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Entry सामर्थ्यम्

सामर्थ्यम्sāmarthyam1 Power, force, capacity, ability, strength; निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् Bg.2.36.
1. 1 Power, force, capacity, ability, strength; निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् Bg.2.36.
2. Sameness of aim or object.
3. Oneness of meaning or signification.
4. Adequacy, fitness.
5. The force or sense of words, the signifying power of a word.
6. Interest, advantage.
7. Wealth. (सामर्थ्यात्, सामर्थ्ययोगात् 'by the force of, on the strength of, by dint of, by reason of, as a consequence of'.)
In the Gita2·36

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥

nindantastava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim. — Many unseemly words will be spoken by thy enemies, slandering thy strength; what is worse grief than that? 2·36
- सामर्थ्यम्sāmarthyamaccusative singular of the neuter noun sāmarthya (strength, ability or capacity).
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