महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-51, verse-5

च्यवन उवाच ।
श्रमेण महता युक्ताः कैवर्ता मत्स्यजीविनः ।
मम मूल्यं प्रयच्छैभ्यो मत्स्यानां विक्रयैः सह ॥५॥

5. cyavana uvāca ,
śrameṇa mahatā yuktāḥ kaivartā matsyajīvinaḥ ,
mama mūlyaṁ prayacchaibhyo matsyānāṁ vikrayaiḥ saha.

5. cyavana uvāca śrameṇa mahatā yuktāḥ kaivartā matsyajīvinaḥ
mama mūlyam prayaccha ebhyo matsyānām vikrayaiḥ saha

5. cyavana uvāca śrameṇa mahatā yuktāḥ kaivartāḥ matsyajīvinaḥ
mama mūlyam matsyānām vikrayaiḥ saha ebhyo prayaccha

5. Cyavana said: These fishermen, who are engaged in great labor, should be given my worth along with the proceeds from the sale of their fish.

Words meanings summery:

• च्यवन (cyavana) - Cyavana (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• श्रमेण (śrameṇa) - by effort, by labor, by exertion

• महता (mahatā) - by great, by large

• युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - joined, endowed with, engaged in

• कैवर्ता (kaivartā) - fishermen

• मत्स्यजीविनः (matsyajīvinaḥ) - those living by fish, fishermen

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - price, value, worth, compensation

• प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give, grant, offer

• एभ्यो (ebhyo) - to them

• मत्स्यानाम् (matsyānām) - of fish, belonging to fish

• विक्रयैः (vikrayaiḥ) - by sales, with sales

• सह (saha) - with, along with, together with

Words meanings and morphology

च्यवन (cyavana) - Cyavana (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cyavana

cyavana - Cyavana (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रमेण (śrameṇa) - by effort, by labor, by exertion

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śrama

śrama - effort, labor, exertion, fatigue

महता (mahatā) - by great, by large

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, important

Note: Modifies 'śrameṇa'

युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - joined, endowed with, engaged in

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yukta

yukta - joined, yoked, connected, endowed with, engaged in, appropriate

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yuj' (to join)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Modifies 'kaivartāḥ matsyajīvinaḥ'

कैवर्ता (kaivartā) - fishermen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaivarta

kaivarta - a fisherman, a boatman

मत्स्यजीविनः (matsyajīvinaḥ) - those living by fish, fishermen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matsyajīvin

matsyajīvin - one who lives by fish, a fisherman

Compound type : tatpurusha (matsya+jīvin)

• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)
• jīvin – living, subsisting by, one who lives
  adjective
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root 'jīv' (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - price, value, worth, compensation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūlya

mūlya - price, value, worth, compensation

प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give, grant, offer

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

एभ्यो (ebhyo) - to them

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

मत्स्यानाम् (matsyānām) - of fish, belonging to fish

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of matsya

matsya - fish

विक्रयैः (vikrayaiḥ) - by sales, with sales

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vikraya

vikraya - sale, selling

सह (saha) - with, along with, together with

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs instrumental case (vikrayaiḥ)