महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-36, verse-11

शतं वै यस्तु काम्बोजान्ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छति ।
नियतेभ्यो महीपाल स च पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥११॥

11. śataṁ vai yastu kāmbojānbrāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati ,
niyatebhyo mahīpāla sa ca pāpātpramucyate.

11. śatam vai yaḥ tu kāmbojān brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati
niyatebhyaḥ mahīpāla saḥ ca pāpāt pramucyate

11. mahīpāla yaḥ tu vai śatam kāmbojān niyatebhyaḥ
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati saḥ ca pāpāt pramucyate

11. O King, one who donates a hundred Kamboja horses to disciplined Brahmins is indeed liberated from sin (pāpa).

Words meanings summery:

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (Kamboja horses) (a hundred)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely)

• यः (yaḥ) - one who (who, whoever)

• तु (tu) - (emphatic particle) (but, and, on the other hand)

• काम्बोजान् (kāmbojān) - Kamboja horses (Kambojas (horses from Kamboja))

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to Brahmins

• प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - donates (gives, offers, bestows)

• नियतेभ्यः (niyatebhyaḥ) - to disciplined (Brahmins) (to the restrained, to the self-controlled, to the disciplined)

• महीपाल (mahīpāla) - O King (O protector of the earth, O king)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that one)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पापात् (pāpāt) - from sin (pāpa) (from sin, from evil)

• प्रमुच्यते (pramucyate) - is liberated (is freed, is liberated)

Words meanings and morphology

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (Kamboja horses) (a hundred)

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'Kāmbojān' (hundred of Kamboja horses).

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

Particle of emphasis

यः (yaḥ) - one who (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Subject of 'prayacchati'.

तु (tu) - (emphatic particle) (but, and, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Particle used for contrast or emphasis

काम्बोजान् (kāmbojān) - Kamboja horses (Kambojas (horses from Kamboja))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kāmboja

kāmboja - a native of Kamboja (an ancient kingdom known for its horses), a horse from Kamboja

Note: Object of 'prayacchati'.

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to Brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, belonging to the priestly class

Note: Recipient of the donation.

प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - donates (gives, offers, bestows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dā

Present Tense, Third Person Singular, Active Voice, Parasmaipada

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Root 'yam' with prefix 'pra'.

नियतेभ्यः (niyatebhyaḥ) - to disciplined (Brahmins) (to the restrained, to the self-controlled, to the disciplined)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, plural of niyata

niyata - restrained, regulated, disciplined

past passive participle

From root 'yam' with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'brāhmaṇebhyaḥ'.

महीपाल (mahīpāla) - O King (O protector of the earth, O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpāla

mahīpāla - protector of the earth, king

Tatpurusha compound 'mahī' (earth) + 'pāla' (protector)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+pāla)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'pā' (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Directly addressing the king.

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun for 'yaḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पापात् (pāpāt) - from sin (pāpa) (from sin, from evil)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wrong

Note: Indicates separation from sin.

प्रमुच्यते (pramucyate) - is liberated (is freed, is liberated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Present Tense, Third Person Singular, Passive Voice, Ātmanepada

Prefix: pra

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: From root 'muc' with 'pra' prefix.