महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-4, verse-12

गाधिरुवाच ।
चन्द्ररश्मिप्रकाशानां हयानां वातरंहसाम् ।
एकतः श्यामकर्णानां सहस्रं देहि भार्गव ॥१२॥

12. gādhiruvāca ,
candraraśmiprakāśānāṁ hayānāṁ vātaraṁhasām ,
ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṁ sahasraṁ dehi bhārgava.

12. gādhiḥ uvāca candraraśmiprakāśānām hayānām vātarahṃhasām
ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānām sahasram dehi bhārgava

12. gādhiḥ uvāca bhārgava candraraśmiprakāśānām
vātarahṃhasām ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānām hayānām sahasram dehi

12. Gādhi said: "O Bhārgava (Ṛcīka), give me a thousand horses that shine like moonbeams, are as swift as the wind, and have one black ear."

Words meanings summery:

• गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - King Gādhi, father of Satyavatī (Gādhi)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• चन्द्ररश्मिप्रकाशानाम् (candraraśmiprakāśānām) - of horses shining like moonbeams (of those shining like moonbeams)

• हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses

• वातरह्ंहसाम् (vātarahṁhasām) - of horses swift as the wind (of those swift as wind)

• एकतः (ekataḥ) - on one side (indicating that a specific feature, like ear color, is present on one side only) (on one side, from one side, in one way)

• श्यामकर्णानाम् (śyāmakarṇānām) - of horses with one black ear (the rest of the body being of a lighter color) (of those with black ears)

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand (horses) (a thousand)

• देहि (dehi) - give (imperative to Ṛcīka) (give, grant)

• भार्गव (bhārgava) - O Ṛcīka (as a descendant of Bhṛgu) (descendant of Bhṛgu, belonging to Bhṛgu)

Words meanings and morphology

गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - King Gādhi, father of Satyavatī (Gādhi)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gādhi

gādhi - a king, father of Viśvāmitra (and Satyavatī), a proper name

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

चन्द्ररश्मिप्रकाशानाम् (candraraśmiprakāśānām) - of horses shining like moonbeams (of those shining like moonbeams)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of candraraśmiprakāśa

candraraśmiprakāśa - shining like moonbeams, having the splendor of moonrays

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (candra+raśmi+prakāśa)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• raśmi – ray, beam, rope
  noun (masculine)
• prakāśa – light, splendor, shining, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kāś' (to shine) with prefix 'pra'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'hayānām'.

हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse, steed

Root: hi (class 5)

वातरह्ंहसाम् (vātarahṁhasām) - of horses swift as the wind (of those swift as wind)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vātarahṃhas

vātarahṁhas - swift as wind, wind-speed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāta+rahas)

• vāta – wind, air, current
  noun (masculine)
• rahas – speed, velocity, impulse, vehemence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'hayānām'.

एकतः (ekataḥ) - on one side (indicating that a specific feature, like ear color, is present on one side only) (on one side, from one side, in one way)

(indeclinable)

From 'eka' with suffix '-tas'.

Note: Modifies 'śyāmakarṇānām', implying 'one black ear'.

श्यामकर्णानाम् (śyāmakarṇānām) - of horses with one black ear (the rest of the body being of a lighter color) (of those with black ears)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śyāmakarṇa

śyāmakarṇa - black-eared, having black ears

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śyāma+karṇa)

• śyāma – dark, black, dark-blue, green
  adjective (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'hayānām'.

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand (horses) (a thousand)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

देहि (dehi) - give (imperative to Ṛcīka) (give, grant)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Imperative Active

Root 'dā' (3rd class, reduplicated), imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: dā (class 3)

भार्गव (bhārgava) - O Ṛcīka (as a descendant of Bhṛgu) (descendant of Bhṛgu, belonging to Bhṛgu)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu, relating to Bhṛgu, a name of sages in the Bhṛgu lineage

Derived from Bhṛgu with suffix '-a'.