महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-65, verse-38

पयसा हविषा दध्ना शकृताप्यथ चर्मणा ।
अस्थिभिश्चोपकुर्वन्ति शृङ्गैर्वालैश्च भारत ॥३८॥

38. payasā haviṣā dadhnā śakṛtāpyatha carmaṇā ,
asthibhiścopakurvanti śṛṅgairvālaiśca bhārata.

38. payasā haviṣā dadhnā śakṛtā api atha carmaṇā
asthibhiḥ ca upakurvanti śṛṅgaiḥ vālaiḥ ca bhārata

38. They provide benefit with their milk, clarified butter (haviṣ), curds, even their dung and hide; and also with their bones, horns, and hair, O Bhārata.

Words meanings summery:

• पयसा (payasā) - with milk, by means of milk

• हविषा (haviṣā) - with clarified butter (haviṣ) (with oblation, with clarified butter)

• दध्ना (dadhnā) - with curds, with yogurt

• शकृता (śakṛtā) - with dung, with excrement

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अथ (atha) - then, and, now

• चर्मणा (carmaṇā) - with hide, with skin

• अस्थिभिः (asthibhiḥ) - with bones

• च (ca) - and

• उपकुर्वन्ति (upakurvanti) - they benefit, they help, they serve

• शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - with horns

• वालैः (vālaiḥ) - with hair, with tails

• च (ca) - and

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata

Words meanings and morphology

पयसा (payasā) - with milk, by means of milk

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of payas

payas - milk, water

हविषा (haviṣā) - with clarified butter (haviṣ) (with oblation, with clarified butter)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering, clarified butter

Root: hu (class 3)

दध्ना (dadhnā) - with curds, with yogurt

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dadhi

dadhi - curds, yogurt

शकृता (śakṛtā) - with dung, with excrement

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śakṛt

śakṛt - dung, excrement

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, and, now

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for enumeration or continuation.

चर्मणा (carmaṇā) - with hide, with skin

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of carman

carman - skin, hide

Root: cṛ

अस्थिभिः (asthibhiḥ) - with bones

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of asthi

asthi - bone

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उपकुर्वन्ति (upakurvanti) - they benefit, they help, they serve

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of upakṛ

from root kṛ with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Verb for the implied subject (cows).

शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - with horns

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit

वालैः (vālaiḥ) - with hair, with tails

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vāla

vāla - hair (especially of a tail), tail

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

Root: bhṛ

Note: Address to the listener.

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