महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-15, verse-13

सर्वौषधीः समावाप्य सर्वरत्नानि चैव हि ।
मन्थध्वमुदधिं देवा वेत्स्यध्वममृतं ततः ॥१३॥

13. sarvauṣadhīḥ samāvāpya sarvaratnāni caiva hi ,
manthadhvamudadhiṁ devā vetsyadhvamamṛtaṁ tataḥ.

13. sarvauṣadhīḥ samāvāpya sarvaratnāni ca eva hi
manthadhvam udadhim devāḥ vetsyadhvam amṛtam tataḥ

13. O gods, having gathered all herbs and all jewels, churn the ocean. Then you will obtain the nectar.

13. אחרי שתאספו את כל צמחי המרפא ואת כל האבנים היקרות, ערבלו את האוקיינוס, הו אלים, ואז תמצאו את צוף האלמוות.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वौषधीः (sarvauṣadhīḥ) - all kinds of herbs and plants (all herbs, all medicinal plants)

• समावाप्य (samāvāpya) - having gathered and placed (into the ocean) (having gathered, having sown, having thrown in)

• सर्वरत्नानि (sarvaratnāni) - all valuable gems and treasures (all jewels, all treasures)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the previous word (indeed, only, just)

• हि (hi) - surely, certainly (emphatic) (for, indeed, surely)

• मन्थध्वम् (manthadhvam) - you all churn (churn (you all))

• उदधिम् (udadhim) - the ocean

• देवाः (devāḥ) - O divine beings (addressing the gods) (O gods)

• वेत्स्यध्वम् (vetsyadhvam) - you all will obtain, you will find (you all will know, you all will obtain)

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - the nectar of immortality (nectar, ambrosia, immortality)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, as a result of that (churning) (then, thereafter, from that)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वौषधीः (sarvauṣadhīḥ) - all kinds of herbs and plants (all herbs, all medicinal plants)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarvauṣadhi

sarvauṣadhi - all herbs

Compound type : karmadharaya (sarva+oṣadhi)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• oṣadhi – herb, medicinal plant, annual plant
  noun (feminine)
  Root: uṣ (class 1)

समावाप्य (samāvāpya) - having gathered and placed (into the ocean) (having gathered, having sown, having thrown in)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

from root vāp

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vāp (class 1)

सर्वरत्नानि (sarvaratnāni) - all valuable gems and treasures (all jewels, all treasures)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarvaratna

sarvaratna - all jewels

Compound type : karmadharaya (sarva+ratna)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• ratna – jewel, gem, treasure
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rā

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the previous word (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - surely, certainly (emphatic) (for, indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

मन्थध्वम् (manthadhvam) - you all churn (churn (you all))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of math

Root: math (class 1)

Note: Formed with the suffix '-dhvam' for 2nd person plural imperative middle.

उदधिम् (udadhim) - the ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udadhi

udadhi - ocean, sea, reservoir of water

Prefix: ud

Root: dhā (class 3)

देवाः (devāḥ) - O divine beings (addressing the gods) (O gods)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: The final visarga is optionally dropped in vocative plural.

वेत्स्यध्वम् (vetsyadhvam) - you all will obtain, you will find (you all will know, you all will obtain)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Formed with '-sya' future suffix and '-dhvam' for 2nd person plural middle.

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - the nectar of immortality (nectar, ambrosia, immortality)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - nectar, ambrosia, immortality

past participle

negated mṛta

Prefix: a

Root: mṛ (class 6)

ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, as a result of that (churning) (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

ablative adverb from demonstrative 'tad'

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