महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-60

जम्बुक उवाच ।
इमं कनकवर्णाभं भूषणैः समलंकृतम् ।
गृध्रवाक्यात्कथं पुत्रं त्यजध्वं पितृपिण्डदम् ॥६०॥

60. jambuka uvāca ,
imaṁ kanakavarṇābhaṁ bhūṣaṇaiḥ samalaṁkṛtam ,
gṛdhravākyātkathaṁ putraṁ tyajadhvaṁ pitṛpiṇḍadam.

60. jambukaḥ uvāca imam kanaka varṇa ābham bhūṣaṇaiḥ sam alaṅkṛtam
gṛdhra vākyāt katham putram tyajadhvam pitṛ piṇḍ adam

60. jambukaḥ uvāca.
gṛdhra vākyāt katham imam kanaka varṇa ābham bhūṣaṇaiḥ sam alaṅkṛtam pitṛ piṇḍ adam putram tyajadhvam

60. The jackal said: "Why do you abandon this son, who has the radiance of gold, adorned with ornaments, and who offers funeral oblations to ancestors, because of the vulture's words?"

Words meanings summery:

• जम्बुकः (jambukaḥ) - The jackal (as a character in a story) (jackal)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इमम् (imam) - this (son) (this, him)

• कनक (kanaka) - gold

• वर्ण (varṇa) - color, hue

• आभम् (ābham) - having the splendor of (gold color) (having the splendor of, resembling, lustrous)

• भूषणैः (bhūṣaṇaiḥ) - with ornaments, by decorations

• सम् (sam) - well, thoroughly, completely

• अलङ्कृतम् (alaṅkṛtam) - well-adorned (with ornaments) (adorned, decorated, embellished)

• गृध्र (gṛdhra) - vulture

• वाक्यात् (vākyāt) - from the words (of the vulture) (from words, by speech)

• कथम् (katham) - why? (how? why?)

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• त्यजध्वम् (tyajadhvam) - you all abandon, forsake

• पितृ (pitṛ) - ancestors (father, ancestor)

• पिण्ड (piṇḍa) - funeral oblation (ball of rice, lump, offering)

• अदम् (adam) - one who offers (oblations) (giving, bestowing)

Words meanings and morphology

जम्बुकः (jambukaḥ) - The jackal (as a character in a story) (jackal)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jambuka

jambuka - jackal

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect

Third person singular perfect, parasmaipada.

Root: vac (class 2)

इमम् (imam) - this (son) (this, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he/she/it

Masculine accusative singular of `idam`.

कनक (kanaka) - gold

(noun)

neuter, singular of kanaka

kanaka - gold

वर्ण (varṇa) - color, hue

(noun)

masculine, singular of varṇa

varṇa - color, hue, appearance, caste, letter

From √vṛ (to cover)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

आभम् (ābham) - having the splendor of (gold color) (having the splendor of, resembling, lustrous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ābha

ābha - having splendor, resembling, lustrous

From ā-√bhā (to shine, appear)

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Modifies `putram`.

भूषणैः (bhūṣaṇaiḥ) - with ornaments, by decorations

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bhūṣaṇa

bhūṣaṇa - ornament, decoration, adornment

From √bhūṣ (to adorn)

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Agent or instrument for `samalaṅkṛtam`.

सम् (sam) - well, thoroughly, completely

(indeclinable)

Preverb/prefix

Note: Prefix to `alaṅkṛtam`.

अलङ्कृतम् (alaṅkṛtam) - well-adorned (with ornaments) (adorned, decorated, embellished)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of alaṅkṛta

alaṅkṛta - adorned, decorated, embellished

Past Passive Participle

From alaṃ-√kṛ (to adorn, decorate)

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies `putram`.

गृध्र (gṛdhra) - vulture

(noun)

masculine, singular of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture

From √gṛdh (to be greedy)

Root: gṛdh (class 4)

वाक्यात् (vākyāt) - from the words (of the vulture) (from words, by speech)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement

From √vac + -ya suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Source of action, 'because of'.

कथम् (katham) - why? (how? why?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

Note: Interrogative adverb.

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

From √pu (to purify) + -tra suffix, or related to `put` (a hell)

त्यजध्वम् (tyajadhvam) - you all abandon, forsake

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

imperative

Second person plural imperative, ātmanepada.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

पितृ (pitṛ) - ancestors (father, ancestor)

(noun)

masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

पिण्ड (piṇḍa) - funeral oblation (ball of rice, lump, offering)

(noun)

masculine, singular of piṇḍa

piṇḍa - ball, lump, especially ball of rice offered to ancestors (piṇḍa)

अदम् (adam) - one who offers (oblations) (giving, bestowing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of da

da - giving, bestowing, granting

agent noun

From √dā (to give) + -a suffix

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Modifies `putram`.