महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-77, verse-17

गाश्च संकीर्तयेन्नित्यं नावमन्येत गास्तथा ।
अनिष्टं स्वप्नमालक्ष्य गां नरः संप्रकीर्तयेत् ॥१७॥

17. gāśca saṁkīrtayennityaṁ nāvamanyeta gāstathā ,
aniṣṭaṁ svapnamālakṣya gāṁ naraḥ saṁprakīrtayet.

17. gāḥ ca saṃkīrtayet nityam na avamanyeta gāḥ tathā
aniṣṭam svapnam ālakṣya gām naraḥ samprakīrtayet

17. ca gāḥ nityam saṃkīrtayet tathā gāḥ na avamanyeta
naraḥ aniṣṭam svapnam ālakṣya gām samprakīrtayet

17. One should always speak highly of cows and never disrespect them. Similarly, if a person experiences an inauspicious dream, they should mention cows as a remedy.

Words meanings summery:

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows

• च (ca) - and

• संकीर्तयेत् (saṁkīrtayet) - one should praise, mention

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• न (na) - not, no

• अवमन्येत (avamanyeta) - one should despise, disrespect

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows

• तथा (tathā) - also, similarly

• अनिष्टम् (aniṣṭam) - inauspicious, undesirable

• स्वप्नम् (svapnam) - dream

• आलक्ष्य (ālakṣya) - having perceived, having seen, having observed

• गाम् (gām) - a cow

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person, man

• सम्प्रकीर्तयेत् (samprakīrtayet) - one should praise thoroughly, mention repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

गाः (gāḥ) - cows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संकीर्तयेत् (saṁkīrtayet) - one should praise, mention

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of sam-kīrtay

Root: kīrt (class 10)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverbial accusative.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अवमन्येत (avamanyeta) - one should despise, disrespect

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of ava-man

Root: man (class 4)

गाः (gāḥ) - cows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

तथा (tathā) - also, similarly

(indeclinable)

अनिष्टम् (aniṣṭam) - inauspicious, undesirable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aniṣṭa

aniṣṭa - undesirable, unlikable, inauspicious, bad

Negation of 'iṣṭa' (desired, auspicious).

स्वप्नम् (svapnam) - dream

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

आलक्ष्य (ālakṣya) - having perceived, having seen, having observed

(indeclinable)

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

गाम् (gām) - a cow

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

नरः (naraḥ) - a person, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

सम्प्रकीर्तयेत् (samprakīrtayet) - one should praise thoroughly, mention repeatedly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of sam-pra-kīrtay

Root: kīrt (class 10)