महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-77, verse-22

गावो मामुपतिष्ठन्तु हेमशृङ्गाः पयोमुचः ।
सुरभ्यः सौरभेयाश्च सरितः सागरं यथा ॥२२॥

22. gāvo māmupatiṣṭhantu hemaśṛṅgāḥ payomucaḥ ,
surabhyaḥ saurabheyāśca saritaḥ sāgaraṁ yathā.

22. gāvaḥ mām upatiṣṭhantu hemaśṛṅgāḥ payomucaḥ
surabhyaḥ saurabheyāḥ ca saritaḥ sāgaram yathā

22. May cows attend upon me—those with golden horns, yielding milk, fragrant, and born of Surabhi—just as rivers converge into the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

• माम् (mām) - me

• उपतिष्ठन्तु (upatiṣṭhantu) - may they attend upon, may they be present for

• हेमशृङ्गाः (hemaśṛṅgāḥ) - having golden horns

• पयोमुचः (payomucaḥ) - yielding milk, giving milk

• सुरभ्यः (surabhyaḥ) - fragrant, pleasant-smelling

• सौरभेयाः (saurabheyāḥ) - descendants of Surabhi, cows of Surabhi

• च (ca) - and

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - to the ocean

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

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

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

उपतिष्ठन्तु (upatiṣṭhantu) - may they attend upon, may they be present for

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Root sthā (Pāṇini 1.977) with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

हेमशृङ्गाः (hemaśṛṅgāḥ) - having golden horns

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hemaśṛṅga

hemaśṛṅga - golden-horned

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hema+śṛṅga)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• śṛṅga – horn
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with gāvaḥ.

पयोमुचः (payomucaḥ) - yielding milk, giving milk

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of payomuc

payomuc - giving water/milk, cloud, milch cow

Compound of payas (water/milk) and muc (releasing, letting go).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (payas+muc)

• payas – water, milk
  noun (neuter)
• muc – releasing, letting go
  adjective
  Derived from root muc- (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with gāvaḥ.

सुरभ्यः (surabhyaḥ) - fragrant, pleasant-smelling

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of surabhi

surabhi - fragrant, sweet-smelling; a cow of plenty, Surabhi (the mythical cow)

Note: Agrees with gāvaḥ.

सौरभेयाः (saurabheyāḥ) - descendants of Surabhi, cows of Surabhi

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saurabheya

saurabheya - offspring of Surabhi, a bull, a cow

Taddhita derivation from Surabhi + ḍhak (अस्मादस्येदम्) meaning "related to/descended from Surabhi".

Note: Agrees with gāvaḥ in implied sense.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

सागरम् (sāgaram) - to the ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Object of implied verb of approach/entry.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

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