महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-92, verse-9

दृष्ट्वा हि क्षत्रियाञ्शूराञ्शयानान्धरणीतले ।
निन्दामि भृशमात्मानं धिगस्तु क्षत्रजीविकाम् ॥९॥

9. dṛṣṭvā hi kṣatriyāñśūrāñśayānāndharaṇītale ,
nindāmi bhṛśamātmānaṁ dhigastu kṣatrajīvikām.

9. dṛṣṭvā hi kṣatriyān śūrān śayānān dharaṇītale
nindāmi bhṛśam ātmānam dhik astu kṣatrajīvikām

9. hi kṣatriyān śūrān dharaṇītale śayānān dṛṣṭvā
bhṛśam ātmānam nindāmi kṣatrajīvikām dhik astu

9. Indeed, having seen brave warriors lying on the ground, I intensely blame myself (ātman). Shame upon the life of a warrior (kṣatra-jīvika)!

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• क्षत्रियान् (kṣatriyān) - warriors, of the kṣatriya class

• शूरान् (śūrān) - brave, heroic ones

• शयानान् (śayānān) - lying down, sleeping

• धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

• निन्दामि (nindāmi) - I blame, I condemn

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, exceedingly

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself (myself, the self)

• धिक् (dhik) - shame upon (fie, shame, alas, woe to)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• क्षत्रजीविकाम् (kṣatrajīvikām) - warrior's livelihood, life of a kṣatriya

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root dṛś with suffix tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

particle

क्षत्रियान् (kṣatriyān) - warriors, of the kṣatriya class

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, a member of the kṣatriya social class, a king

शूरान् (śūrān) - brave, heroic ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, heroic, a hero

शयानान् (śayānān) - lying down, sleeping

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śayāna

śayāna - lying, sleeping, reposing

present active participle

Present participle of śī (to lie down), with suffix śānac

Root: śī (class 2)

धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dharaṇītala

dharaṇītala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharaṇī+tala)

• dharaṇī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, ground, base
  noun (neuter)

निन्दामि (nindāmi) - I blame, I condemn

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nind

present active indicative

Root: nind (class 1)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, exceedingly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself (myself, the self)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego, mind

Root: an (class 2)

धिक् (dhik) - shame upon (fie, shame, alas, woe to)

(indeclinable)

interjection

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

imperative

Root: as (class 2)

क्षत्रजीविकाम् (kṣatrajīvikām) - warrior's livelihood, life of a kṣatriya

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṣatrajīvikā

kṣatrajīvikā - livelihood of a kṣatriya, warrior's profession

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣatra+jīvikā)

• kṣatra – warrior class, dominion, power
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 6)
• jīvikā – livelihood, subsistence, profession
  noun (feminine)
  From root jīv (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Governed by dhik.

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