महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-28, verse-24

एका मूर्तिस्तपश्चर्यां कुरुते मे भुवि स्थिता ।
अपरा पश्यति जगत्कुर्वाणं साध्वसाधुनी ॥२४॥

24. ekā mūrtistapaścaryāṁ kurute me bhuvi sthitā ,
aparā paśyati jagatkurvāṇaṁ sādhvasādhunī.

24. ekā mūrtiḥ tapaścaryām kurute me bhuvi sthitā
| aparā paśyati jagat kurvāṇam sādhvasādhunī

24. me ekā mūrtiḥ bhuvi sthitā tapaścaryām kurute
aparā jagat sādhvasādhunī kurvāṇam paśyati

24. One of my forms (mūrti), established on earth, performs ascetic practices (tapas). Another form observes the world engaging in both good and bad actions.

Words meanings summery:

• एका (ekā) - one, a single

• मूर्तिः (mūrtiḥ) - form (mūrti) (form, embodiment, idol)

• तपश्चर्याम् (tapaścaryām) - ascetic practices (tapas) (ascetic practice, penance, austerity)

• कुरुते (kurute) - performs, does, makes

• मे (me) - my, of me, to me

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

• स्थिता (sthitā) - situated, standing, established

• अपरा (aparā) - another, other

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, observes

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - doing, performing, making

• साध्वसाधुनी (sādhvasādhunī) - good and bad, righteous and unrighteous

Words meanings and morphology

एका (ekā) - one, a single

(pronoun/numeral)

मूर्तिः (mūrtiḥ) - form (mūrti) (form, embodiment, idol)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mūrti

mūrti - form, body, embodiment, idol, image

तपश्चर्याम् (tapaścaryām) - ascetic practices (tapas) (ascetic practice, penance, austerity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tapaścaryā

tapaścaryā - performance of austerities, asceticism

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+caryā)

• tapas – heat, asceticism, penance, austerity
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• caryā – conduct, practice, performance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: car (class 1)

कुरुते (kurute) - performs, does, makes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मे (me) - my, of me, to me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, place

स्थिता (sthitā) - situated, standing, established

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

अपरा (aparā) - another, other

(adjective/pronoun)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present stem is paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - doing, performing, making

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - doing, making, performing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

साध्वसाधुनी (sādhvasādhunī) - good and bad, righteous and unrighteous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, dual of sādhvasādhu

sādhvasādhu - good and evil, right and wrong

Compound type : dvandva (sādhu+asādhu)

• sādhu – good, virtuous, righteous, proper
  adjective/noun (masculine)
• asādhu – bad, unvirtuous, unrighteous, improper
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Negation of sādhu
  Prefix: a

Note: Refers to actions or things that are good and bad.

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