महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-93, verse-19

अस्याः क्षीरं पिबेन्मर्त्यः स्वादु यो वै सुमध्यमे ।
दश वर्षसहस्राणि स जीवेत्स्थिरयौवनः ॥१९॥

19. asyāḥ kṣīraṁ pibenmartyaḥ svādu yo vai sumadhyame ,
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi sa jīvetsthirayauvanaḥ.

19. asyāḥ kṣīram pibet martyaḥ svādu yaḥ vai sumadhyame
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi saḥ jīvet sthirayauvanaḥ

19. O beautiful-waisted one, indeed, any mortal who drinks this sweet milk will live for ten thousand years, remaining eternally youthful.

19. הו יפת מותניים, בן תמותה ששותה מחלבה המתוק של הפרה הזאת, יחיה עשרת אלפים שנה ויישאר בנעוריו לתמיד.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (cow, implied from context) (of this, her)

• क्षीरम् (kṣīram) - milk

• पिबेत् (pibet) - should drink

• मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal, human being

• स्वादु (svādu) - sweet, delicious

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• सुमध्यमे (sumadhyame) - Addressed to the queen, Sumadhyamā (O beautiful-waisted one, O slender-waisted one)

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• जीवेत् (jīvet) - should live

• स्थिरयौवनः (sthirayauvanaḥ) - with lasting youth, eternally young

Words meanings and morphology

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (cow, implied from context) (of this, her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, it

क्षीरम् (kṣīram) - milk

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣīra

kṣīra - milk, water

पिबेत् (pibet) - should drink

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pā

3rd person singular optative active of root pā (1st class)

Root: pā (class 1)

मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of martya

martya - mortal, human

Root: mṛ

स्वादु (svādu) - sweet, delicious

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svādu

svādu - sweet, delicious, pleasant

Note: Agrees with 'kṣīram'.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

सुमध्यमे (sumadhyame) - Addressed to the queen, Sumadhyamā (O beautiful-waisted one, O slender-waisted one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - beautiful-waisted woman, slender-waisted

feminine form of sumadhyama

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+madhyamā)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  adjective (masculine, feminine, neuter)
• madhyamā – middle, waist
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of madhyama

दश (daśa) - ten

(indeclinable)

Note: Adjectival to 'varṣasahasrāṇi'.

वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣasahasra

varṣasahasra - thousand years

Compound type : tatpurusha (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative of duration.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Corresponds to the relative pronoun 'yaḥ'.

जीवेत् (jīvet) - should live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of jīv

3rd person singular optative active of root jīv (1st class)

Root: jīv (class 1)

स्थिरयौवनः (sthirayauvanaḥ) - with lasting youth, eternally young

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthirayauvana

sthirayauvana - having lasting youth, perpetually young

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sthira+yauvana)

• sthira – stable, firm, lasting
  adjective (masculine, feminine, neuter)
  Root: sthā
• yauvana – youth, adolescence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'.

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