महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-79, verse-15

यया सर्वमिदं व्याप्तं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
तां धेनुं शिरसा वन्दे भूतभव्यस्य मातरम् ॥१५॥

15. yayā sarvamidaṁ vyāptaṁ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam ,
tāṁ dhenuṁ śirasā vande bhūtabhavyasya mātaram.

15. yayā sarvam idam vyāptam jagat sthāvara-jaṅgamam
tām dhenum śirasā vande bhūta-bhavyasya mātaram

15. aham yayā idam sarvam sthāvara-jaṅgamam jagat vyāptam,
bhūta-bhavyasya mātaram tām dhenum śirasā vande

15. I bow my head to that cow by whom this entire world, both unmoving and moving, is pervaded, the mother of past and future.

Words meanings summery:

• यया (yayā) - by whom (referring to the cow) (by whom, by which)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire (all, whole, entire)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• व्याप्तम् (vyāptam) - pervaded (pervaded, permeated, covered)

• जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, that which moves)

• स्थावर-जङ्गमम् (sthāvara-jaṅgamam) - static and moving (referring to the world) (static and moving, unmoving and moving)

• ताम् (tām) - her (referring to the cow) (her, that (feminine))

• धेनुम् (dhenum) - cow (cow, milch-cow)

• शिरसा (śirasā) - by bowing the head (by the head, with the head)

• वन्दे (vande) - I bow (in reverence) (I bow, I worship, I praise)

• भूत-भव्यस्य (bhūta-bhavyasya) - of what has been and what will be (of past and future, of what has been and what will be)

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

Words meanings and morphology

यया (yayā) - by whom (referring to the cow) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Refers to 'dhenum'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire (all, whole, entire)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

व्याप्तम् (vyāptam) - pervaded (pervaded, permeated, covered)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vyāpta

vyāpta - pervaded, permeated, filled, occupied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √āp with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, that which moves)

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, people, moving, living

स्थावर-जङ्गमम् (sthāvara-jaṅgamam) - static and moving (referring to the world) (static and moving, unmoving and moving)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sthāvara-jaṅgama

sthāvara-jaṅgama - static and moving, unmoving and moving

Dvanda compound.

Compound type : dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)

• sthāvara – static, unmoving, stationary, fixed
  adjective
  From root √sthā.
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• jaṅgama – moving, mobile, animated, locomotive
  adjective
  From root √gam.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

ताम् (tām) - her (referring to the cow) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Direct object of 'vande'.

धेनुम् (dhenum) - cow (cow, milch-cow)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhenu

dhenu - cow, milch-cow, female animal, cloud

Note: Direct object of 'vande'.

शिरसा (śirasā) - by bowing the head (by the head, with the head)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

Note: Indicates the manner of 'vande'.

वन्दे (vande) - I bow (in reverence) (I bow, I worship, I praise)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vand

Root: vand (class 1)

भूत-भव्यस्य (bhūta-bhavyasya) - of what has been and what will be (of past and future, of what has been and what will be)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhūta-bhavya

bhūta-bhavya - past and future

Dvanda compound.

Compound type : dvandva (bhūta+bhavya)

• bhūta – been, become, past, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhū.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhavya – future, to be, what will be, auspicious
  noun (neuter)
  Future Passive Participle (Gerundive)
  From root √bhū.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Connects with 'mātaram'.

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Appositive to 'dhenum'.

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