महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-37

यावदद्य गवाश्वं स्यादारण्यैः पशुभिः सह ।
तावतीः प्रददौ गाः स शिबिरौशीनरोऽध्वरे ॥३७॥

37. yāvadadya gavāśvaṁ syādāraṇyaiḥ paśubhiḥ saha ,
tāvatīḥ pradadau gāḥ sa śibirauśīnaro'dhvare.

37. yāvat adya gavāśvam syāt āraṇyaiḥ paśubhiḥ saha
tāvatīḥ pradadau gāḥ saḥ śibiḥ auśīnaraḥ adhvare

37. saḥ śibiḥ auśīnaraḥ adhvare yāvat adya āraṇyaiḥ
paśubhiḥ saha gavāśvam syāt tāvatīḥ gāḥ pradadau

37. King Shibi, the son of Uśīnara, gave as many cows in Vedic ritual (yajña) as there are (or would be) cattle and horses today, along with wild animals.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as many as, as long as

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• गवाश्वम् (gavāśvam) - cattle and horses (as a collective)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

• आरण्यैः (āraṇyaiḥ) - with forest-dwelling, wild

• पशुभिः (paśubhiḥ) - with animals, with beasts

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• तावतीः (tāvatīḥ) - that many, so many

• प्रददौ (pradadau) - he gave, he offered

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows, cattle

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• शिबिः (śibiḥ) - Shibi

• औशीनरः (auśīnaraḥ) - Shibi, the son of Uśīnara (son of Uśīnara)

• अध्वरे (adhvare) - in the sacrifice, at the ritual

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as many as, as long as

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

गवाश्वम् (gavāśvam) - cattle and horses (as a collective)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gavāśva

gavāśva - cattle and horses

Compound type : dvandva (go+aśva)

• go – cow, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the total count of domesticated animals.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Optative (liṅ) of √as

Optative mood

3rd person singular optative of root √as (to be)

Root: √as (class 2)

आरण्यैः (āraṇyaiḥ) - with forest-dwelling, wild

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āraṇya

āraṇya - forest-dwelling, wild, belonging to the forest

from araṇya (forest)

Note: Agrees with 'paśubhiḥ'.

पशुभिः (paśubhiḥ) - with animals, with beasts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

तावतीः (tāvatīḥ) - that many, so many

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tāvat

tāvat - that much, that many

Note: Agrees with 'gāḥ'.

प्रददौ (pradadau) - he gave, he offered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of pra-√dā

Perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect of root √dā (to give) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: √dā (class 3)

गाः (gāḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, cattle

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

Note: Refers to Shibi.

शिबिः (śibiḥ) - Shibi

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śibi

śibi - name of a king

औशीनरः (auśīnaraḥ) - Shibi, the son of Uśīnara (son of Uśīnara)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of auśīnara

auśīnara - descendant of Uśīnara

derived from Uśīnara, often referring to Shibi

Note: Here functions as an epithet for Shibi.

अध्वरे (adhvare) - in the sacrifice, at the ritual

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of adhvara

adhvara - sacrifice, ritual, ceremony

Note: This refers to a yajña (sacrifice).