महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-38, verse-17

गिरिपृष्ठमुपारुह्य प्रासादं वा रहोगतः ।
अरण्ये निःशलाके वा तत्र मन्त्रो विधीयते ॥१७॥

17. giripṛṣṭhamupāruhya prāsādaṁ vā rahogataḥ ,
araṇye niḥśalāke vā tatra mantro vidhīyate.

17. giripṛṣṭham upāruhya prāsādam vā rahogataḥ
araṇye niḥśalāke vā tatra mantraḥ vidhīyate

17. Counsel (mantra) should be deliberated either after ascending a mountain peak, or in a secluded palace, or in a forest that is free from obstructions.

17. יש לקיים את ההיוועצות הסודית לאחר שעולים על פסגת הר או על ארמון, או כשהולכים למקום נסתר, או ביער שאין בו ציפורים מדברות.

Words meanings summery:

• गिरिपृष्ठम् (giripṛṣṭham) - mountain top, peak, summit of a mountain

• उपारुह्य (upāruhya) - having climbed, having ascended

• प्रासादम् (prāsādam) - palace, mansion, temple

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• रहोगतः (rahogataḥ) - having gone to a solitary place, secluded, being in solitude

• अरण्ये (araṇye) - in a forest, in a wilderness

• निःशलाके (niḥśalāke) - free from obstructions, secure, uninhabited

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel, secret deliberation or plan (counsel, deliberation, secret plan, sacred utterance (mantra))

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is made, should be deliberated, is laid down

Words meanings and morphology

गिरिपृष्ठम् (giripṛṣṭham) - mountain top, peak, summit of a mountain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of giripṛṣṭha

giripṛṣṭha - mountain top, peak, summit of a mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+pṛṣṭha)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top, summit
  noun (neuter)

उपारुह्य (upāruhya) - having climbed, having ascended

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) formed from the root 'ruh' (to climb) with prefixes 'upa-' and 'ā-'.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

प्रासादम् (prāsādam) - palace, mansion, temple

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāsāda

prāsāda - palace, mansion, temple

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

रहोगतः (rahogataḥ) - having gone to a solitary place, secluded, being in solitude

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rahogata

rahogata - gone to a solitary place, secluded, being in solitude

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rahas+gata)

• rahas – solitude, privacy, secrecy
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

अरण्ये (araṇye) - in a forest, in a wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, uninhabited place

निःशलाके (niḥśalāke) - free from obstructions, secure, uninhabited

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of niḥśalāka

niḥśalāka - free from stakes/arrows/obstacles, secure, uninhabited

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+śalāka)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• śalāka – stake, dart, arrow, splinter, obstacle
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees in case, gender, and number with 'araṇye'.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel, secret deliberation or plan (counsel, deliberation, secret plan, sacred utterance (mantra))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - counsel, deliberation, secret plan, sacred utterance, spell (mantra)

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is made, should be deliberated, is laid down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vidhīyate

Passive present indicative form of the root 'dhā' with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

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