महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-13, chapter-78, verse-22
वत्सोपपन्नां नीलाङ्गां सर्वरत्नसमन्विताम् ।
गन्धर्वाप्सरसां लोकान्दत्त्वा प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥२२॥
गन्धर्वाप्सरसां लोकान्दत्त्वा प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥२२॥
22. vatsopapannāṁ nīlāṅgāṁ sarvaratnasamanvitām ,
gandharvāpsarasāṁ lokāndattvā prāpnoti mānavaḥ.
gandharvāpsarasāṁ lokāndattvā prāpnoti mānavaḥ.
22.
vatsa upapannām nīlāṅgām sarvaratnasamanvitām
gandharvāpsarasām lokān dattvā prāpnoti mānavaḥ
gandharvāpsarasām lokān dattvā prāpnoti mānavaḥ
22.
mānavaḥ vatsa upapannām nīlāṅgām sarvaratnasamanvitām
dattvā gandharvāpsarasām lokān prāpnoti
dattvā gandharvāpsarasām lokān prāpnoti
22.
A person who donates a dark-limbed cow, accompanied by its calf and adorned with all jewels, attains the realms of the Gandharvas and Apsaras.
Words meanings summery:
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- वत्स (vatsa) - calf, offspring
- उपपन्नाम् (upapannām) - accompanied by (endowed with, furnished with, joined with)
- नीलाङ्गाम् (nīlāṅgām) - dark-limbed (referring to a cow) (blue-bodied, dark-limbed)
- सर्वरत्नसमन्विताम् (sarvaratnasamanvitām) - adorned with all jewels (adorned with all jewels, equipped with all treasures)
- गन्धर्वाप्सरसाम् (gandharvāpsarasām) - of Gandharvas and Apsaras
- लोकान् (lokān) - realms (worlds, realms, regions)
- दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having donated (having given, having donated)
- प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains (obtains, attains, reaches)
- मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a person (human, person, man)
Words meanings and morphology
वत्स (vatsa) - calf, offspring
(noun)
masculine, singular of vatsa
vatsa - calf, offspring, young animal, boy
Note: First part of the compound 'vatsopapannām'.
उपपन्नाम् (upapannām) - accompanied by (endowed with, furnished with, joined with)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of upapanna
upapanna - furnished with, endowed with, having come, suitable, proper
Past Passive Participle
Derived from verbal root √pad (to go, move) with upasarga upa- (near, to).
Prefix: upa
Root: pad (class 4)
Note: Governed by 'dattvā' referring to the cow.
नीलाङ्गाम् (nīlāṅgām) - dark-limbed (referring to a cow) (blue-bodied, dark-limbed)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of nīlāṅga
nīlāṅga - blue-bodied, dark-limbed
Bahuvrīhi compound of 'nīla' (blue, dark) and 'aṅga' (limb, body).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+aṅga)
- nīla – blue, dark, black
adjective (masculine) - aṅga – limb, body, part
noun (neuter)
Note: Refers to the cow, in accusative case.
सर्वरत्नसमन्विताम् (sarvaratnasamanvitām) - adorned with all jewels (adorned with all jewels, equipped with all treasures)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sarvaratnasamanvita
sarvaratnasamanvita - endowed with all jewels
Tatpuruṣa compound of 'sarvaratna' (all jewels) and 'samanvita' (endowed with).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarvaratna+samanvita)
- sarva – all, every
pronoun (masculine) - ratna – jewel, gem, treasure
noun (neuter) - samanvita – accompanied, endowed with, furnished with
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from verbal root √i (to go) with upasargas sam- and anu-.
Prefixes: sam+anu
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Refers to the cow, in accusative case.
गन्धर्वाप्सरसाम् (gandharvāpsarasām) - of Gandharvas and Apsaras
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of gandharvāpsaras
gandharvāpsaras - Gandharvas and Apsaras (celestial musicians and nymphs)
Dvanda compound of 'gandharva' and 'apsaras'.
Compound type : dvandva (gandharva+apsaras)
- gandharva – celestial musician, Gandharva
noun (masculine) - apsaras – celestial nymph, Apsaras
noun (feminine)
लोकान् (lokān) - realms (worlds, realms, regions)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of loka
loka - world, realm, region, people
Note: Object of 'prāpnoti'.
दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having donated (having given, having donated)
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
Derived from verbal root √dā (to give).
Root: dā (class 3)
प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains (obtains, attains, reaches)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prāp
Derived from verbal root √āp (to obtain) with upasarga pra-.
Prefix: pra
Root: āp (class 5)
मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a person (human, person, man)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava
mānava - human, person, man, descendant of Manu
Note: Subject of 'prāpnoti'.