महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-31, verse-18

बहूनीह सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।
अशक्यान्येव संख्यातुं भुजगानां तपोधन ॥१८॥

18. bahūnīha sahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca ,
aśakyānyeva saṁkhyātuṁ bhujagānāṁ tapodhana.

18. bahūni iha sahasrāṇi prayutāni arbudāni ca
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.

18. הו בעל עוצמה רוחנית, יש כאן אלפים רבים, מיליונים ועשרות מיליונים של נחשים, ואי אפשר כלל לספור אותם.

Words meanings summery:

• 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)

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