महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-8, chapter-30, verse-68
क्षत्रियस्य मलं भैक्षं ब्राह्मणस्यानृतं मलम् ।
मलं पृथिव्या बाह्लीकाः स्त्रीणां मद्रस्त्रियो मलम् ॥६८॥
मलं पृथिव्या बाह्लीकाः स्त्रीणां मद्रस्त्रियो मलम् ॥६८॥
68. kṣatriyasya malaṁ bhaikṣaṁ brāhmaṇasyānṛtaṁ malam ,
malaṁ pṛthivyā bāhlīkāḥ strīṇāṁ madrastriyo malam.
malaṁ pṛthivyā bāhlīkāḥ strīṇāṁ madrastriyo malam.
68.
kṣatriyasya malam bhaikṣam brāhmaṇasya anṛtam malam
malam pṛthivyā bāhlīkāḥ strīṇām madrastriyaḥ malam
malam pṛthivyā bāhlīkāḥ strīṇām madrastriyaḥ malam
68.
kṣatriyasya bhaikṣam malam brāhmaṇasya anṛtam malam
pṛthivyā bāhlīkāḥ malam strīṇām madrastriyaḥ malam
pṛthivyā bāhlīkāḥ malam strīṇām madrastriyaḥ malam
68.
For a kṣatriya, begging is an impurity; for a brāhmaṇa, falsehood is an impurity. The Bāhlīkas are considered the impurity of the earth, and Madra women are the impurity among women.
Words meanings summery:
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- क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a kshatriya, of a warrior
- मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt, stain, sin
- भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - begging, alms, food obtained by begging
- ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brahmin, of a priest
- अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood, lie
- मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt, stain, sin
- मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt, stain, sin
- पृथिव्या (pṛthivyā) - of the earth, of the land
- बाह्लीकाः (bāhlīkāḥ) - the Bāhlīkas (people from Bactria, a region northwest of ancient India)
- स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women
- मद्रस्त्रियः (madrastriyaḥ) - Madra women, women from the Madra region
- मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt, stain, sin
Words meanings and morphology
क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a kshatriya, of a warrior
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣatriya
kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class, a kshatriya
मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt, stain, sin
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mala
mala - dirt, filth, impurity, stain, sin
भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - begging, alms, food obtained by begging
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaikṣa
bhaikṣa - begging, alms, food obtained by begging
ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brahmin, of a priest
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, a member of the priestly class
अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood, lie
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta
anṛta - untrue, false; untruth, falsehood, lie
मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt, stain, sin
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mala
mala - dirt, filth, impurity, stain, sin
मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt, stain, sin
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mala
mala - dirt, filth, impurity, stain, sin
पृथिव्या (pṛthivyā) - of the earth, of the land
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of pṛthivī
pṛthivī - the earth, land, ground
बाह्लीकाः (bāhlīkāḥ) - the Bāhlīkas (people from Bactria, a region northwest of ancient India)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhlīka
bāhlīka - a person from Bāhlīka (Bactria), a Bactrian
स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of strī
strī - woman, female
मद्रस्त्रियः (madrastriyaḥ) - Madra women, women from the Madra region
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of madrastrī
madrastrī - a woman from Madra, a Madra woman
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madra+strī)
- madra – Madra (name of a country and its people)
proper noun (masculine) - strī – woman, female
noun (feminine)
मलम् (malam) - impurity, dirt, stain, sin
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mala
mala - dirt, filth, impurity, stain, sin