṣmad)
Note: In this context, dative 'for you' fits better with 'bhadram'.
पितुः (pituḥ) - father's (of the father, from the father)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ
pitṛ - father
Note: Qualifies 'niveśanam'.
एव (eva) - own, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)
(indeclinable)
निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - dwelling, home (dwelling, abode, home, entering)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of niveśana
niveśana - dwelling, abode, home, settlement, entering, causing to enter
From ni-√viś (to enter, settle)
Prefix: ni
Root: viś (class 6)
Note: Object of 'gacchasva'.