वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-17

कच्चित् सहस्रान्मूर्खाणामेकमिच्छसि पण्डितम् ।
पण्डितो ह्यर्थकृच्छ्रेषु कुर्यान्निःश्रेयसं महत् ॥१७॥

17. kaccit sahasrānmūrkhāṇāmekamicchasi paṇḍitam ,
paṇḍito hyarthakṛcchreṣu kuryānniḥśreyasaṃ mahat.

17. kaccit sahasrāt mūrkhāṇām ekam icchasi paṇḍitam |
paṇḍitaḥ hi artha-kṛcchreṣu kuryāt niḥśreyasam mahat

17. kaccit mūrkhāṇām sahasrāt ekam paṇḍitam icchasi.
hi paṇḍitaḥ artha-kṛcchreṣu mahat niḥśreyasam kuryāt.

17. I hope you prefer one learned person over a thousand fools. Indeed, a learned person can bring about great ultimate welfare in times of financial difficulty.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, perhaps, is it that

• सहस्रात् (sahasrāt) - from a thousand

• मूर्खाणाम् (mūrkhāṇām) - of fools

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

• पण्डितम् (paṇḍitam) - a learned person, a scholar, a wise man

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a learned person, a scholar, a wise man

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अर्थ-कृच्छ्रेषु (artha-kṛcchreṣu) - in financial difficulties, in economic hardships

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would do, would make, would accomplish

• निःश्रेयसम् (niḥśreyasam) - supreme welfare, ultimate good, final liberation

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, perhaps, is it that

(indeclinable)

सहस्रात् (sahasrāt) - from a thousand

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand, thousand

मूर्खाणाम् (mūrkhāṇām) - of fools

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mūrkha

mūrkha - a fool, stupid, ignorant

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

(numeral)

Note: Adjective modifying 'paṇḍitam'.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

5th class verb (śnu), indicative mood

Root: iṣ (class 5)

पण्डितम् (paṇḍitam) - a learned person, a scholar, a wise man

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, wise, a scholar

Note: Object of 'icchasi'.

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a learned person, a scholar, a wise man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, wise, a scholar

Note: Subject of 'kuryāt'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

अर्थ-कृच्छ्रेषु (artha-kṛcchreṣu) - in financial difficulties, in economic hardships

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of artha-kṛcchra

artha-kṛcchra - financial difficulty, economic hardship, poverty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+kṛcchra)

• artha – wealth, purpose, meaning, object
  noun (masculine)
• kṛcchra – difficulty, distress, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would do, would make, would accomplish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

optative active

8th class verb (u)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निःश्रेयसम् (niḥśreyasam) - supreme welfare, ultimate good, final liberation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niḥśreyasa

niḥśreyasa - supreme good, final beatitude, emancipation, welfare

Prefix: nis

Root: śrī

Note: Object of 'kuryāt'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

From root mah.

Root: mah

Note: Adjective modifying 'niḥśreyasam'.

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