महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-7, verse-14
उपवासैस्तथेज्याभिर्व्रतकौतुकमङ्गलैः ।
लभन्ते मातरो गर्भांस्तान्मासान्दश बिभ्रति ॥१४॥
लभन्ते मातरो गर्भांस्तान्मासान्दश बिभ्रति ॥१४॥
14. upavāsaistathejyābhirvratakautukamaṅgalaiḥ ,
labhante mātaro garbhāṁstānmāsāndaśa bibhrati.
labhante mātaro garbhāṁstānmāsāndaśa bibhrati.
14.
upavāsaiḥ tathā ijyābhiḥ vrata-kautuka-maṅgalaiḥ
labhante mātaraḥ garbhān tān māsān daśa bibhrati
labhante mātaraḥ garbhān tān māsān daśa bibhrati
14.
mātaraḥ upavāsaiḥ tathā ijyābhiḥ vrata-kautuka-maṅgalaiḥ garbhān labhante.
tān daśa māsān bibhrati.
tān daśa māsān bibhrati.
14.
Mothers conceive children through various means like fasts, worship, vows, festive rites, and auspicious ceremonies, and then they carry those children for ten months.
Words meanings summery:
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- उपवासैः (upavāsaiḥ) - by fasts, by abstentions
- तथा (tathā) - similarly, and, in that manner
- इज्याभिः (ijyābhiḥ) - by sacrifices, by worships
- व्रत-कौतुक-मङ्गलैः (vrata-kautuka-maṅgalaiḥ) - by vows, festive rites, and auspicious ceremonies
- लभन्ते (labhante) - they obtain, they get
- मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers
- गर्भान् (garbhān) - fetuses, conceptions, children
- तान् (tān) - referring to the children/fetuses (them)
- मासान् (māsān) - months
- दश (daśa) - ten
- बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - they bear, they carry, they sustain
Words meanings and morphology
उपवासैः (upavāsaiḥ) - by fasts, by abstentions
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of upavāsa
upavāsa - fast, abstention from food, residing near
Prefix: upa
Root: vas (class 1)
तथा (tathā) - similarly, and, in that manner
(indeclinable)
इज्याभिः (ijyābhiḥ) - by sacrifices, by worships
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, plural of ijya
ijya - sacrifice, worship, offering
Root: yaj (class 1)
व्रत-कौतुक-मङ्गलैः (vrata-kautuka-maṅgalaiḥ) - by vows, festive rites, and auspicious ceremonies
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of vrata-kautuka-maṅgala
vrata-kautuka-maṅgala - vows, festive rites, and auspicious ceremonies (a compound listing these)
Compound type : dvandva (vrata+kautuka+maṅgala)
- vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
noun (neuter) - kautuka – festive ceremony, curiosity, wonder, something auspicious worn as a charm
noun (neuter) - maṅgala – auspicious ceremony, blessing, welfare, good fortune
noun (neuter)
लभन्ते (labhante) - they obtain, they get
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of labh
Root: labh (class 1)
मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of mātṛ
mātṛ - mother
गर्भान् (garbhān) - fetuses, conceptions, children
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of garbha
garbha - womb, embryo, fetus, child
तान् (tān) - referring to the children/fetuses (them)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
मासान् (māsān) - months
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of māsa
māsa - month
दश (daśa) - ten
(adjective)
Accusative, plural of daśan
daśan - ten
बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - they bear, they carry, they sustain
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhṛ
Root: bhṛ (class 3)