महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-61, verse-94

तानि षोडश देवीनां सहस्राणि नराधिप ।
बभूवुर्मानुषे लोके नारायणपरिग्रहः ॥९४॥

94. tāni ṣoḍaśa devīnāṁ sahasrāṇi narādhipa ,
babhūvurmānuṣe loke nārāyaṇaparigrahaḥ.

94. tāni ṣoḍaśa devīnām sahasrāṇi narādhipa
babhūvuḥ mānuṣe loke nārāyaṇaparigrahaḥ

94. O King, those sixteen thousand goddesses became wives of Narayana in the human world.

94. הו שליט בני האדם, שישה עשר אלף הנשים האלוהיות הללו נולדו בעולם בני האדם והיו נשותיו של נָארָאיַנַה.

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - those (referring to the thousands of goddesses) (those (neuter plural))

• षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen

• देवीनाम् (devīnām) - of goddesses

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - O King (vocative) (O king, O lord of men)

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became, were born (they became, they were)

• मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in the human (in the human (world/realm))

• लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, in the realm)

• नारायणपरिग्रहः (nārāyaṇaparigrahaḥ) - wives of Narayana (wives of Narayana (those taken/accepted by Narayana))

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - those (referring to the thousands of goddesses) (those (neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'sahasrāṇi'.

षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen

(numeral)

Note: Indeclinable number, acting as an adjective for sahasrāṇi.

देवीनाम् (devīnām) - of goddesses

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of devī

devī - goddess, female deity, queen

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: Subject of 'babhūvuḥ'.

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O King (vocative) (O king, O lord of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - lord of men, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, king, master
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became, were born (they became, they were)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in the human (in the human (world/realm))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, belonging to men, relating to man, earthly

Note: Qualifies 'loke'.

लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

नारायणपरिग्रहः (nārāyaṇaparigrahaḥ) - wives of Narayana (wives of Narayana (those taken/accepted by Narayana))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nārāyaṇaparigraha

nārāyaṇaparigraha - one accepted by Narayana; wife of Narayana; possession of Narayana

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nārāyaṇa+parigraha)

• nārāyaṇa – Narayana (a name of Vishnu), one who resides in water or in human hearts
  noun (masculine)
• parigraha – taking, seizing, accepting; wife, family, dependents, possession
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from root grah with prefix pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Acts as predicate nominative for 'sahasrāṇi'.

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