महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-118, verse-11

रत्नानि चाप्युपादाय बहूनि शतशो नराः ।
प्रददुः काङ्क्षमाणेभ्यः पाण्डोस्तत्रौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ॥११॥

11. ratnāni cāpyupādāya bahūni śataśo narāḥ ,
pradaduḥ kāṅkṣamāṇebhyaḥ pāṇḍostatraurdhvadehikam.

11. ratnāni ca api upādāya bahūni śataśaḥ narāḥ |
pradaduḥ kāṅkṣamāṇebhyaḥ pāṇḍoḥ tatra ūrdhvadehakam

11. Hundreds of people, having gathered many jewels, distributed them to those who desired them, for Pāṇḍu's obsequies.

11. אנשים רבים נטלו גם מאות אבני חן, ונתנו לנצרכים שביקשו, שם, את מתנות הלוויה לזכרו של פָּאנְדוּ.

Words meanings summery:

• रत्नानि (ratnāni) - jewels, gems, precious things

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken, having gathered, having obtained

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

• प्रददुः (pradaduḥ) - they gave, they offered

• काङ्क्षमाणेभ्यः (kāṅkṣamāṇebhyaḥ) - to those desiring, to those who wished

• पाण्डोः (pāṇḍoḥ) - of Pāṇḍu

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that connection

• ऊर्ध्वदेहकम् (ūrdhvadehakam) - for the post-mortem rites, for the obsequies

Words meanings and morphology

रत्नानि (ratnāni) - jewels, gems, precious things

(noun)

neuter, plural of ratna

ratna - jewel, gem, treasure, precious object

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken, having gathered, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'dā' with prefixes 'upa' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

(adjective)

neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous, abundant

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix '-śas' from 'śata' (hundred).

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

प्रददुः (pradaduḥ) - they gave, they offered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pra-dā

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

काङ्क्षमाणेभ्यः (kāṅkṣamāṇebhyaḥ) - to those desiring, to those who wished

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, plural of kāṅkṣamāṇa

kāṅkṣamāṇa - desiring, wishing, longing for, hoping for

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root 'kāṅkṣ' (to desire).

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

पाण्डोः (pāṇḍoḥ) - of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pāṇḍu

pāṇḍu - Pāṇḍu (name of a king, father of the Pāṇḍavas)

तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that connection

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्वदेहकम् (ūrdhvadehakam) - for the post-mortem rites, for the obsequies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ūrdhvadehaka

ūrdhvadehaka - relating to post-mortem ceremonies or rites for the deceased

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ūrdhva+dehaka)

• ūrdhva – upper, high, elevated, subsequent, later
  adjective
• dehaka – body (often referring to the material body), relating to the body
  noun (masculine)

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