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13,144

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-144, verse-42

षोडशानां सहस्राणां वधूनां केशवस्य ह ।
वरिष्ठा सहलोक्या च केशवस्य भविष्यसि ॥४२॥
42. ṣoḍaśānāṁ sahasrāṇāṁ vadhūnāṁ keśavasya ha ,
variṣṭhā sahalokyā ca keśavasya bhaviṣyasi.
42. ṣoḍaśānām sahasrāṇām vadhūnām keśavasya ha |
variṣṭhā saha-lokyā ca keśavasya bhaviṣyasi
42. (tvam) keśavasya ṣoḍaśānām sahasrāṇām vadhūnām variṣṭhā
bhaviṣyasi ha ca keśavasya saha-lokyā (api) bhaviṣyasi
42. “You will be the foremost among the sixteen thousand wives of Keśava, and you will share his world.”

Words meanings summery:

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  • षोडशानाम् (ṣoḍaśānām) - of sixteen
  • सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands
  • वधूनाम् (vadhūnām) - of wives, of brides, of women
  • केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava (Krishna)
  • (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)
  • वरिष्ठा (variṣṭhā) - foremost, most excellent, best
  • सह-लोक्या (saha-lokyā) - sharing the same world, co-existent in world
  • (ca) - and, also
  • केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava (Krishna)
  • भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be

Words meanings and morphology

षोडशानाम् (ṣoḍaśānām) - of sixteen
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with sahasrāṇām.
सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
Note: Modifies vadhūnām.
वधूनाम् (vadhūnām) - of wives, of brides, of women
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of vadhū
vadhū - wife, bride, daughter-in-law, young woman
Note: Governed by variṣṭhā.
केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava (Krishna)
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of keśava
keśava - Keśava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)
Note: Possessive, 'of Keśava'.
(ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
वरिष्ठा (variṣṭhā) - foremost, most excellent, best
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of variṣṭha
variṣṭha - foremost, most excellent, best (superlative of 'vara')
Superlative degree from 'vara'
Note: Predicative adjective for the implied 'you'.
सह-लोक्या (saha-lokyā) - sharing the same world, co-existent in world
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of saha-lokya
saha-lokya - sharing the same world, co-existent in world
Derived from 'saha-loka' (co-world)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saha+loka)
  • saha – with, together with
    indeclinable
  • loka – world, realm
    noun (masculine)
Note: Predicative adjective for the implied 'you' (Rukmini).
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava (Krishna)
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of keśava
keśava - Keśava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)
Note: Possessive, 'of Keśava'.
भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū
Future tense, active voice
Root: bhū (class 1)