महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
-
book-5, chapter-70, verse-38
अह्रीको वा विमूढो वा नैव स्त्री न पुनः पुमान् ।
नास्याधिकारो धर्मेऽस्ति यथा शूद्रस्तथैव सः ॥३८॥
नास्याधिकारो धर्मेऽस्ति यथा शूद्रस्तथैव सः ॥३८॥
38. ahrīko vā vimūḍho vā naiva strī na punaḥ pumān ,
nāsyādhikāro dharme'sti yathā śūdrastathaiva saḥ.
nāsyādhikāro dharme'sti yathā śūdrastathaiva saḥ.
38.
ahrīkaḥ vā vimūḍhaḥ vā na eva strī na punar pumān na
asya adhikāraḥ dharme asti yathā śūdraḥ tathā eva saḥ
asya adhikāraḥ dharme asti yathā śūdraḥ tathā eva saḥ
38.
A person who is shameless (ahrīka) or utterly deluded is neither truly a woman nor truly a man. He has no authority regarding natural law (dharma), just as a śūdra does not; indeed, he is like that.
Words meanings summery:
(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)
- अह्रीकः (ahrīkaḥ) - shameless (ahrīka) (shameless; immodest; without reverence)
- वा (vā) - or; either...or
- विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - utterly deluded; bewildered; foolish
- वा (vā) - or; either...or
- न (na) - not; no
- एव (eva) - only; alone; indeed; certainly
- स्त्री (strī) - woman; female
- न (na) - not; no
- पुनर् (punar) - again; moreover
- पुमान् (pumān) - man; male; human being
- न (na) - not; no
- अस्य (asya) - his; of this; to him
- अधिकारः (adhikāraḥ) - right; authority; privilege; title
- धर्मे (dharme) - regarding natural law (dharma) (in natural law; in duty; in righteousness)
- अस्ति (asti) - is; exists
- यथा (yathā) - just as; as; according to
- शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a śūdra (a Śūdra (member of the fourth social class))
- तथा (tathā) - thus; so; in that way
- एव (eva) - only; alone; indeed; certainly
- सः (saḥ) - he; that
Words meanings and morphology
अह्रीकः (ahrīkaḥ) - shameless (ahrīka) (shameless; immodest; without reverence)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ahrīka
ahrīka - shameless; immodest; without modesty (hrī)
Derived from a Nañ compound (a + hrī + ka)
Compound type : nañ-bahuvrihi (a+hrī+ka)
- a – not; un-
indeclinable - hrī – modesty; shame
noun (feminine) - ka – related to; pertaining to
suffix
suffix for forming adjectives
वा (vā) - or; either...or
(indeclinable)
विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - utterly deluded; bewildered; foolish
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vimūḍha
vimūḍha - utterly bewildered; deluded; foolish
Past Passive Participle
Prefix: vi
Root: muh (class 4)
वा (vā) - or; either...or
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not; no
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - only; alone; indeed; certainly
(indeclinable)
स्त्री (strī) - woman; female
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of strī
strī - woman; female
न (na) - not; no
(indeclinable)
पुनर् (punar) - again; moreover
(indeclinable)
पुमान् (pumān) - man; male; human being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of puman
puman - man; male; human being; a male person
न (na) - not; no
(indeclinable)
अस्य (asya) - his; of this; to him
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this; he; she; it
अधिकारः (adhikāraḥ) - right; authority; privilege; title
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of adhikāra
adhikāra - right; authority; jurisdiction; privilege; title
Derived from 'adhi-kṛ' ('to appoint', 'to authorize') with agent suffix 'a'.
Prefix: adhi
Root: kṛ (class 8)
धर्मे (dharme) - regarding natural law (dharma) (in natural law; in duty; in righteousness)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law (dharma); duty; righteousness; constitution; intrinsic nature
अस्ति (asti) - is; exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
यथा (yathā) - just as; as; according to
(indeclinable)
शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a śūdra (a Śūdra (member of the fourth social class))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śūdra
śūdra - a member of the fourth traditional social class (śūdra)
तथा (tathā) - thus; so; in that way
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - only; alone; indeed; certainly
(indeclinable)
सः (saḥ) - he; that
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that; he; she; it