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13,4

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-4, verse-17

अदूरे कन्यकुब्जस्य गङ्गायास्तीरमुत्तमम् ।
अश्वतीर्थं तदद्यापि मानवाः परिचक्षते ॥१७॥
17. adūre kanyakubjasya gaṅgāyāstīramuttamam ,
aśvatīrthaṁ tadadyāpi mānavāḥ paricakṣate.
17. adūre kānyakubjasya gaṅgāyāḥ tīram uttamam
aśvatīrtham tat adyāpi mānavāḥ paricakṣate
17. kānyakubjasya adūre gaṅgāyāḥ uttamam tīram
tat aśvatīrtham adyāpi mānavāḥ paricakṣate
17. Near Kānyakubja, on an excellent bank of the Gaṅgā, that place is still called "Aśvatīrtha" (Horse Ford) by people even today.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अदूरे (adūre) - near the city of Kānyakubja (near, not far away)
  • कान्यकुब्जस्य (kānyakubjasya) - of Kānyakubja (ancient city, modern Kanauj)
  • गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of the river Gaṅgā
  • तीरम् (tīram) - the river bank (bank, shore)
  • उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent bank (best, excellent, supreme)
  • अश्वतीर्थम् (aśvatīrtham) - a sacred bathing place for horses, a horse ford
  • तत् (tat) - that place (Aśvatīrtha) (that)
  • अद्यापि (adyāpi) - even today, still today
  • मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, people, descendants of Manu
  • परिचक्षते (paricakṣate) - they call, they designate, they relate

Words meanings and morphology

अदूरे (adūre) - near the city of Kānyakubja (near, not far away)
(indeclinable)
Compound type : dvandva (a+dūra)
  • a – not, un-
    prefix
  • dūra – far, distant
    adjective (neuter)
Note: Locative singular used adverbially
कान्यकुब्जस्य (kānyakubjasya) - of Kānyakubja (ancient city, modern Kanauj)
(proper noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of kānyakubja
kānyakubja - name of an ancient city (modern Kanauj)
गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of the river Gaṅgā
(proper noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of gaṅgā
gaṅgā - the river Ganges
तीरम् (tīram) - the river bank (bank, shore)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tīra
tīra - shore, bank, edge
उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent bank (best, excellent, supreme)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama
uttama - highest, best, principal, excellent
अश्वतीर्थम् (aśvatīrtham) - a sacred bathing place for horses, a horse ford
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of aśvatīrtha
aśvatīrtha - a bathing place for horses; a ford where horses appear
Compound type : tatpurusha (aśva+tīrtha)
  • aśva – horse
    noun (masculine)
  • tīrtha – ford, bathing place, holy place
    noun (neuter)
तत् (tat) - that place (Aśvatīrtha) (that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
अद्यापि (adyāpi) - even today, still today
(indeclinable)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (adya+api)
  • adya – today
    indeclinable
  • api – even, also
    indeclinable
मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, people, descendants of Manu
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava
mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu
परिचक्षते (paricakṣate) - they call, they designate, they relate
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of cakṣ
Prefix: pari
Root: cakṣ (class 2)