महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-79, verse-6

नवनीतपङ्काः क्षीरोदा दधिशैवलसंकुलाः ।
वहन्ति यत्र नद्यो वै तत्र यान्ति सहस्रदाः ॥६॥

6. navanītapaṅkāḥ kṣīrodā dadhiśaivalasaṁkulāḥ ,
vahanti yatra nadyo vai tatra yānti sahasradāḥ.

6. navanītapankāḥ kṣīrodāḥ dadhiśaivalasaṅkulāḥ
vahanti yatra nadyaḥ vai tatra yānti sahasradāḥ

6. yatra nadyaḥ vai navanītapankāḥ kṣīrodāḥ dadhiśaivalasaṅkulāḥ vahanti.
tatra sahasradāḥ yānti.

6. Where rivers truly flow with banks of fresh butter, their waters like milk, and thickly covered with moss-like curds, there go those who give thousands (of gifts).

Words meanings summery:

• नवनीतपन्काः (navanītapankāḥ) - having mud (or banks) of fresh butter

• क्षीरोदाः (kṣīrodāḥ) - having milk-water, milky

• दधिशैवलसङ्कुलाः (dadhiśaivalasaṅkulāḥ) - crowded/filled with curds resembling moss

• वहन्ति (vahanti) - they flow, they carry

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, assuredly (particle)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed

• सहस्रदाः (sahasradāḥ) - those who give thousands, generous givers

Words meanings and morphology

नवनीतपन्काः (navanītapankāḥ) - having mud (or banks) of fresh butter

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of navanītapanka

navanītapanka - mud or sediment of fresh butter

Bahuvrīhi compound: navanīta (fresh butter) + paṅka (mud, mire)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (navanīta+panka)

• navanīta – fresh butter
  noun (neuter)
• panka – mud, mire, dirt, sediment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'nadyaḥ'.

क्षीरोदाः (kṣīrodāḥ) - having milk-water, milky

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣīroda

kṣīroda - having milk for water, like milk; (often refers to the mythical 'Ocean of Milk')

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṣīra (milk) + uda (water)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīra+uda)

• kṣīra – milk
  noun (neuter)
• uda – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'nadyaḥ'.

दधिशैवलसङ्कुलाः (dadhiśaivalasaṅkulāḥ) - crowded/filled with curds resembling moss

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dadhiśaivalasaṅkula

dadhiśaivalasaṅkula - full of curds-as-moss

Tatpuruṣa compound: dadhiśaivala (curd-moss) + saṅkula (crowded). dadhiśaivala itself is a Karmadhāraya: dadhi (curd) + śaivala (moss).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dadhiśaivala+saṅkula)

• dadhiśaivala – curd-moss
  noun (neuter)
  Karmadhāraya compound
• saṅkula – crowded, filled, densely covered
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'nadyaḥ'.

वहन्ति (vahanti) - they flow, they carry

(verb)

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

Present Tense

3rd person plural active

Root: vah (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

locative adverb from 'yad'

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, assuredly (particle)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb from 'tad'

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Tense

3rd person plural active

Root: yā (class 2)

सहस्रदाः (sahasradāḥ) - those who give thousands, generous givers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahasradā

sahasradā - giver of thousands, very generous

Compound: sahasra (thousand) + dā (giver)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sahasra+dā)

• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
• dā – giver, bestower (from root dā - to give)
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root dā
  Root: dā (class 3)

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