महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-67, verse-9

भूयांसं लभते क्लेशं या गौर्भवति दुर्दुहा ।
सुदुहा या तु भवति नैव तां क्लेशयन्त्युत ॥९॥

9. bhūyāṁsaṁ labhate kleśaṁ yā gaurbhavati durduhā ,
suduhā yā tu bhavati naiva tāṁ kleśayantyuta.

9. bhūyāṃsam labhate kleśam yā gauḥ bhavati durduhā
suduhā yā tu bhavati na eva tām kleśayanti uta

9. yā gauḥ durduhā bhavati sā bhūyāṃsam kleśam labhate
tu yā suduhā bhavati tām eva na kleśayanti uta

9. That cow (yā gauḥ) which is (bhavati) difficult to milk (durduhā) obtains (labhate) greater (bhūyāṃsaṃ) trouble (kleśaṃ). But (tu) that (yā) which is (bhavati) easy to milk (suduhā), they certainly (na eva) do not trouble (kleśayanti) her (tām), moreover (uta).

Words meanings summery:

• भूयांसम् (bhūyāṁsam) - a greater amount of (greater, more, larger, much)

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets, receives

• क्लेशम् (kleśam) - trouble, pain, suffering, distress

• या (yā) - whichever (cow) (who, which, what (feminine))

• गौः (gauḥ) - cow (as in a domesticated animal) (cow, bull, earth, ray of light)

• भवति (bhavati) - is, becomes, exists

• दुर्दुहा (durduhā) - a cow that is hard to milk (difficult to milk, yielding milk with difficulty)

• सुदुहा (suduhā) - a cow that is easy to milk (easy to milk, yielding milk easily)

• या (yā) - whichever (cow) (who, which, what (feminine))

• तु (tu) - but (introducing a contrast) (but, indeed, however)

• भवति (bhavati) - is, becomes, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - certainly, indeed (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• ताम् (tām) - her (the easy-to-milk cow) (her, that (feminine))

• क्लेशयन्ति (kleśayanti) - they (people) trouble her (they trouble, they torment, they cause distress)

• उत (uta) - moreover (adding emphasis to the conclusion) (and, also, moreover, indeed)

Words meanings and morphology

भूयांसम् (bhūyāṁsam) - a greater amount of (greater, more, larger, much)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Comparative degree of 'bahu'

Note: Comparative form of 'bahu' (much).

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of labh

Present indicative, Ātmanepada

Root: labh (class 1)

क्लेशम् (kleśam) - trouble, pain, suffering, distress

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kleśa

kleśa - trouble, pain, suffering, distress, affliction

From root 'kliś' (to suffer)

Root: kliś (class 9)

या (yā) - whichever (cow) (who, which, what (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

गौः (gauḥ) - cow (as in a domesticated animal) (cow, bull, earth, ray of light)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

भवति (bhavati) - is, becomes, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present indicative, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

दुर्दुहा (durduhā) - a cow that is hard to milk (difficult to milk, yielding milk with difficulty)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durduha

durduha - difficult to milk, yielding milk with difficulty

Compound 'dur-' (difficult) + agent noun from root 'duh' (to milk)

Compound type : Pradi-Tatpuruṣa (dur+duha)

• dur – bad, ill, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• duha – milking, one who milks (agent noun)
  noun (feminine)
  Agent noun
  From root 'duh' (to milk)
  Root: duh (class 2)

सुदुहा (suduhā) - a cow that is easy to milk (easy to milk, yielding milk easily)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suduha

suduha - easy to milk, yielding milk easily

Compound 'su-' (easy, well) + agent noun from root 'duh' (to milk)

Compound type : Pradi-Tatpuruṣa (su+duha)

• su – good, well, easily
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• duha – milking, one who milks (agent noun)
  noun (feminine)
  Agent noun
  From root 'duh' (to milk)
  Root: duh (class 2)

या (yā) - whichever (cow) (who, which, what (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तु (tu) - but (introducing a contrast) (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - is, becomes, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present indicative, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly, indeed (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - her (the easy-to-milk cow) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्लेशयन्ति (kleśayanti) - they (people) trouble her (they trouble, they torment, they cause distress)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kleś

Present indicative, Parasmaipada (causative stem)

From the causative stem of root 'kliś' (to suffer)

Root: kliś (class 9)

उत (uta) - moreover (adding emphasis to the conclusion) (and, also, moreover, indeed)

(indeclinable)