महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-65, verse-52

दशगोसहस्रदः सम्यक्शक्रेण सह मोदते ।
अक्षयाँल्लभते लोकान्नरः शतसहस्रदः ॥५२॥

52. daśagosahasradaḥ samyakśakreṇa saha modate ,
akṣayāँllabhate lokānnaraḥ śatasahasradaḥ.

52. daśagosahasradaḥ samyak śakreṇa saha modate
akṣayān labhate lokān naraḥ śatasahasradaḥ

52. daśagosahasradaḥ samyak śakreṇa saha modate
śatasahasradaḥ naraḥ akṣayān lokān labhate

52. One who properly gives ten thousand cows rejoices with Indra. A man who gives a hundred thousand (cows) attains imperishable realms.

Words meanings summery:

• दशगोसहस्रदः (daśagosahasradaḥ) - one who gives ten thousand cows

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, truly, rightly

• शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by or with Indra

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• मोदते (modate) - rejoices, delights, is pleased

• अक्षयान् (akṣayān) - imperishable, undiminishing

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, attains, gets

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, regions

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

• शतसहस्रदः (śatasahasradaḥ) - one who gives a hundred thousand (cows)

Words meanings and morphology

दशगोसहस्रदः (daśagosahasradaḥ) - one who gives ten thousand cows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśagosahasrada

daśagosahasrada - one who gives ten thousand cows

Compound type : tatpurusha (daśa+go+sahasra+da)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• go – cow
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun (masculine)
  from √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, truly, rightly

(indeclinable)

Prefix: sam

Root: añc (class 1)

शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by or with Indra

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra (name of the chief of the gods)

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

मोदते (modate) - rejoices, delights, is pleased

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of mud

Root: mud (class 1)

अक्षयान् (akṣayān) - imperishable, undiminishing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akṣaya

akṣaya - imperishable, undiminishing, eternal

Compound type : nah_tatpurusha (a+kṣaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss, perishable
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

लभते (labhate) - obtains, attains, gets

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, regions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, region, people

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

शतसहस्रदः (śatasahasradaḥ) - one who gives a hundred thousand (cows)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatasahasrada

śatasahasrada - one who gives a hundred thousand (of something, usually cows in this context)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śata+sahasra+da)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun (masculine)
  from √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

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