महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-93, verse-8

दक्षस्य दुहिता या तु सुरभीत्यतिगर्विता ।
गां प्रजाता तु सा देवी कश्यपाद्भरतर्षभ ॥८॥

8. dakṣasya duhitā yā tu surabhītyatigarvitā ,
gāṁ prajātā tu sā devī kaśyapādbharatarṣabha.

8. dakṣasya duhitā yā tu surabhī iti atigarvitā
gām prajātā tu sā devī kaśyapāt bharatarṣabha

8. O best of Bhāratas, there was that goddess Surabhī, an extremely proud daughter of Dakṣa, who gave birth to cows through Kaśyapa.

8. הו מיטב צאצאי בְּהַרַטַה, בתו של דַקְשַׁה, שהייתה גאה מאוד ושמה סוּרַבְּהִי, האלה ההיא ילדה מקַשְׁיַפַּה פרה,

Words meanings summery:

• दक्षस्य (dakṣasya) - of Dakṣa

• दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

• या (yā) - who, which

• तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

• सुरभी (surabhī) - Surabhī

• इति (iti) - thus, so, named

• अतिगर्विता (atigarvitā) - exceedingly proud, very proud

• गाम् (gām) - cow (in the sense of cows as a species) (cow, earth)

• प्रजाता (prajātā) - given birth to, produced

• तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

• सा (sā) - She (referring to Surabhī) (she, that)

• देवी (devī) - goddess

• कश्यपात् (kaśyapāt) - from Kaśyapa

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bhāratas

Words meanings and morphology

दक्षस्य (dakṣasya) - of Dakṣa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dakṣa

dakṣa - Name of a Prajapati (creator god); skillful, able

दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

या (yā) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

(indeclinable)

सुरभी (surabhī) - Surabhī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of surabhī

surabhī - Name of a divine cow, goddess, fragrant

इति (iti) - thus, so, named

(indeclinable)

अतिगर्विता (atigarvitā) - exceedingly proud, very proud

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atigarvita

atigarvita - exceedingly proud, very arrogant

Compound type : tatpurusha (ati+garvita)

• ati – over, beyond, exceeding, very
  indeclinable
  Prefix for intensification
• garvita – proud, arrogant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √garv (to be proud)
  Root: garv (class 1)

गाम् (gām) - cow (in the sense of cows as a species) (cow, earth)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, bull, earth, ray of light

प्रजाता (prajātā) - given birth to, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prajāta

prajāta - born, produced, generated, given birth to

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √jan (to be born) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - She (referring to Surabhī) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवी (devī) - goddess

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine lady, queen

Root: div (class 4)

कश्यपात् (kaśyapāt) - from Kaśyapa

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kaśyapa

kaśyapa - Name of a Vedic sage, one of the Prajapatis

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bhāratas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - O best among the Bhāratas (descendants of Bharata)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a king
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

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