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5,44

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-3

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
अव्यक्तविद्यामिति यत्सनातनीं ब्रवीषि त्वं ब्रह्मचर्येण सिद्धाम् ।
अनारभ्या वसतीहार्य काले कथं ब्राह्मण्यममृतत्वं लभेत ॥३॥
3. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
avyaktavidyāmiti yatsanātanīṁ; bravīṣi tvaṁ brahmacaryeṇa siddhām ,
anārabhyā vasatīhārya kāle; kathaṁ brāhmaṇyamamṛtatvaṁ labheta.
3. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca avyaktavidyām iti yat
sanātanīm bravīṣi tvam brahmacaryeṇa
siddhām anārabhya vasati iha ahārya
kāle katham brāhmaṇyam amṛtatvam labheta
3. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: 'You state that this "knowledge of the unmanifest" is eternal and perfected through spiritual discipline (brahmacarya). If it dwells here without beginning (anārabhya) and is not to be acquired by effort (ahārya), how then can the state of a brāhmaṇa (brāhmaṇya) and immortality (amṛtatva) be attained?'

Words meanings summery:

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  • धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra
  • उवाच (uvāca) - Said, spoke.
  • अव्यक्तविद्याम् (avyaktavidyām) - Knowledge of the unmanifest.
  • इति (iti) - Thus, so, (marker of direct speech or thought).
  • यत् (yat) - Which, what (relative pronoun).
  • सनातनीम् (sanātanīm) - Eternal, everlasting (feminine).
  • ब्रवीषि (bravīṣi) - You say, speak.
  • त्वम् (tvam) - You (singular).
  • ब्रह्मचर्येण (brahmacaryeṇa) - By spiritual discipline, by celibacy.
  • सिद्धाम् (siddhām) - Perfected, accomplished (feminine).
  • अनारभ्य (anārabhya) - Without beginning, without being undertaken, without effort.
  • वसति (vasati) - Dwells, resides.
  • इह (iha) - Here, in this world.
  • अहार्य (ahārya) - Not to be taken away, inalienable, not to be acquired by effort.
  • काले (kāle) - In time.
  • कथम् (katham) - How?
  • ब्राह्मण्यम् (brāhmaṇyam) - The state of a brāhmaṇa, Brahmanhood.
  • अमृतत्वम् (amṛtatvam) - Immortality, deathlessness.
  • लभेत (labheta) - Might attain, should attain.

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra
dhṛtarāṣṭra - Name of the king of Hastinapura, father of the Kauravas.
Compound of dhṛta (held) and rāṣṭra (kingdom).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhṛta+rāṣṭra)
  • dhṛta – Held, supported, borne.
    participle
    Past Passive Participle
    From root dhṛ (to hold) + kta suffix.
    Root: dhṛ (class 1)
  • rāṣṭra – Kingdom, realm, country.
    noun (neuter)
उवाच (uvāca) - Said, spoke.
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
अव्यक्तविद्याम् (avyaktavidyām) - Knowledge of the unmanifest.
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of avyaktavidyā
avyaktavidyā - Knowledge of the unmanifest (avyakta).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avyakta+vidyā)
  • avyakta – Unmanifest, unexpressed, imperceptible.
    adjective
    From a (negation) + vyakta (manifest).
    Prefix: a
  • vidyā – Knowledge, learning, science, wisdom.
    noun (feminine)
    Root: vid (class 4)
इति (iti) - Thus, so, (marker of direct speech or thought).
(indeclinable)
यत् (yat) - Which, what (relative pronoun).
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - Which, what, that (relative pronoun).
सनातनीम् (sanātanīm) - Eternal, everlasting (feminine).
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sanātanī
sanātanī - Eternal, perpetual, ancient.
Feminine form of sanātana.
ब्रवीषि (bravīṣi) - You say, speak.
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū
Root: brū (class 2)
त्वम् (tvam) - You (singular).
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - You (second person pronoun).
ब्रह्मचर्येण (brahmacaryeṇa) - By spiritual discipline, by celibacy.
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of brahmacarya
brahmacarya - Spiritual discipline, studentship, celibacy, conduct leading to Brahman.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+carya)
  • brahman – Brahman, sacred knowledge, Veda.
    noun (neuter)
  • carya – To be practised, to be performed, conduct.
    gerundive
    Gerundive
    From root car (to move, to practice) + ṇyat suffix.
    Root: car (class 1)
सिद्धाम् (siddhām) - Perfected, accomplished (feminine).
(participle)
Accusative, feminine, singular of siddha
siddha - Accomplished, perfected, successful, proven.
Past Passive Participle
From root sidh (to accomplish, succeed) + kta suffix.
Root: sidh (class 1)
अनारभ्य (anārabhya) - Without beginning, without being undertaken, without effort.
(indeclinable)
Gerund
From a (negation) + ā (prefix) + rabh (to begin) + lyap suffix.
Prefixes: an+ā
Root: rabh (class 1)
वसति (vasati) - Dwells, resides.
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vas
Root: vas (class 1)
इह (iha) - Here, in this world.
(indeclinable)
अहार्य (ahārya) - Not to be taken away, inalienable, not to be acquired by effort.
(gerundive)
काले (kāle) - In time.
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - Time, season, period.
कथम् (katham) - How?
(indeclinable)
ब्राह्मण्यम् (brāhmaṇyam) - The state of a brāhmaṇa, Brahmanhood.
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brāhmaṇya
brāhmaṇya - The state, office, or dignity of a brāhmaṇa; Brahmanhood.
Derived from brāhmaṇa + ya suffix (forming abstract noun).
अमृतत्वम् (amṛtatvam) - Immortality, deathlessness.
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛtatva
amṛtatva - Immortality, deathlessness, imperishableness.
Derived from amṛta (immortal) + tva suffix (forming abstract noun).
लभेत (labheta) - Might attain, should attain.
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of labh
Root: labh (class 1)