महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-31, verse-18
बहूनीह सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।
अशक्यान्येव संख्यातुं भुजगानां तपोधन ॥१८॥
अशक्यान्येव संख्यातुं भुजगानां तपोधन ॥१८॥
18. bahūnīha sahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca ,
aśakyānyeva saṁkhyātuṁ bhujagānāṁ tapodhana.
aśakyānyeva saṁkhyātuṁ bhujagānāṁ tapodhana.
18.
bahūni iha sahasrāṇi prayutāni arbudāni ca
aśakyāni eva saṅkhyātum bhujagānām tapodhana
aśakyāni eva saṅkhyātum bhujagānām tapodhana
18.
O ascetic, there are indeed many thousands, millions, and even billions of serpents here, which are impossible to count.
Words meanings summery:
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- बहूनि (bahūni) - many
- इह (iha) - indeed (here, indeed)
- सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
- प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - tens of millions
- अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - hundreds of millions, billions
- च (ca) - and
- अशक्यानि (aśakyāni) - impossible
- एव (eva) - indeed, truly (indeed, only)
- सङ्ख्यातुम् (saṅkhyātum) - to count (to count, to enumerate)
- भुजगानाम् (bhujagānām) - of serpents
- तपोधन (tapodhana) - O ascetic (O ascetic (one whose wealth is austerity))
Words meanings and morphology
बहूनि (bahūni) - many
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu
bahu - many, much, abundant
इह (iha) - indeed (here, indeed)
(indeclinable)
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - tens of millions
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of prayuta
prayuta - ten lakhs, a million (1,000,000) or ten millions (10,000,000)
past passive participle
derived from root 'yu' with prefix 'pra'
Prefix: pra
Root: yu (class 2)
अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - hundreds of millions, billions
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of arbuda
arbuda - a large number (100,000,000 or 1,000,000,000), a foetus, a cloud, a serpent
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अशक्यानि (aśakyāni) - impossible
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of aśakya
aśakya - impossible, unable, not to be done
potential passive participle (kṛtya)
derived from root 'śak' with suffix '-ya' and negative 'a'
Prefix: a
Root: śak (class 5)
एव (eva) - indeed, truly (indeed, only)
(indeclinable)
सङ्ख्यातुम् (saṅkhyātum) - to count (to count, to enumerate)
(verb)
infinitive (tumun) of saṅkhyā
infinitive
infinitive of root 'khyā' with prefix 'sam'
Prefix: sam
Root: khyā (class 2)
भुजगानाम् (bhujagānām) - of serpents
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of bhujaga
bhujaga - serpent, snake (lit. moving on the arm/shoulder)
from bhuj + ga (gacchati)
Root: gam (class 1)
तपोधन (tapodhana) - O ascetic (O ascetic (one whose wealth is austerity))
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of tapodhana
tapodhana - one whose wealth is austerity, ascetic, sage
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)
- tapas – austerity, penance, heat
noun (neuter) - dhana – wealth, riches, property
noun (neuter)