महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-79, verse-1

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
घृतक्षीरप्रदा गावो घृतयोन्यो घृतोद्भवाः ।
घृतनद्यो घृतावर्तास्ता मे सन्तु सदा गृहे ॥१॥

1. vasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ghṛtakṣīrapradā gāvo ghṛtayonyo ghṛtodbhavāḥ ,
ghṛtanadyo ghṛtāvartāstā me santu sadā gṛhe.

1. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca ghṛtakṣīrapradāḥ gāvaḥ ghṛtayonyaḥ
ghṛtodbhavāḥ ghṛtanadyaḥ ghṛtāvartāḥ tāḥ me santu sadā gṛhe

1. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca ghṛtakṣīrapradāḥ ghṛtayonyaḥ ghṛtodbhavāḥ
ghṛtanadyaḥ ghṛtāvartāḥ tāḥ gāvaḥ me gṛhe sadā santu

1. Vasiṣṭha said: May those cows, which bestow clarified butter (ghṛta) and milk, whose very source and origin is clarified butter, and who are like rivers with eddies of clarified butter, always reside in my home.

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• घृतक्षीरप्रदाः (ghṛtakṣīrapradāḥ) - giving ghee and milk, bestowing clarified butter and milk

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

• घृतयोन्यः (ghṛtayonyaḥ) - having ghee as their source, whose origin is ghee

• घृतोद्भवाः (ghṛtodbhavāḥ) - born from ghee, having ghee as their origin

• घृतनद्यः (ghṛtanadyaḥ) - having rivers of ghee, like rivers of ghee

• घृतावर्ताः (ghṛtāvartāḥ) - having eddies of ghee, like whirlpools of ghee

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• सन्तु (santu) - may they be, let them be

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a celebrated Vedic sage); most excellent, best

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Perfect tense form of 'vac'.

घृतक्षीरप्रदाः (ghṛtakṣīrapradāḥ) - giving ghee and milk, bestowing clarified butter and milk

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghṛtakṣīraprada

ghṛtakṣīraprada - giving ghee and milk

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghṛta+kṣīra+prada)

• ghṛta – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root GHṚ (to sprinkle, to shine)
  Root: ghṛ (class 3)
• kṣīra – milk
  noun (neuter)
• prada – giver, bestower, granting
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun suffix 'a' from root 'dā' with 'pra'
  Derived from root DĀ (to give) with prefix PRA
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'gāvaḥ'.

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

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

Note: Declined form of 'go'.

घृतयोन्यः (ghṛtayonyaḥ) - having ghee as their source, whose origin is ghee

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghṛtayoni

ghṛtayoni - having ghee as source, originating from ghee

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghṛta+yoni)

• ghṛta – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root GHṚ (to sprinkle, to shine)
  Root: ghṛ (class 3)
• yoni – source, origin, womb, place of birth
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'gāvaḥ'.

घृतोद्भवाः (ghṛtodbhavāḥ) - born from ghee, having ghee as their origin

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghṛtodbhava

ghṛtodbhava - born from ghee, having ghee as origin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghṛta+udbhava)

• ghṛta – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root GHṚ (to sprinkle, to shine)
  Root: ghṛ (class 3)
• udbhava – origin, birth, production
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root BHŪ (to be) with prefix UD
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'gāvaḥ'.

घृतनद्यः (ghṛtanadyaḥ) - having rivers of ghee, like rivers of ghee

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghṛtanadī

ghṛtanadī - a river of ghee

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghṛta+nadī)

• ghṛta – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root GHṚ (to sprinkle, to shine)
  Root: ghṛ (class 3)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'gāvaḥ'.

घृतावर्ताः (ghṛtāvartāḥ) - having eddies of ghee, like whirlpools of ghee

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghṛtāvarta

ghṛtāvarta - having eddies of ghee, whirlpool of ghee

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghṛta+āvarta)

• ghṛta – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root GHṚ (to sprinkle, to shine)
  Root: ghṛ (class 3)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, circle
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root VṚT (to turn) with prefix Ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'gāvaḥ'.

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Demonstrative pronoun referring to 'gāvaḥ'.

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of 'asmad'.

सन्तु (santu) - may they be, let them be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Form of root 'as' (to be) in imperative plural.

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial indeclinable.

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

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