महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-79, verse-14

त्वचा लोम्नाथ शृङ्गैश्च वालैः क्षीरेण मेदसा ।
यज्ञं वहन्ति संभूय किमस्त्यभ्यधिकं ततः ॥१४॥

14. tvacā lomnātha śṛṅgaiśca vālaiḥ kṣīreṇa medasā ,
yajñaṁ vahanti saṁbhūya kimastyabhyadhikaṁ tataḥ.

14. tvacā lomnā atha śṛṅgaiḥ ca vālaiḥ kṣīreṇa medasā |
yajñam vahanti sambhūya kim asti abhyadhikam tataḥ

14. tvacā lomnā atha śṛṅgaiḥ ca vālaiḥ kṣīreṇa medasā sambhūya yajñam vahanti.
tataḥ abhyadhikam kim asti?

14. With skin, body hair, horns, coarse hair, milk, and fat, they collectively sustain the Vedic ritual (yajña). What is there greater than that?

Words meanings summery:

• त्वचा (tvacā) - using the cow's skin as an offering or component (with skin)

• लोम्ना (lomnā) - using the cow's body hair in a Vedic ritual (with body hair)

• अथ (atha) - connecting the list of items (and, then)

• शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - using the cow's horns in the Vedic ritual (with horns)

• च (ca) - and

• वालैः (vālaiḥ) - using the cow's coarse hair (e.g., from tail or mane) in the ritual (with coarse hair, with bristles)

• क्षीरेण (kṣīreṇa) - using the cow's milk as an offering in the Vedic ritual (with milk)

• मेदसा (medasā) - using the cow's fat as an offering in the Vedic ritual (with fat, with marrow)

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - the religious ritual or ceremony that is sustained (Vedic ritual, sacrifice)

• वहन्ति (vahanti) - the various parts of the cow contribute to and support the Vedic ritual (they carry, bear, sustain)

• सम्भूय (sambhūya) - all these parts of the cow combined, contribute to the ritual (having come together, collectively)

• किम् (kim) - an interrogative expressing a rhetorical question (what)

• अस्ति (asti) - implies existence in the sense of 'is there' (is, exists)

• अभ्यधिकम् (abhyadhikam) - what could be considered more important or beneficial than this contribution (greater, more, superior)

• ततः (tataḥ) - than the act of utilizing all parts of a cow for the Vedic ritual (than that, from that)

Words meanings and morphology

त्वचा (tvacā) - using the cow's skin as an offering or component (with skin)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide, bark

लोम्ना (lomnā) - using the cow's body hair in a Vedic ritual (with body hair)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of loman

loman - hair on the body, wool, down

अथ (atha) - connecting the list of items (and, then)

(indeclinable)

शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - using the cow's horns in the Vedic ritual (with horns)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वालैः (vālaiḥ) - using the cow's coarse hair (e.g., from tail or mane) in the ritual (with coarse hair, with bristles)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vāla

vāla - hair (especially of tail or mane), bristle

क्षीरेण (kṣīreṇa) - using the cow's milk as an offering in the Vedic ritual (with milk)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kṣīra

kṣīra - milk, milky juice, liquid

मेदसा (medasā) - using the cow's fat as an offering in the Vedic ritual (with fat, with marrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of medas

medas - fat, marrow, suet

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - the religious ritual or ceremony that is sustained (Vedic ritual, sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering

Root: yaj (class 1)

वहन्ति (vahanti) - the various parts of the cow contribute to and support the Vedic ritual (they carry, bear, sustain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of vah

Root: vah (class 1)

सम्भूय (sambhūya) - all these parts of the cow combined, contribute to the ritual (having come together, collectively)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From root bhū (to be) with prefix sam, forming an absolutive.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

किम् (kim) - an interrogative expressing a rhetorical question (what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which (interrogative pronoun)

अस्ति (asti) - implies existence in the sense of 'is there' (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अभ्यधिकम् (abhyadhikam) - what could be considered more important or beneficial than this contribution (greater, more, superior)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhyadhika

abhyadhika - excessive, greater, more, superior

Compound type : tatpurusha (abhi+adhika)

• abhi – towards, over, superior
  indeclinable
• adhika – more, excessive, superior
  adjective

ततः (tataḥ) - than the act of utilizing all parts of a cow for the Vedic ritual (than that, from that)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas (ablative sense) applied to tad (that)

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