महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-17, verse-14

गिरेः सारं यथा हेम पुष्पात्सारं यथा मधु ।
घृतात्सारं यथा मण्डस्तथैतत्सारमुद्धृतम् ॥१४॥

14. gireḥ sāraṁ yathā hema puṣpātsāraṁ yathā madhu ,
ghṛtātsāraṁ yathā maṇḍastathaitatsāramuddhṛtam.

14. gireḥ sāram yathā hema puṣpāt sāram yathā madhu
ghṛtāt sāram yathā maṇḍaḥ tathā etat sāram uddhṛtam

14. yathā gireḥ sāram hema (bhavati),
yathā puṣpāt sāram madhu (bhavati),
yathā ghṛtāt sāram maṇḍaḥ (bhavati),
tathā etat sāram uddhṛtam (asti)

14. Just as gold is the essence extracted from a mountain, as honey is the essence from a flower, and as the finest cream (maṇḍa) is the essence from ghee, so too has this essence been extracted.

Words meanings summery:

• गिरेः (gireḥ) - from the mountain

• सारम् (sāram) - essence, best part

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• हेम (hema) - gold

• पुष्पात् (puṣpāt) - from the flower

• सारम् (sāram) - essence, best part

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet liquid

• घृतात् (ghṛtāt) - from ghee, from clarified butter

• सारम् (sāram) - essence, best part

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• मण्डः (maṇḍaḥ) - the cream, the best part (of ghee), scum

• तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way

• एतत् (etat) - this

• सारम् (sāram) - essence

• उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - extracted, drawn out

Words meanings and morphology

गिरेः (gireḥ) - from the mountain

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

सारम् (sāram) - essence, best part

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, core, best part, strength, substance

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

हेम (hema) - gold

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

पुष्पात् (puṣpāt) - from the flower

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower

सारम् (sāram) - essence, best part

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, core, best part, strength, substance

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet liquid

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet, wine

घृतात् (ghṛtāt) - from ghee, from clarified butter

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ghṛta

ghṛta - ghee, clarified butter

सारम् (sāram) - essence, best part

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, core, best part, strength, substance

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

मण्डः (maṇḍaḥ) - the cream, the best part (of ghee), scum

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇḍa

maṇḍa - scum, cream, foam, the finest part, the essence

तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

सारम् (sāram) - essence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, core, best part, strength, substance

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 'etat sāram'.