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Entry क्षेम

क्षेमkṣemaa.Conferring happiness, ease or comfort, good, beneficial, well; धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्यु- स्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्…
[क्षि-मन् Uṇ.1.138]
1. Conferring happiness, ease or comfort, good, beneficial, well; धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्यु- स्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् Bg.1.46.
2. Prosperous, at ease, comfortable; विविशुस्ते वनं वीराः क्षेमं निहतकण्टकम् Mb.3.11.72.
3. Secure, happy; विविक्तक्षेमसेवनम् Bhāg.3.28.3. मः, मम् Peace, happiness, ease, welfare, well-being; वितन्वति क्षेममदेवमातृकाश्चिराय तस्मिन् कुरवश्चकासति Ki.1.17; वैश्यं क्षेमं समागम्य (पृच्छेत्) Ms.2.127; अधुना सर्वजलचराणां क्षेमं भविष्यति Pt.1.
4. Safety, security; क्षेमेण व्रज बान्धवान् Mk.7.7 safely; Pt.1.146.
5. Preserving, protection; आदिदेशाथ शत्रुघ्नं तेषां क्षेमाय राघवः R.15.6.
6. Keeping what is acquired; Compare योगक्षेम; तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् Bg.9.22.
7. Final beatitude, eternal happiness.
8. Basis, foundation; क्षेमे तिष्ठाति घृतमुक्षमाणा Av.3. 12.1.
9. Residence, resting-place; Av.13.1.27.
10. A star, asterism (नक्षत्र).
Derived forms and compounds
- -मः, -मा A kind of perfume.
- -मा An epithet of Durgā.
- -मम् Name of one of the seven वर्षाs in Jambu-dvīpa. शिवं यवसं सुभद्रं शान्तं क्षेमममृतमभयमिति वर्षाणि Bhāg.5.2.3.
- -आश्रमः the order of a householder (गार्हस्थ्य); वेत्ति ज्ञानविसर्गं च निग्रहानुग्रहं यथा । यथोक्तवृत्तेर्धीरस्य क्षेमाश्रमपदं भवेत् ॥ Mb.12.66.6.
- -इन्द्रः Name of a celebrated poet of Kashmir (author of ब्रहत्कथा, भारत- मञ्जरी etc.).
- -कर, -कार (also क्षेमंकर) Adjective propitious, causing peace or security.
- -शूरः 'A hero in safe-places', a carpet-knight, a boaster; किं क्षेमशूरैर्विबुधैरसंयुगविकत्थनैः Bhāg.1.4.36.
In the Gita1·45 9·22

धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṁ bhavet. — It is more for my welfare that the sons of Dhritarashtra armed should slay me unarmed and unresisting. (I will not fight.) 1·45
- क्षेमतरम्kṣemataram Nominativesingular of the compound degree of the neuter form of the adjective kṣema (better, prosperous).
- योग-क्षेमम्yoga-kṣemamaccusative singular of the neuter compound noun yoga-kṣema (every good, every getting and having) [yoga here means obtaining what is not obtained and kṣema indicates the preservation of what has been obtained].
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