महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-80, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
गावो महार्थाः पुण्याश्च तारयन्ति च मानवान् ।
धारयन्ति प्रजाश्चेमाः पयसा हविषा तथा ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
gāvo mahārthāḥ puṇyāśca tārayanti ca mānavān ,
dhārayanti prajāścemāḥ payasā haviṣā tathā.

2. Bhīṣma uvāca | gāvaḥ mahārthāḥ puṇyāḥ ca tārayanti ca
mānavān | dhārayanti prajāḥ ca imāḥ payasā haviṣā tathā

2. Bhīṣma uvāca gāvaḥ mahārthāḥ puṇyāḥ ca mānavān ca
tārayanti imāḥ prajāḥ ca payasā haviṣā tathā dhārayanti

2. Bhishma said: Cows are of great value and are sacred; they rescue human beings. They also sustain all these creatures through their milk and with ritual offerings (haviṣā).

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows

• महार्थाः (mahārthāḥ) - of great value, greatly beneficial, significant

• पुण्याः (puṇyāḥ) - sacred, meritorious, righteous

• च (ca) - and

• तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they cause to cross, they deliver, they rescue

• च (ca) - and

• मानवान् (mānavān) - humans, human beings

• धारयन्ति (dhārayanti) - they sustain, they support, they maintain

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, progeny, people

• च (ca) - and

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• पयसा (payasā) - with milk

• हविषा (haviṣā) - with ritual offerings for Vedic rituals (with an oblation, with an offering)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, and

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Bhīṣma

Bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

महार्थाः (mahārthāḥ) - of great value, greatly beneficial, significant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mahārtha

mahārtha - of great value, greatly beneficial, significant, important purpose

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+artha)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• artha – purpose, meaning, value, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'gāvaḥ'

पुण्याः (puṇyāḥ) - sacred, meritorious, righteous

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, auspicious, meritorious (adjective); virtue, merit (noun)

Note: Agrees with 'gāvaḥ'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they cause to cross, they deliver, they rescue

(verb)

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

Causative verb form

Present tense, 3rd person plural, active voice (parasmaipada) of the causative stem tāraya-

Root: tṝ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मानवान् (mānavān) - humans, human beings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, descendant of Manu

धारयन्ति (dhārayanti) - they sustain, they support, they maintain

(verb)

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

Causative verb form

Present tense, 3rd person plural, active voice (parasmaipada) of the causative stem dhāraya-

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, progeny, people

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, creatures, subjects, people

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'prajāḥ'

पयसा (payasā) - with milk

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of payas

payas - milk, water, juice, vital fluid

हविषा (haviṣā) - with ritual offerings for Vedic rituals (with an oblation, with an offering)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering (especially to gods), ghee

Root: hu (class 3)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, and

(indeclinable)