महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-75, verse-15

गां ददानीति वक्तव्यमर्घ्यवस्त्रवसुप्रदः ।
ऊधस्या भरितव्या च वैष्णवीति च चोदयेत् ॥१५॥

15. gāṁ dadānīti vaktavyamarghyavastravasupradaḥ ,
ūdhasyā bharitavyā ca vaiṣṇavīti ca codayet.

15. gām dadāni iti vaktavyam arghya-vastra-vasu-pradaḥ
| ūdhassyā bharitavyā ca vaiṣṇavī iti ca codayet

15. arghya-vastra-vasu-pradaḥ gām dadāni iti vaktavyam
ca ūdhassyā bharitavyā ca vaiṣṇavī iti codayet

15. The giver, presenting water for offering (arghya), clothes, and wealth, should declare, 'I give a cow.' And one should ensure the cow has a full udder and should announce, 'She is Vaiṣṇavī (related to Viṣṇu).'

Words meanings summery:

• गाम् (gām) - cow

• ददानि (dadāni) - I give, I offer

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way (quotation particle)

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken, should be said

• अर्घ्य-वस्त्र-वसु-प्रदः (arghya-vastra-vasu-pradaḥ) - giver of water for offering, clothes, and wealth

• ऊधस्स्या (ūdhassyā) - the cow with a full udder (having an udder, full-uddered)

• भरितव्या (bharitavyā) - should be ensured (as full-uddered), should be maintained/presented (to be filled, to be supported, to be presented)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वैष्णवी (vaiṣṇavī) - related to Viṣṇu, female devotee of Viṣṇu

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way (quotation particle)

• च (ca) - and, also

• चोदयेत् (codayet) - should urge, should impel, should declare, should mention

Words meanings and morphology

गाम् (gām) - cow

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, cattle; earth; ray of light

ददानि (dadāni) - I give, I offer

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dā

Present Indicative

1st person singular, active voice

Root: dā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way (quotation particle)

(indeclinable)

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken, should be said

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, to be said, mentionable

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्घ्य-वस्त्र-वसु-प्रदः (arghya-vastra-vasu-pradaḥ) - giver of water for offering, clothes, and wealth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arghyavastravasuprada

arghyavastravasuprada - giver of water for respectful reception, clothes, and wealth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arghya+vastra+vasu+prada)

• arghya – water for respectful reception, offering, reverence
  noun (neuter)
• vastra – garment, cloth, clothes
  noun (neuter)
• vasu – wealth, riches, property, treasure
  noun (neuter)
• prada – giver, bestower, granting
  adjective (masculine)
  From root dā (to give) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 3)

ऊधस्स्या (ūdhassyā) - the cow with a full udder (having an udder, full-uddered)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ūdhassya

ūdhassya - having an udder, udder-bearing, full-uddered

Derived from ūdhás (udder) with the suffix -ya

Note: Refers to the cow, implying she is a milking cow with a full udder.

भरितव्या (bharitavyā) - should be ensured (as full-uddered), should be maintained/presented (to be filled, to be supported, to be presented)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bharitavya

bharitavya - to be borne, to be supported, to be maintained, to be filled

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root bhṛ (to bear, carry, support, nourish, fill)

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वैष्णवी (vaiṣṇavī) - related to Viṣṇu, female devotee of Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaiṣṇavī

vaiṣṇavī - related to Viṣṇu; a female worshipper of Viṣṇu; the power or energy of Viṣṇu

Feminine form of vaiṣṇava

Note: Here personifying the cow as an embodiment of Viṣṇu's energy.

इति (iti) - thus, in this way (quotation particle)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चोदयेत् (codayet) - should urge, should impel, should declare, should mention

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of cud

Optative Mood

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: cud (class 10)