महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-135

हैरण्यांस्त्रिनलोत्सेधान्पर्वतानेकविंशतिम् ।
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ राजा योऽश्वमेधे महामखे ॥१३५॥

135. hairaṇyāṁstrinalotsedhānparvatānekaviṁśatim ,
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau rājā yo'śvamedhe mahāmakhe.

135. hairaṇyān trinalotsedhān parvatān ekaviṃśatim
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ dadau rājā yaḥ aśvamedhe mahāmakhe

135. yaḥ rājā aśvamedhe mahāmakhe trinalotsedhān
ekaviṃśatim hairaṇyān parvatān brāhmaṇebhyaḥ dadau

135. The king, who performed the great horse sacrifice (aśvamedha), gave twenty-one golden mountains, each three nalas high, to the Brahmins.

Words meanings summery:

• हैरण्यान् (hairaṇyān) - golden, made of gold

• त्रिनलोत्सेधान् (trinalotsedhān) - three nalas high

• पर्वतान् (parvatān) - mountains

• एकविंशतिम् (ekaviṁśatim) - twenty-one

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins, for the Brahmins

• ददौ (dadau) - gave

• राजा (rājā) - king

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• अश्वमेधे (aśvamedhe) - in the horse sacrifice (aśvamedha)

• महामखे (mahāmakhe) - in the great sacrifice

Words meanings and morphology

हैरण्यान् (hairaṇyān) - golden, made of gold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hairaṇya

hairaṇya - golden, made of gold

Derived from hiraṇya (gold)

त्रिनलोत्सेधान् (trinalotsedhān) - three nalas high

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of trinalotsedha

trinalotsedha - three nalas high

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tri+nala+utsedha)

• tri – three
  numeral
• nala – a measure of length (a reed)
  noun (masculine)
• utsedha – height, elevation
  noun (masculine)
  From ut-√sidh
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sidh (class 4)

पर्वतान् (parvatān) - mountains

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

एकविंशतिम् (ekaviṁśatim) - twenty-one

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ekaviṃśati

ekaviṁśati - twenty-one

Compound type : dvandva (eka+viṃśati)

• eka – one
  numeral
• viṃśati – twenty
  noun (feminine)

Note: Here it acts as an adjective for 'mountains', which are plural masculine. Numerals 21-99 often take singular feminine forms but can modify plurals.

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins, for the Brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, belonging to a Brahmin

Root: bṛh

ददौ (dadau) - gave

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd singular

Reduplicated perfect form

Root: dā (class 3)

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun stem

Note: Relative pronoun

अश्वमेधे (aśvamedhe) - in the horse sacrifice (aśvamedha)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - horse sacrifice, aśvamedha (aśvamedha)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+medha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• medha – sacrifice, oblation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: medh

महामखे (mahāmakhe) - in the great sacrifice

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāmakha

mahāmakha - great sacrifice

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+makha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
  Feminine stem of mahat
• makha – sacrifice, festival
  noun (masculine)
  Root: magh