महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-106, verse-10

यच्चावसं जाह्नवीतीरनित्यः शतं समास्तप्यमानस्तपोऽहम् ।
अदां च तत्राश्वतरीसहस्रं नारीपुरं न च तेनाहमागाम् ॥१०॥

10. yaccāvasaṁ jāhnavītīranityaḥ; śataṁ samāstapyamānastapo'ham ,
adāṁ ca tatrāśvatarīsahasraṁ; nārīpuraṁ na ca tenāhamāgām.

10. yat ca āvasam jāhnavī-tīre nityaḥ
śatam samāḥ tapyamānaḥ tapaḥ
aham adām ca tatra aśvatarī-sahasram
nārī-puram na ca tena aham āgām

10. aham nityaḥ jāhnavī-tīre śatam
samāḥ tapaḥ tapyamānaḥ ca yat āvasam
tatra ca aśvatarī-sahasram
nārī-puram adām tena ca aham na āgām

10. And I, being constant, resided on the bank of the Jahnavī for a hundred years, performing austerities (tapas). There, I also gave a thousand female mules and a town of women, but I did not come here by that (merit).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - and (introducing a new clause with 'ca') (which, that)

• च (ca) - and

• आवसम् (āvasam) - I resided (I resided, I dwelt)

• जाह्नवी-तीरे (jāhnavī-tīre) - on the bank of the Jahnavī (on the bank of the Jahnavī (Ganges))

• नित्यः (nityaḥ) - being constant (in my practice) (constant, eternal, regular)

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• तप्यमानः (tapyamānaḥ) - performing austerities (tapas) (performing austerities, heating oneself)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerities (tapas) (austerity, penance (tapas))

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अदाम् (adām) - I gave

• च (ca) - also (and)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (on the bank of Jahnavī) (there, in that place)

• अश्वतरी-सहस्रम् (aśvatarī-sahasram) - a thousand female mules

• नारी-पुरम् (nārī-puram) - a town of women

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - but (and)

• तेन (tena) - by that (merit) (by that)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आगाम् (āgām) - I came (I came, I arrived)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - and (introducing a new clause with 'ca') (which, that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunctive use 'yac ca' for 'and also'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction

आवसम् (āvasam) - I resided (I resided, I dwelt)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ā + vas

imperfect active first singular

Prefix: ā

Root: vas (class 1)

जाह्नवी-तीरे (jāhnavī-tīre) - on the bank of the Jahnavī (on the bank of the Jahnavī (Ganges))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jāhnavī-tīra

jāhnavī-tīra - bank of the Jahnavī (river Ganga)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāhnavī+tīra)

• jāhnavī – the river Ganges
  proper noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore
  noun (neuter)

Note: locative of place where residence occurred

नित्यः (nityaḥ) - being constant (in my practice) (constant, eternal, regular)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nitya

nitya - constant, eternal, perpetual, regular

Note: modifies 'aham'

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

Note: modifies samāḥ, used as an adjective for 'hundred years'

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

Note: accusative of duration of time

तप्यमानः (tapyamānaḥ) - performing austerities (tapas) (performing austerities, heating oneself)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapyamāna

tapyamāna - performing austerities, being heated

Present Middle Participle

from root tap (to perform austerities, heat) in passive/middle voice

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: agrees with 'aham', indicating simultaneous action

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerities (tapas) (austerity, penance (tapas))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat

Note: object of 'tapyamānaḥ' (performing what?)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: subject of āvasam and adām

अदाम् (adām) - I gave

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of dā

aorist active first singular, reduplicated

Root: dā (class 3)

च (ca) - also (and)

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction

तत्र (tatra) - there (on the bank of Jahnavī) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: locative adverb

अश्वतरी-सहस्रम् (aśvatarī-sahasram) - a thousand female mules

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśvatarī-sahasra

aśvatarī-sahasra - a thousand female mules

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśvatarī+sahasra)

• aśvatarī – female mule
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: object of 'adām'

नारी-पुरम् (nārī-puram) - a town of women

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nārī-pura

nārī-pura - a town or city inhabited by women

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nārī+pura)

• nārī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

Note: object of 'adām'

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: negates the verb āgām

च (ca) - but (and)

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction, here with a slightly adversative sense 'but'

तेन (tena) - by that (merit) (by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: instrumental, 'by that (action/result)'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

आगाम् (āgām) - I came (I came, I arrived)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of ā + gam

aorist active first singular

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)