महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-76, verse-8

बलान्विताः शीलवयोपपन्नाः सर्वाः प्रशंसन्ति सुगन्धवत्यः ।
यथा हि गङ्गा सरितां वरिष्ठा तथार्जुनीनां कपिला वरिष्ठा ॥८॥

8. balānvitāḥ śīlavayopapannāḥ; sarvāḥ praśaṁsanti sugandhavatyaḥ ,
yathā hi gaṅgā saritāṁ variṣṭhā; tathārjunīnāṁ kapilā variṣṭhā.

8. balānvitāḥ śīlavayopapannāḥ sarvāḥ
praśaṃsanti sugandhavatyaḥ
yathā hi gaṅgā saritām variṣṭhā
tathā arjunīnām kapilā variṣṭhā

8. Cows endowed with strength, good disposition, and appropriate age are praised by all as auspicious. Just as the Ganga is the most excellent among rivers, so too is the Kapila (tawny) cow the most excellent among white (arjunī) cows.

Words meanings summery:

• बलान्विताः (balānvitāḥ) - endowed with strength, strong

• शीलवयोपपन्नाः (śīlavayopapannāḥ) - endowed with good character and age, possessing good behavior and appropriate age

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, all of them

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, extol

• सुगन्धवत्यः (sugandhavatyaḥ) - auspicious (referring to cows) (fragrant, auspicious, possessing good qualities)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - the Ganga river

• सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers, among rivers

• वरिष्ठा (variṣṭhā) - most excellent, supreme, best

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly

• अर्जुनीनाम् (arjunīnām) - of white cows, among white cows

• कपिला (kapilā) - a tawny/brown cow

• वरिष्ठा (variṣṭhā) - most excellent, supreme, best

Words meanings and morphology

बलान्विताः (balānvitāḥ) - endowed with strength, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of balānvita

balānvita - endowed with strength, accompanied by strength

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+anvita)

• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)
• anvita – accompanied by, endowed with, joined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

शीलवयोपपन्नाः (śīlavayopapannāḥ) - endowed with good character and age, possessing good behavior and appropriate age

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śīlavayopapanna

śīlavayopapanna - endowed with good character and age

Compound type : dvandva + tatpuruṣa (śīla+vayas+upapanna)

• śīla – character, disposition, good conduct
  noun (neuter)
• vayas – age, youth, period of life
  noun (neuter)
• upapanna – endowed with, possessed of, suitable, proper
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: upa
  Root: pad (class 4)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, all of them

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, extol

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-śaṃs

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

सुगन्धवत्यः (sugandhavatyaḥ) - auspicious (referring to cows) (fragrant, auspicious, possessing good qualities)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sugandhavatī

sugandhavatī - fragrant, auspicious, possessing good qualities

derived with possessive suffix -vat

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - the Ganga river

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the Ganges river

सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers, among rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

वरिष्ठा (variṣṭhā) - most excellent, supreme, best

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of variṣṭha

variṣṭha - most excellent, best, supreme

superlative

superlative degree of 'vara' (excellent)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly

(indeclinable)

अर्जुनीनाम् (arjunīnām) - of white cows, among white cows

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of arjunī

arjunī - white cow (feminine of arjuna - white)

कपिला (kapilā) - a tawny/brown cow

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kapilā

kapilā - tawny, brown, a tawny cow

वरिष्ठा (variṣṭhā) - most excellent, supreme, best

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of variṣṭha

variṣṭha - most excellent, best, supreme

superlative

superlative degree of 'vara' (excellent)