महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-5, chapter-62, verse-25
अचक्षुर्लभते चक्षुर्वृद्धो भवति वै युवा ।
इति ते कथयन्ति स्म ब्राह्मणा जम्भसाधकाः ॥२५॥
इति ते कथयन्ति स्म ब्राह्मणा जम्भसाधकाः ॥२५॥
25. acakṣurlabhate cakṣurvṛddho bhavati vai yuvā ,
iti te kathayanti sma brāhmaṇā jambhasādhakāḥ.
iti te kathayanti sma brāhmaṇā jambhasādhakāḥ.
25.
acakṣuḥ labhate cakṣuḥ vṛddhaḥ bhavati vai yuvā
iti te kathayanti sma brāhmaṇāḥ jambhasādhakāḥ
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)