महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-65, verse-34

अटवीपर्वताश्चैव नदीतीर्थानि यानि च ।
सर्वाण्यस्वामिकान्याहुर्न हि तत्र परिग्रहः ॥३४॥

34. aṭavīparvatāścaiva nadītīrthāni yāni ca ,
sarvāṇyasvāmikānyāhurna hi tatra parigrahaḥ.

34. aṭavīparvatāḥ ca eva nadītīrthāni yāni ca
sarvāṇi asvāmikāni āhuḥ na hi tatra parigrahaḥ

34. aṭavīparvatāḥ ca eva yāni nadītīrthāni ca,
sarvāṇi asvāmikāni āhuḥ.
hi tatra parigrahaḥ na

34. Forests and mountains, and also all sacred river places, are declared to be ownerless, for there is no right of possession there.

Words meanings summery:

• अटवीपर्वताः (aṭavīparvatāḥ) - forests and mountains

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• नदीतीर्थानि (nadītīrthāni) - sacred river places, river banks

• यानि (yāni) - which (plural)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole

• अस्वामिकानि (asvāmikāni) - ownerless, without an owner

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - possession, acquisition, taking

Words meanings and morphology

अटवीपर्वताः (aṭavīparvatāḥ) - forests and mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aṭavīparvata

aṭavīparvata - forests and mountains

Compound type : dvandva (aṭavī+parvata)

• aṭavī – forest, wilderness
  noun (feminine)
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

नदीतीर्थानि (nadītīrthāni) - sacred river places, river banks

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nadītīrtha

nadītīrtha - sacred bathing place on a river, a holy river bank

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+tīrtha)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• tīrtha – ford, bathing place, sacred place
  noun (neuter)

यानि (yāni) - which (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Agrees with nadītīrthāni

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with nadītīrthāni

अस्वामिकानि (asvāmikāni) - ownerless, without an owner

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of asvāmika

asvāmika - ownerless, without a master

Compound with negative prefix 'a-'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+svāmika)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• svāmika – having an owner, belonging to a master
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from svāmin (owner)

Note: Agrees with nadītīrthāni

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice. Root ah is irregular, conjugated as bru/vac.

Root: ah (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + suffix 'tra'

परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - possession, acquisition, taking

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parigraha

parigraha - taking, acquisition, possession, property

Derived from √grah (to seize, take) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

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