महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-17, verse-13

दश नामसहस्राणि यान्याह प्रपितामहः ।
तानि निर्मथ्य मनसा दध्नो घृतमिवोद्धृतम् ॥१३॥

13. daśa nāmasahasrāṇi yānyāha prapitāmahaḥ ,
tāni nirmathya manasā dadhno ghṛtamivoddhṛtam.

13. daśa nāma-sahasrāṇi yāni āha prapitāmahaḥ tāni
nirmathya manasā dadhnaḥ ghṛtam iva uddhṛtam

13. prapitāmahaḥ yāni daśa nāma-sahasrāṇi āha,
tāni manasā nirmathya,
dadhnaḥ ghṛtam iva (etat) uddhṛtam

13. The ten thousand names which the great-grandfather (Brahmā) declared – having mentally churned those (names), this (essence) has been extracted just like ghee is drawn from curd.

Words meanings summery:

• दश (daśa) - ten

• नाम-सहस्राणि (nāma-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of names, ten thousand names

• यानि (yāni) - which

• आह (āha) - said, declared

• प्रपितामहः (prapitāmahaḥ) - the creator god Brahmā (the great-grandfather (Brahmā))

• तानि (tāni) - those

• निर्मथ्य (nirmathya) - having churned, having extracted

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, mentally

• दध्नः (dadhnaḥ) - from curd

• घृतम् (ghṛtam) - ghee, clarified butter

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - extracted, drawn out

Words meanings and morphology

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'nāma-sahasrāṇi'.

नाम-सहस्राणि (nāma-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of names, ten thousand names

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nāma-sahasra

nāma-sahasra - thousand names

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nāman+sahasra)

• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

यानि (yāni) - which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'nāma-sahasrāṇi'.

आह (āha) - said, declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Perfect Tense, 3rd Person, Singular, Active Voice

Defective verb often supplemented by forms of 'brū'.

Root: ah (class 2)

प्रपितामहः (prapitāmahaḥ) - the creator god Brahmā (the great-grandfather (Brahmā))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prapitāmaha

prapitāmaha - great-grandfather, a title for Brahmā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pra+pitāmaha)

• pra – foremost, very, exceeding
  indeclinable
• pitāmaha – grandfather
  noun (masculine)

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers back to 'nāma-sahasrāṇi'.

निर्मथ्य (nirmathya) - having churned, having extracted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root 'math' with prefix 'nis' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: nis

Root: math (class 1)

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, mentally

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

दध्नः (dadhnaḥ) - from curd

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dadhi

dadhi - curd, yogurt

घृतम् (ghṛtam) - ghee, clarified butter

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghṛta

ghṛta - ghee, clarified butter

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - extracted, drawn out

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uddhṛta

hṛ - to take, to carry, to draw out

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'hṛ' with prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'sāram' (essence).