महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-4, verse-25

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सुनीतमनुपश्यामि सुयुद्धेन परंतप ।
नायं क्लीबयितुं कालः संयोद्धुं काल एव नः ॥२५॥

25. sunītamanupaśyāmi suyuddhena paraṁtapa ,
nāyaṁ klībayituṁ kālaḥ saṁyoddhuṁ kāla eva naḥ.

25. sunītam anupaśyāmi suyuddhena paraṃtapa na
ayam klībayitum kālaḥ saṃyoddhum kālaḥ eva naḥ

25. paraṃtapa! suyuddhena sunītam anupaśyāmi ayam
klībayitum kālaḥ na naḥ saṃyoddhum kālaḥ eva

25. O scorcher of foes, I perceive a righteous battle as the proper policy. This is not the time to be weak; rather, it is indeed our time to fight.

Words meanings summery:

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सुनीतम् (sunītam) - good policy, well-conducted, righteous conduct

अनुपश्यामि (anupaśyāmi) - I see, I perceive, I consider, I regard

सुयुद्धेन (suyuddhena) - by a good fight, by a righteous battle

परंतप (paraṁtapa) - An epithet often used for heroes like Arjuna or Yudhishthira, indicating great prowess in battle. (O scorcher of foes! O tormentor of enemies!)

न (na) - not, no

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

क्लीबयितुम् (klībayitum) - to act like a eunuch, to show weakness, to become impotent

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, season, proper time

संयोद्धुम् (saṁyoddhum) - to fight, to wage war, to contend

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, season, proper time

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

नः (naḥ) - our, for us, to us

Words meanings and morphology

सुनीतम् (sunītam) - good policy, well-conducted, righteous conduct

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sunīta

sunīta - well-led, well-guided, good policy, proper conduct

Past Passive Participle (adjectival)

Compound 'su' (good, well) + 'nīta' (led, guided, conducted, from root 'nī' with '-kta' suffix)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa or karmadhāraya (su+nīta)

su – good, well, excellent
indeclinable
Prefix indicating goodness or excellence.
nīta – led, guided, conducted, taken
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'nī' (to lead) with the suffix '-kta'
Root: nī (class 1)

अनुपश्यामि (anupaśyāmi) - I see, I perceive, I consider, I regard

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anu-paś

'paś' is the present stem of root 'dṛś'. With 'anu', it means 'to look after, to observe, to consider'.

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सुयुद्धेन (suyuddhena) - by a good fight, by a righteous battle

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of suyuddha

suyuddha - good fight, righteous battle

Compound 'su' (good, well) + 'yuddha' (fight, battle, from root 'yudh' with '-kta' suffix)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa or karmadhāraya (su+yuddha)

su – good, well, excellent
indeclinable
Prefix indicating goodness or excellence.
yuddha – fight, battle, war
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
Derived from root 'yudh' (to fight) with the suffix '-kta'
Root: yudh (class 4)

परंतप (paraṁtapa) - An epithet often used for heroes like Arjuna or Yudhishthira, indicating great prowess in battle. (O scorcher of foes! O tormentor of enemies!)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of paraṃtapa

paraṁtapa - scorcher of foes, tormentor of enemies

Compound 'param' (enemy) + 'tapa' (scorcher, tormentor, from root 'tap')

Compound type : dvandva or tatpuruṣa (depending on interpretation) (param+tapa)

param – enemy, foe, hostile
noun (masculine)
tapa – one who scorches, torments, afflicts
noun (masculine)
Agent noun
From root 'tap' (to heat, burn, torment) with agent suffix '-a'
Root: tap (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

क्लीबयितुम् (klībayitum) - to act like a eunuch, to show weakness, to become impotent

(verb)

infinitive of klībayitum

Causative Infinitive

Infinitive form of the causative stem 'klībay' (to make weak, to cause to be impotent) from root 'klīb'

Root: klīb (class 1)