महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-89, verse-13

पूर्वप्रोष्ठपदाः कुर्वन्बहु विन्देदजाविकम् ।
उत्तरास्वथ कुर्वाणो विन्दते गाः सहस्रशः ॥१३॥

13. pūrvaproṣṭhapadāḥ kurvanbahu vindedajāvikam ,
uttarāsvatha kurvāṇo vindate gāḥ sahasraśaḥ.

13. pūrvaproṣṭhapadāḥ kurvan bahu vindet ajāvikam
uttarāsu atha kurvāṇaḥ vindate gāḥ sahasraśaḥ

13. kurvan pūrvaproṣṭhapadāḥ bahu ajāvikam vindet
atha kurvāṇaḥ uttarāsu sahasraśaḥ gāḥ vindate

13. By performing (rituals) in Pūrva Bhādrapadā (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā), one would acquire an abundance of goats and sheep. And then, performing (rituals) in Uttarā Bhādrapadā (Uttarāsu), one obtains thousands of cows.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वप्रोष्ठपदाः (pūrvaproṣṭhapadāḥ) - in the nakṣatra Pūrva Bhādrapadā (in Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (nakṣatra))

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - by performing (performing, doing, making)

• बहु (bahu) - an abundance (much, many, abundant)

• विन्देत् (vindet) - one would acquire (one would find, one would obtain)

• अजाविकम् (ajāvikam) - goats and sheep

• उत्तरासु (uttarāsu) - in Uttarā Bhādrapadā (as the "later" Bhādrapadā) (in the later ones, in the northern ones)

• अथ (atha) - and then (then, now, moreover, and)

• कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - performing (performing, doing, making)

• विन्दते (vindate) - one obtains (one obtains, one finds)

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows (cows, cattle, rays)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands of (by thousands, in thousands)

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वप्रोष्ठपदाः (pūrvaproṣṭhapadāḥ) - in the nakṣatra Pūrva Bhādrapadā (in Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (nakṣatra))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

pūrvaproṣṭhapadā - name of a nakṣatra, Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Compound: pūrva (former) + proṣṭhapadā (name of a nakṣatra).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+proṣṭhapadā)

• pūrva – former, prior, eastern
  adjective (masculine)
• proṣṭhapadā – name of a nakṣatra (Bhādrapadā)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the nakṣatra Pūrva Bhādrapadā. The plural nominative here is a specific way these nakṣatra names are sometimes used.

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - by performing (performing, doing, making)

(participle (adjective))

बहु (bahu) - an abundance (much, many, abundant)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant, numerous

Note: Modifies the quantity of 'ajāvikam'.

विन्देत् (vindet) - one would acquire (one would find, one would obtain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vid

Optative

3rd person singular Optative active. From root vid (class 6).

Root: vid (class 6)

अजाविकम् (ajāvikam) - goats and sheep

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ajāvika

ajāvika - a flock of goats and sheep, goats and sheep

Dvandva compound of ajā (goat) and avika (sheep).

Compound type : dvandva (ajā+avika)

• ajā – she-goat
  noun (feminine)
• avika – sheep
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Object of 'vindet'.

उत्तरासु (uttarāsu) - in Uttarā Bhādrapadā (as the "later" Bhādrapadā) (in the later ones, in the northern ones)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of uttarā

uttarā - northern, later, upper, superior; name of several nakṣatras (Uttarāṣāḍhā, Uttarā Bhādrapadā, Uttarā Phālgunī)

Feminine form of uttara.

Note: Refers to Uttarā Bhādrapadā.

अथ (atha) - and then (then, now, moreover, and)

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating sequence or transition.

कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - performing (performing, doing, making)

(participle (adjective))

Note: Subject is implied (a person).

विन्दते (vindate) - one obtains (one obtains, one finds)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Indicative

3rd person singular Present Indicative middle (ātmanepada) of root vid (class 6).

Root: vid (class 6)

Note: Contrast with 'vindet' (optative active) in the previous clause.

गाः (gāḥ) - cows (cows, cattle, rays)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

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

Note: Object of 'vindate'.

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands of (by thousands, in thousands)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -śas added to sahasra (thousand).