महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-38

अस्मत्परोक्षं कर्माणि प्रवदन्ति कृतानि ते ।
स्वामिसत्कारयुक्तानि यानि तानीह दर्शय ॥३८॥

38. asmatparokṣaṁ karmāṇi pravadanti kṛtāni te ,
svāmisatkārayuktāni yāni tānīha darśaya.

38. asmat parokṣam karmāṇi pravadanti kṛtāni te
svāmi satkāra yuktāni yāni tāni iha darśaya

38. te kṛtāni yāni karmāṇi asmat parokṣam (janam prati) pravadanti,
(tāni ca) svāmisatkārayuktāni tāni iha darśaya

38. They speak of actions you performed in our absence. Now, demonstrate here those actions which were endowed with respect for your master.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मत् (asmat) - in our absence (contextually modifying 'parokṣam') (from us, than us)

• परोक्षम् (parokṣam) - in our absence (out of sight, in absence, unseen)

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, works, duties (karma)

• प्रवदन्ति (pravadanti) - they speak, they proclaim, they declare

• कृतानि (kṛtāni) - done, made, performed

• ते (te) - by you (agent of 'kṛtāni') (by you, your, to you)

• स्वामिसत्कारयुक्तानि (svāmisatkārayuktāni) - endowed with honor for the master, connected with master's respect

• यानि (yāni) - which (plural neuter)

• तानि (tāni) - those (plural neuter)

• इह (iha) - here, in this place, now

• दर्शय (darśaya) - show, display, demonstrate

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मत् (asmat) - in our absence (contextually modifying 'parokṣam') (from us, than us)

(pronoun)

Ablative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me, us

परोक्षम् (parokṣam) - in our absence (out of sight, in absence, unseen)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (para+akṣa)

• para – other, distant, beyond
  indeclinable
• akṣa – eye, sense organ
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter of an adjective).

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, works, duties (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can also be accusative plural neuter.

प्रवदन्ति (pravadanti) - they speak, they proclaim, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pravad

Prefix: pra

Root: vad (class 1)

कृतानि (kṛtāni) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do) + suffix -ta

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can also be accusative plural neuter.

ते (te) - by you (agent of 'kṛtāni') (by you, your, to you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be dative/genitive singular.

स्वामिसत्कारयुक्तानि (svāmisatkārayuktāni) - endowed with honor for the master, connected with master's respect

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of svāmisatkārayukta

svāmisatkārayukta - endowed with honor for the master, connected with master's respect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svāmin+satkāra+yukta)

• svāmin – master, lord, owner
  noun (masculine)
• satkāra – honor, respect, hospitality, good treatment
  noun (masculine)
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root yuj (to join) + suffix -ta
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Can also be accusative plural neuter.

यानि (yāni) - which (plural neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, what, whatever (relative pronoun)

Note: Can also be accusative plural neuter.

तानि (tāni) - those (plural neuter)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Can also be nominative plural neuter.

इह (iha) - here, in this place, now

(indeclinable)

दर्शय (darśaya) - show, display, demonstrate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of darśay

Causative

Causative stem of root dṛś, class 1

Root: dṛś (class 1)

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