महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-83, verse-38

बहुनक्रझषग्राहां तिमिंगिलगणायुताम् ।
काकेन बडिशेनेमामतार्षं त्वामहं नदीम् ॥३८॥

38. bahunakrajhaṣagrāhāṁ timiṁgilagaṇāyutām ,
kākena baḍiśenemāmatārṣaṁ tvāmahaṁ nadīm.

38. bahu-nakra-jhaṣa-grāhām timi-ṅgila-gaṇa-yutām
kākena baḍiśena imām atārṣam tvām aham nadīm

38. aham kākena baḍiśena bahunakrajhaṣagrāhām
timiṅgilagaṇāyutām imām nadīm atārṣam tvām

38. O king, I have crossed this river filled with many crocodiles, fish, sea-monsters, and multitudes of whales, using a crow as my fishing hook.

Words meanings summery:

• बहु-नक्र-झष-ग्राहाम् (bahu-nakra-jhaṣa-grāhām) - having many crocodiles, fish, and aquatic monsters

• तिमि-ङ्गिल-गण-युताम् (timi-ṅgila-gaṇa-yutām) - endowed with multitudes of whales and giant sea creatures

• काकेन (kākena) - by the crow

• बडिशेन (baḍiśena) - with a fishing hook

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• अतार्षम् (atārṣam) - I crossed

• त्वाम् (tvām) - O king (you)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• नदीम् (nadīm) - river

Words meanings and morphology

बहु-नक्र-झष-ग्राहाम् (bahu-nakra-jhaṣa-grāhām) - having many crocodiles, fish, and aquatic monsters

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bahu-nakra-jhaṣa-grāha

bahu-nakra-jhaṣa-grāha - having many crocodiles, fish, and aquatic monsters

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bahu+nakra-jhaṣa-grāha)

• bahu – much, many
  adjective (masculine)
• nakra-jhaṣa-grāha – crocodiles, fish, and sea monsters
  noun (masculine)
  Dvandva compound

तिमि-ङ्गिल-गण-युताम् (timi-ṅgila-gaṇa-yutām) - endowed with multitudes of whales and giant sea creatures

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of timi-ṅgila-gaṇa-yuta

timi-ṅgila-gaṇa-yuta - accompanied or filled with groups of timi and ṅgila sea monsters

Past Passive Participle

Tṛtīyā-tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (timi-ṅgila-gaṇa+yuta)

• timi-ṅgila-gaṇa – multitude of timi and ṅgila fish
  noun (masculine)
  Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpurusha compound
• yuta – joined, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root yu
  Root: yu (class 6)

काकेन (kākena) - by the crow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāka

kāka - crow

बडिशेन (baḍiśena) - with a fishing hook

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of baḍiśa

baḍiśa - fishing hook

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

अतार्षम् (atārṣam) - I crossed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of tṛ

Root: tṛ (class 1)

त्वाम् (tvām) - O king (you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

नदीम् (nadīm) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

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