महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-51, verse-10

नहुष उवाच ।
कोटिः प्रदीयतां मूल्यं निषादेभ्यः पुरोहित ।
यदेतदपि नौपम्यमतो भूयः प्रदीयताम् ॥१०॥

10. nahuṣa uvāca ,
koṭiḥ pradīyatāṁ mūlyaṁ niṣādebhyaḥ purohita ,
yadetadapi naupamyamato bhūyaḥ pradīyatām.

10. nahuṣaḥ uvāca koṭiḥ pradīyatām mūlyam niṣādebhyaḥ
purohita yat etat api na aupamyam ataḥ bhūyaḥ pradīyatām

10. nahuṣaḥ uvāca purohita,
niṣādebhyaḥ koṭiḥ mūlyam pradīyatām.
yat etat api na aupamyam,
ataḥ bhūyaḥ pradīyatām.

10. Nahuṣa said: 'O priest, let ten million be given as the value to the Niṣādas. Even this is not comparable, therefore let more be given.'

Words meanings summery:

• नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa (a king's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कोटिः (koṭiḥ) - ten million (as a unit of value) (ten million; highest amount; extremity)

• प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let it be granted

• मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - value, price, payment

• निषादेभ्यः (niṣādebhyaḥ) - to the Niṣādas

• पुरोहित (purohita) - O Cyavana, the priest (O priest, O chief priest)

• यत् (yat) - even this (emphatic particle) (which, what; (here) indeed, even)

• एतत् (etat) - this (price, i.e., ten million) (this)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• न (na) - not, no

• औपम्यम् (aupamyam) - a comparable value (comparability, similarity, a match)

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more, further

• प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let it be granted

Words meanings and morphology

नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa (a king's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣa

nahuṣa - name of a king

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

कोटिः (koṭiḥ) - ten million (as a unit of value) (ten million; highest amount; extremity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of koṭi

koṭi - ten million, crore; highest amount, extremity

Note: Subject of pradīyatām.

प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let it be granted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of dā

Imperative 3rd singular passive

From √dā (to give) with upasarga pra- in imperative middle voice (passive meaning)

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - value, price, payment

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūlya

mūlya - price, value, payment

Note: Nominative singular neuter, acting as the subject in the passive voice verb pradīyatām, referring to koṭi.

निषादेभ्यः (niṣādebhyaḥ) - to the Niṣādas

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of niṣāda

niṣāda - a specific caste/tribe; a hunter

Note: Recipient of the action of giving.

पुरोहित (purohita) - O Cyavana, the priest (O priest, O chief priest)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of purohita

purohita - family priest, chief priest

Note: Refers to Cyavana.

यत् (yat) - even this (emphatic particle) (which, what; (here) indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an emphatic particle, 'even that'.

एतत् (etat) - this (price, i.e., ten million) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to 'koṭiḥ mūlyam'.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

औपम्यम् (aupamyam) - a comparable value (comparability, similarity, a match)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aupamya

aupamya - comparability, similarity, resemblance

Note: Subject of implied 'asti' (is).

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more, further

(indeclinable)

Comparative adverb from √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let it be granted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of dā

Imperative 3rd singular passive

From √dā (to give) with upasarga pra- in imperative middle voice (passive meaning)

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)