महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-89, verse-14

रथंतर्यां सुतान्पञ्च पञ्चभूतोपमांस्ततः ।
इलिनो जनयामास दुःषन्तप्रभृतीन्नृप ॥१४॥

14. rathaṁtaryāṁ sutānpañca pañcabhūtopamāṁstataḥ ,
ilino janayāmāsa duḥṣantaprabhṛtīnnṛpa.

14. rathaṃtaryām sutān pañca pañcabhūtopamān
tataḥ ilinaḥ janayāmāsa duṣyantaprabhṛtīn nṛpa

14. O King, Ilina then begot five sons in Rathantari, who were comparable to the five great elements, with Dushyanta as their leader.

14. אחר כך הוליד אִילִינַה מרַטְהַמְטַרִי חמישה בנים, דומים לחמשת היסודות, ראשם דוּהְשַׁנְטַה, הו מלך.

Words meanings summery:

• रथंतर्याम् (rathaṁtaryām) - in Rathantari, Ilina's wife (in Rathantari (name of a queen))

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• पञ्चभूतोपमान् (pañcabhūtopamān) - comparable to the five great elements

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

• इलिनः (ilinaḥ) - Ilina

• जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - he begot, he produced

• दुष्यन्तप्रभृतीन् (duṣyantaprabhṛtīn) - Dushyanta and others, headed by Dushyanta

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king!

Words meanings and morphology

रथंतर्याम् (rathaṁtaryām) - in Rathantari, Ilina's wife (in Rathantari (name of a queen))

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rathaṃtarī

rathaṁtarī - name of a queen (wife of Ilina), a specific sāman melody

सुतान् (sutān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, born, produced

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(indeclinable)

पञ्चभूतोपमान् (pañcabhūtopamān) - comparable to the five great elements

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pañcabhūtopama

pañcabhūtopama - resembling the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pañca+bhūta+upama)

• pañca – five
  indeclinable
• bhūta – element, being, creature
  noun (neuter)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, similar
  adjective (masculine)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

इलिनः (ilinaḥ) - Ilina

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ilina

ilina - name of a king, son of Tamsu

जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - he begot, he produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of √jan

Causal Perfect

Causal form of the root √jan (jan-i) + perfect ending.

Root: √jan (class 4)

दुष्यन्तप्रभृतीन् (duṣyantaprabhṛtīn) - Dushyanta and others, headed by Dushyanta

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of duṣyantaprabhṛti

duṣyantaprabhṛti - Dushyanta and others

Compound type : tatpurusha (duṣyanta+prabhṛti)

• duṣyanta – Dushyanta (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• prabhṛti – beginning, source, and others, etc.
  noun (feminine)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

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