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5,39

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-23

ज्ञातयस्तारयन्तीह ज्ञातयो मज्जयन्ति च ।
सुवृत्तास्तारयन्तीह दुर्वृत्ता मज्जयन्ति च ॥२३॥
23. jñātayastārayantīha jñātayo majjayanti ca ,
suvṛttāstārayantīha durvṛttā majjayanti ca.
23. jñātayaḥ tārayanti iha jñātayaḥ majjayanti ca
suvṛttāḥ tārayanti iha durvṛttāḥ majjayanti ca
23. Relatives can uplift (save) a person, and relatives can also ruin (drown) a person. Those who are well-behaved among them uplift, and those who are ill-behaved ruin.

Words meanings summery:

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  • ज्ञातयः (jñātayaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen
  • तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they cause to cross, they save, they uplift
  • इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter
  • ज्ञातयः (jñātayaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen
  • मज्जयन्ति (majjayanti) - they cause to sink, they drown, they ruin
  • (ca) - and
  • सुवृत्ताः (suvṛttāḥ) - well-behaved ones, virtuous ones
  • तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they cause to cross, they save, they uplift
  • इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter
  • दुर्वृत्ताः (durvṛttāḥ) - ill-behaved ones, wicked ones
  • मज्जयन्ति (majjayanti) - they cause to sink, they drown, they ruin
  • (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञातयः (jñātayaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jñāti
jñāti - relative, kinsman, clan, community
तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they cause to cross, they save, they uplift
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of tārayati
Causative
Causative form of root tṛ (to cross)
Root: tṛ (class 1)
इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter
(indeclinable)
ज्ञातयः (jñātayaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jñāti
jñāti - relative, kinsman, clan, community
मज्जयन्ति (majjayanti) - they cause to sink, they drown, they ruin
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of majjayati
Causative
Causative form of root majj (to sink)
Root: majj (class 6)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
सुवृत्ताः (suvṛttāḥ) - well-behaved ones, virtuous ones
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of suvṛtta
suvṛtta - well-behaved, virtuous, of good conduct
Compound type : praādi-tatpuruṣa (su+vṛtta)
  • su – good, well, excellent
    indeclinable
  • vṛtta – conducted, behaved, occurred, gone, passed
    adjective (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    root vṛt + ta suffix
    Root: vṛt (class 1)
तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they cause to cross, they save, they uplift
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of tārayati
Causative
Causative form of root tṛ (to cross)
Root: tṛ (class 1)
इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter
(indeclinable)
दुर्वृत्ताः (durvṛttāḥ) - ill-behaved ones, wicked ones
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of durvṛtta
durvṛtta - ill-behaved, wicked, of bad conduct
Compound type : praādi-tatpuruṣa (dur+vṛtta)
  • dur – bad, difficult, ill
    indeclinable
  • vṛtta – conducted, behaved, occurred, gone, passed
    adjective (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    root vṛt + ta suffix
    Root: vṛt (class 1)
मज्जयन्ति (majjayanti) - they cause to sink, they drown, they ruin
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of majjayati
Causative
Causative form of root majj (to sink)
Root: majj (class 6)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)