महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-77, verse-6

गावो भूतं भविष्यच्च गावः पुष्टिः सनातनी ।
गावो लक्ष्म्यास्तथा मूलं गोषु दत्तं न नश्यति ।
अन्नं हि सततं गावो देवानां परमं हविः ॥६॥

6. gāvo bhūtaṁ bhaviṣyacca gāvaḥ puṣṭiḥ sanātanī ,
gāvo lakṣmyāstathā mūlaṁ goṣu dattaṁ na naśyati ,
annaṁ hi satataṁ gāvo devānāṁ paramaṁ haviḥ.

6. gāvaḥ bhūtam bhaviṣyam ca gāvaḥ puṣṭiḥ
sanātanī gāvaḥ lakṣmyāḥ tathā
mūlam goṣu dattam na naśyati annam hi
satatam gāvaḥ devānām paramam haviḥ

6. gāvaḥ bhūtam ca bhaviṣyam gāvaḥ
sanātanī puṣṭiḥ tathā gāvaḥ lakṣmyāḥ
mūlam goṣu dattam na naśyati hi gāvaḥ
satatam annam devānām paramam haviḥ

6. Cows are the past and the future. Cows are eternal nourishment and prosperity. Cows are also the source of wealth (Lakshmi). What is given to cows does not perish. Indeed, cows always provide sustenance and are the supreme offering for the deities.

Words meanings summery:

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows (cows, rays, senses)

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - the past (time) (past, what has been, creature, being, element, ghost)

• भविष्यम् (bhaviṣyam) - the future (time) (future, what will be)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows (cows, rays, senses)

• पुष्टिः (puṣṭiḥ) - nourishment and prosperity (nourishment, growth, prosperity, thriving)

• सनातनी (sanātanī) - eternal (eternal, perpetual, ancient)

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows (cows, rays, senses)

• लक्ष्म्याः (lakṣmyāḥ) - of wealth (Lakshmi) (of Lakshmi, of prosperity, of wealth)

• तथा (tathā) - also (so, thus, also, in the same way)

• मूलम् (mūlam) - source (root, origin, source, foundation)

• गोषु (goṣu) - to cows (in cows, among cows, to cows)

• दत्तम् (dattam) - what is given (given, bestowed, gift)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is lost, disappears)

• अन्नम् (annam) - sustenance (food, sustenance, rice)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• सततम् (satatam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows (cows, rays, senses)

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the deities (of the gods, of the deities)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)

• हविः (haviḥ) - offering (offering, oblation, butter, ghee)

Words meanings and morphology

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows (cows, rays, senses)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light, speech, eye

Note: From nominal stem 'go' (feminine).

भूतम् (bhūtam) - the past (time) (past, what has been, creature, being, element, ghost)

(participle)

neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - past, been, become, creature, being, element, ghost, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhū' "to be, become".

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun.

भविष्यम् (bhaviṣyam) - the future (time) (future, what will be)

(participle)

neuter, singular of bhaviṣyat

bhaviṣyat - future, what will be, being about to be

Future Active Participle

Derived from root 'bhū' "to be, become".

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows (cows, rays, senses)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light, speech, eye

Note: From nominal stem 'go' (feminine).

पुष्टिः (puṣṭiḥ) - nourishment and prosperity (nourishment, growth, prosperity, thriving)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṣṭi

puṣṭi - nourishment, growth, prosperity, thriving, increase

Root: puṣ (class 4)

सनातनी (sanātanī) - eternal (eternal, perpetual, ancient)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting

Formed from 'sanā' (always) and 'tana' suffix.

Note: Qualifies 'puṣṭiḥ'.

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows (cows, rays, senses)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light, speech, eye

Note: From nominal stem 'go' (feminine).

लक्ष्म्याः (lakṣmyāḥ) - of wealth (Lakshmi) (of Lakshmi, of prosperity, of wealth)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - wealth, prosperity, good fortune, goddess Lakshmi

तथा (tathā) - also (so, thus, also, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

मूलम् (mūlam) - source (root, origin, source, foundation)

(noun)

neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, origin, source, foundation, basis, beginning

गोषु (goṣu) - to cows (in cows, among cows, to cows)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light, speech, eye

Note: From nominal stem 'go' (feminine).

दत्तम् (dattam) - what is given (given, bestowed, gift)

(participle)

neuter, singular of datta

datta - given, granted, bestowed, gift, donation

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dā' "to give".

Root: dā (class 3)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is lost, disappears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of naś

Present Active Indicative

Root 'naś' (class 4).

Root: naś (class 4)

अन्नम् (annam) - sustenance (food, sustenance, rice)

(noun)

neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, cooked rice, sustenance, grain

Past Passive Participle of 'ad' (to eat), used as a noun.

Root: ad (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

सततम् (satatam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'sa' (with) + 'tata' (spread).

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Adverbial accusative singular neuter.

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows (cows, rays, senses)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light, speech, eye

Note: From nominal stem 'go' (feminine).

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the deities (of the gods, of the deities)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial

Root: div (class 4)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, most distant, chief

Superlative of 'para'.

Note: Qualifies 'haviḥ'.

हविः (haviḥ) - offering (offering, oblation, butter, ghee)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - offering, oblation, butter, ghee, sacrificial food

From root 'hu' (to offer).

Root: hu (class 3)

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