महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-331, verse-3

नवनीतं यथा दध्नो मलयाच्चन्दनं यथा ।
आरण्यकं च वेदेभ्य ओषधिभ्योऽमृतं यथा ॥३॥

3. navanītaṁ yathā dadhno malayāccandanaṁ yathā ,
āraṇyakaṁ ca vedebhya oṣadhibhyo'mṛtaṁ yathā.

3. navanītam yathā dadhnaḥ malayāt candanam yathā
āraṇyakam ca vedebhyaḥ oṣadhibhyaḥ amṛtam yathā

3. yathā dadhnaḥ navanītam yathā malayāt candanam ca
yathā vedebhyaḥ āraṇyakam yathā oṣadhibhyaḥ amṛtam

3. Just as fresh butter (is extracted) from curd, just as sandalwood (is taken) from the Malaya mountain, and just as the Āraṇyakas (are drawn) from the Vedas, and nectar (is obtained) from medicinal herbs,

Words meanings summery:

• नवनीतम् (navanītam) - fresh butter, fresh cream

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• दध्नः (dadhnaḥ) - from curd, from yogurt

• मलयात् (malayāt) - from the Malaya mountain

• चन्दनम् (candanam) - sandalwood

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• आरण्यकम् (āraṇyakam) - the specific class of Vedic texts known as Āraṇyakas (Āraṇyaka (forest texts), relating to a forest)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वेदेभ्यः (vedebhyaḥ) - from the Vedas

• ओषधिभ्यः (oṣadhibhyaḥ) - from medicinal herbs, from plants

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, immortality

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

नवनीतम् (navanītam) - fresh butter, fresh cream

(noun)

neuter, singular of navanīta

navanīta - fresh butter, fresh cream

`nava` (new) + `nīta` (brought, extracted)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nava+nīta)

• nava – new, fresh
  adjective
• nīta – brought, led, extracted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `nī` (to lead, carry)
  Root: nī (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

दध्नः (dadhnaḥ) - from curd, from yogurt

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dadhi

dadhi - curd, yogurt

Note: Can also be genitive singular. Context implies origin, so ablative.

मलयात् (malayāt) - from the Malaya mountain

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of malaya

malaya - Malaya mountain (a range in southern India, famous for sandalwood)

चन्दनम् (candanam) - sandalwood

(noun)

neuter, singular of candana

candana - sandalwood

Root: cand (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

आरण्यकम् (āraṇyakam) - the specific class of Vedic texts known as Āraṇyakas (Āraṇyaka (forest texts), relating to a forest)

(noun)

neuter, singular of āraṇyaka

āraṇyaka - belonging to the forest, a forest dweller, Āraṇyaka texts

Derived from `araṇya` (forest) + `ka` (suffix)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वेदेभ्यः (vedebhyaḥ) - from the Vedas

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - (sacred) knowledge, Veda (scripture)

From root `vid` (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Can also be dative plural. Context implies origin, so ablative.

ओषधिभ्यः (oṣadhibhyaḥ) - from medicinal herbs, from plants

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of oṣadhi

oṣadhi - medicinal herb, plant, annual plant

Note: Can also be dative plural. Context implies origin, so ablative.

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, immortality

(noun)

neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - nectar, immortality, ambrosia

`a-` (negation) + `mṛta` (dead), literally 'not dead, immortal'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `mṛ` (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)