महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-99

तथा पुत्रशतं जज्ञे धृतराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः ।
दुर्योधनप्रभृतयो युयुत्सुः करणस्तथा ॥९९॥

99. tathā putraśataṁ jajñe dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ ,
duryodhanaprabhṛtayo yuyutsuḥ karaṇastathā.

99. tathā putraśatam jajñe dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ
duryodhanaprabhṛtayaḥ yuyutsuḥ karaṇaḥ tathā

99. Similarly, a hundred sons, headed by Duryodhana, were born to the wise Dhṛtarāṣṭra, as well as Yuyutsu and Karṇa.

99. וכך נולדו גם מאה בנים לדְהְרְטַרָאשְׁטְרַה החכם, שבראשם דוּרְיוֹדְהַנַה, ועוד יוּיוּטְסוּ וקַרַנַה.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, and (thus, so, in that manner, similarly, and)

• पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons

• जज्ञे (jajñe) - was born

• धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

• धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (of the wise, intelligent)

• दुर्योधनप्रभृतयः (duryodhanaprabhṛtayaḥ) - Duryodhana and his brothers (the hundred sons) (Duryodhana and others, beginning with Duryodhana)

• युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - Yuyutsu (Yuyutsu (proper noun))

• करणः (karaṇaḥ) - Karṇa (Karṇa (proper noun))

• तथा (tathā) - and (connecting the list of individuals) (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - similarly, and (thus, so, in that manner, similarly, and)

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as a conjunction here.

पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of putraśata

putraśata - a hundred sons

Compound type : dvigu (putra+śata)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Grammatically singular, referring to the collection of a hundred sons.

जज्ञे (jajñe) - was born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Grammatically agrees with 'putraśatam' (singular neuter).

धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhṛta+rāṣṭra)

• dhṛta – held, borne, supported
  adjective
  past participle
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country
  noun (neuter)

धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (of the wise, intelligent)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - wise, intelligent, thoughtful

possessive suffix -mat

Note: Adjectival agreement with Dhṛtarāṣṭrasya.

दुर्योधनप्रभृतयः (duryodhanaprabhṛtayaḥ) - Duryodhana and his brothers (the hundred sons) (Duryodhana and others, beginning with Duryodhana)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of duryodhanaprabhṛti

duryodhanaprabhṛti - Duryodhana and others, headed by Duryodhana

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (duryodhana+prabhṛti)

• duryodhana – Duryodhana (proper noun, lit. 'difficult to conquer in battle')
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• prabhṛti – beginning, source, etc., and others
  noun/indeclinable (feminine)
  action noun
  from root bhṛ
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Refers to the hundred sons with Duryodhana as their leader.

युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - Yuyutsu (Yuyutsu (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuyutsu

yuyutsu - Yuyutsu (proper noun, lit. 'desirous of fighting')

desiderative agent noun

from desiderative stem of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra by a Vaiśya wife.

करणः (karaṇaḥ) - Karṇa (Karṇa (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karaṇa

karaṇa - Karṇa (proper noun, name of a hero in Mahābhārata; lit. 'ear')

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Son of Kuntī by Sūrya, but raised by a charioteer.

तथा (tathā) - and (connecting the list of individuals) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as a conjunction here.

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