महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-93, verse-13

तत्रैकस्य तु भार्या वै वसोर्वासवविक्रम ।
सा चरन्ती वने तस्मिन्गां ददर्श सुमध्यमा ।
या सा वसिष्ठस्य मुनेः सर्वकामधुगुत्तमा ॥१३॥

13. tatraikasya tu bhāryā vai vasorvāsavavikrama ,
sā carantī vane tasmingāṁ dadarśa sumadhyamā ,
yā sā vasiṣṭhasya muneḥ sarvakāmadhuguttamā.

13. tatra ekasya tu bhāryā vai vasoḥ
vāsavavikrama sā carantī vane tasmin
gām dadarśa sumadhyamā yā sā
vasiṣṭhasya muneḥ sarvakāmadhuk uttamā

13. O valorous one, like Indra, there, the slender-waisted wife of one of the Vasus, while wandering in that forest, saw that excellent, wish-fulfilling cow belonging to sage Vasiṣṭha.

13. הו בעל גבורה כגבורת אִינְדְרַה, שם, אשתו של אחד מהוַסוּ, יפת המותניים, שוטטה באותו יער וראתה את הפרה, היא הפרה של הקדוש וַסִישְׁתְהַא, המעולה שבפרות המגשימות כל משאלה,

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one (of one, of a certain)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, yet)

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife (wife, spouse (feminine))

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• वसोः (vasoḥ) - of a Vasu

• वासवविक्रम (vāsavavikrama) - O valorous one, like Indra (vocative) (O valorous like Indra, O mighty like Indra)

• सा (sā) - she (the wife of a Vasu) (she, that (feminine))

• चरन्ती (carantī) - wandering (wandering, roaming (feminine))

• वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the wood)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (in that, on that (masculine/neuter))

• गाम् (gām) - the cow (cow, earth, speech)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw (he/she saw, beheld)

• सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - slender-waisted (slender-waisted, graceful, beautiful)

• या (yā) - which (which, who (feminine))

• सा (sā) - that (cow) (she, that (feminine))

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage (of the sage, of the ascetic)

• सर्वकामधुक् (sarvakāmadhuk) - wish-fulfilling (wish-fulfilling, granting all desires (nominative form))

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - excellent, best (excellent, best, highest (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

from tad + -tra suffix

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one (of one, of a certain)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, a certain, unique

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife (wife, spouse (feminine))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, spouse, one to be supported

gerundive

from √bhṛ (to bear, support) + -ya suffix, feminine form

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Gerundive used as a noun

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

वसोः (vasoḥ) - of a Vasu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasu

vasu - a class of deities, wealth, good

वासवविक्रम (vāsavavikrama) - O valorous one, like Indra (vocative) (O valorous like Indra, O mighty like Indra)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vāsavavikrama

vāsavavikrama - one whose valor is like Vāsava (Indra), valorous like Indra

vāsava (Indra) + vikrama (valor)

Compound type : karmadharaya (vāsava+vikrama)

• vāsava – Indra, lord of the Vasus
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• vikrama – valor, prowess, courage, stride
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-√kram
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: compound noun used as epithet

सा (sā) - she (the wife of a Vasu) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

चरन्ती (carantī) - wandering (wandering, roaming (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of carat

carat - moving, wandering, roaming, going (present participle)

present active participle

from √car (to move), feminine form carantī

Root: car (class 1)

Note: present active participle

वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the wood)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (in that, on that (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

गाम् (gām) - the cow (cow, earth, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light, speech

ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw (he/she saw, beheld)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: perfect tense

सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - slender-waisted (slender-waisted, graceful, beautiful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - slender-waisted, graceful, beautiful (feminine)

su (good/beautiful) + madhyama (middle)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+madhyama)

• su – good, excellent, well, easily
  indeclinable
• madhyama – middle, central, midmost
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: madh

या (yā) - which (which, who (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

सा (sā) - that (cow) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - most excellent, best; name of a celebrated Vedic sage

मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage (of the sage, of the ascetic)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, recluse, silent one

from √man

Root: man (class 4)

सर्वकामधुक् (sarvakāmadhuk) - wish-fulfilling (wish-fulfilling, granting all desires (nominative form))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvakāmaduh

sarvakāmaduh - granting all desires, wish-fulfilling (lit. milking all desires)

from sarva-kāma + √duh

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sarva+kāma+duh)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective
• kāma – desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure
  noun (masculine)
  from √kam
  Root: kam (class 1)
• duh – milking, yielding, producing (agent noun from √duh)
  adjective (feminine)
  nominal agent
  from √duh
  Root: duh (class 2)

उत्तमा (uttamā) - excellent, best (excellent, best, highest (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttamā

uttamā - best, highest, excellent, principal (feminine)

feminine form of uttama

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