महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-79, verse-3

गावो ममाग्रतो नित्यं गावः पृष्ठत एव च ।
गावो मे सर्वतश्चैव गवां मध्ये वसाम्यहम् ॥३॥

3. gāvo mamāgrato nityaṁ gāvaḥ pṛṣṭhata eva ca ,
gāvo me sarvataścaiva gavāṁ madhye vasāmyaham.

3. gāvaḥ mama agrataḥ nityam gāvaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ eva ca
gāvaḥ me sarvataḥ ca eva gavām madhye vasāmi aham

3. nityam mama agrataḥ gāvaḥ.
ca pṛṣṭhataḥ eva gāvaḥ.
ca sarvataḥ eva me gāvaḥ.
aham gavām madhye vasāmi.

3. Cows are always in front of me, and cows are behind me. Cows are everywhere for me, and I dwell among the cows.

Words meanings summery:

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - behind, from behind

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• च (ca) - and, also

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

• मे (me) - for me, my

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, on all sides

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, among, amidst

• वसामि (vasāmi) - I dwell, I live

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

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

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

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

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - behind, from behind

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

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

मे (me) - for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, on all sides

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas from sarva

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

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

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, among, amidst

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

वसामि (vasāmi) - I dwell, I live

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vas

Present Tense

root verb

Root: vas (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

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