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5,62

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-62, verse-25

अचक्षुर्लभते चक्षुर्वृद्धो भवति वै युवा ।
इति ते कथयन्ति स्म ब्राह्मणा जम्भसाधकाः ॥२५॥
25. acakṣurlabhate cakṣurvṛddho bhavati vai yuvā ,
iti te kathayanti sma brāhmaṇā jambhasādhakāḥ.
25. acakṣuḥ labhate cakṣuḥ vṛddhaḥ bhavati vai yuvā
iti te kathayanti sma brāhmaṇāḥ jambhasādhakāḥ
25. A blind person gains sight, and an old person certainly becomes young. Thus they, the Brahmins who were practitioners of Jambha, used to narrate.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अचक्षुः (acakṣuḥ) - blind person, one without eyes
  • लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains, receives
  • चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - sight, eye
  • वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - old person, aged
  • भवति (bhavati) - becomes, happens, is
  • वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely
  • युवा (yuvā) - young, a youth
  • इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner
  • ते (te) - they
  • कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - they narrate, they tell
  • स्म (sma) - (with present verb) used to, indeed
  • ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins
  • जम्भसाधकाः (jambhasādhakāḥ) - practitioners of Jambha, achievers of Jambha

Words meanings and morphology

अचक्षुः (acakṣuḥ) - blind person, one without eyes
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of acakṣus
acakṣus - blind, without eyes, a blind person
Negating prefix 'a-' + 'cakṣus' (eye)
Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+cakṣus)
  • a – not, un-, without
    indeclinable
    negating prefix
  • cakṣus – eye, sight
    noun (neuter)
Note: subject of labhate
लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains, receives
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh
Present Middle
From root labh (class 1)
Root: labh (class 1)
चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - sight, eye
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of cakṣus
cakṣus - eye, sight, vision
Note: object of labhate
वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - old person, aged
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddha
vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased, an old man
Past Passive Participle
from root vṛdh (to grow)
Root: vṛdh (class 1)
Note: subject of bhavati
भवति (bhavati) - becomes, happens, is
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū
Present Active
From root bhū (class 1)
Root: bhū (class 1)
वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely
(indeclinable)
युवा (yuvā) - young, a youth
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yuvan
yuvan - young, a youth, young man
n-stem noun/adjective
इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner
(indeclinable)
ते (te) - they
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - they narrate, they tell
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kathaya
Present Active
Causative stem from root kath or kṛt (class 10, or kath is considered a denominal verb)
Root: kath (class 10)
स्म (sma) - (with present verb) used to, indeed
(indeclinable)
ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, belonging to Brahman, learned in Vedas
Note: in apposition to te
जम्भसाधकाः (jambhasādhakāḥ) - practitioners of Jambha, achievers of Jambha
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jambhasādhaka
jambhasādhaka - one who accomplishes/practices Jambha
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jambha+sādhaka)
  • jambha – a demon's name; devouring; a type of mystical accomplishment or lore
    proper noun (masculine)
  • sādhaka – accomplisher, performer, practitioner
    noun (masculine)
    from root sādh (to accomplish) + aka suffix
    Root: sādh (class 5)