महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-173

यदपि तच्चक्रं द्वादशारं षट्कुमाराः परिवर्तयन्ति ते ऋतवः षट्संवत्सरश्चक्रम् ।
यः पुरुषः स पर्जन्यः ।
योऽश्वः सोऽग्निः ॥१७३॥

173. yadapi taccakraṁ dvādaśāraṁ ṣaṭkumārāḥ parivartayanti te ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭsaṁvatsaraścakram ,
yaḥ puruṣaḥ sa parjanyaḥ ,
yo'śvaḥ so'gniḥ.

173. yat api tat cakram dvādaśa āram | ṣaṭ
kumārāḥ parivartayanti | te ṛtavaḥ
ṣaṭ saṁvatsaraḥ ca cakram | yaḥ puruṣaḥ
saḥ parjanyaḥ | yaḥ aśvaḥ saḥ agniḥ

173. And that wheel which has twelve spokes, and which six boys revolve – those are the six seasons, and the wheel itself is the year. The man is Parjanya, and the horse is Agni.

173. הגלגל בעל שנים עשר החישורים ששת הנערים מסובבים אותו הוא ששת העונות, והגלגל עצמו הוא השנה. האדם הוא פַּרְג׳ַנְיַה (אל הגשם), והסוס הוא אַגְנִי (האש).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which (wheel) (which, what)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• तत् (tat) - that (wheel, previously mentioned implicitly) (that (demonstrative))

• चक्रम् (cakram) - the wheel (of time/year) (wheel)

• द्वादश_आरम् (dvādaśa_āram) - the wheel that has twelve spokes (twelve-spoked)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - the 'six boys' who revolve the wheel (boys, youths)

• परिवर्तयन्ति (parivartayanti) - they (the boys) make the wheel turn (they revolve, they turn)

• ते (te) - those (boys) are (those; they are)

• ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) - the (six) seasons of the year (seasons)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - referring to the six seasons (six)

• संवत्सरः (saṁvatsaraḥ) - the year itself, which is equated with the wheel (year)

• च (ca) - and

• चक्रम् (cakram) - the wheel (which is the year) (wheel)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (is the man) (who, which)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the man (riding the bull) (man, male person)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the man) (he, that)

• पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - the deity Parjanya, who is identified with the man (Parjanya (god of rain))

• यः (yaḥ) - who (is the horse) (who, which)

• अश्वः (aśvaḥ) - the horse (mentioned in 37297) (horse)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the horse) (he, that)

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - the deity Agni, who is identified with the horse (Agni (god of fire))

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which (wheel) (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (wheel, previously mentioned implicitly) (that (demonstrative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चक्रम् (cakram) - the wheel (of time/year) (wheel)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, circle; army, troop; a division of a country

द्वादश_आरम् (dvādaśa_āram) - the wheel that has twelve spokes (twelve-spoked)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvādaśāra

dvādaśāra - having twelve spokes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvādaśa+āra)

• dvādaśa – twelve
  numeral
• āra – spoke (of a wheel)
  noun (masculine)

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(numeral)

कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - the 'six boys' who revolve the wheel (boys, youths)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth; son; prince; the god Skanda

परिवर्तयन्ति (parivartayanti) - they (the boys) make the wheel turn (they revolve, they turn)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of parivart

causative

From root vṛt- 'to turn' with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ते (te) - those (boys) are (those; they are)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Here functioning as a copula 'they are'.

ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) - the (six) seasons of the year (seasons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛtu

ṛtu - fixed time, season; menses

षट् (ṣaṭ) - referring to the six seasons (six)

(numeral)

संवत्सरः (saṁvatsaraḥ) - the year itself, which is equated with the wheel (year)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṁvatsara

saṁvatsara - year; a specific year in a cycle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चक्रम् (cakram) - the wheel (which is the year) (wheel)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, circle; army, troop; a division of a country

यः (yaḥ) - who (is the man) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the man (riding the bull) (man, male person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person; human being; spirit, self (in philosophy)

सः (saḥ) - he (the man) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - the deity Parjanya, who is identified with the man (Parjanya (god of rain))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain, cloud; the god of rain and thunder

यः (yaḥ) - who (is the horse) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अश्वः (aśvaḥ) - the horse (mentioned in 37297) (horse)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśva

aśva - horse, stallion; a person's name

सः (saḥ) - he (the horse) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अग्निः (agniḥ) - the deity Agni, who is identified with the horse (Agni (god of fire))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire; the god of fire

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