महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-9, verse-6

अपि चोदाहरन्तीमं धर्मशास्त्रविदो जनाः ।
अश्वानां श्यामकर्णानां सहस्रेण स मुच्यते ॥६॥

6. api codāharantīmaṁ dharmaśāstravido janāḥ ,
aśvānāṁ śyāmakarṇānāṁ sahasreṇa sa mucyate.

6. api ca udāharanti imam dharmaśāstravidaḥ janāḥ
aśvānām śyāmakarṇānām sahasreṇa saḥ mucyate

6. api ca dharmaśāstravidaḥ janāḥ imam udāharanti
saḥ śyāmakarṇānām aśvānām sahasreṇa mucyate

6. Moreover, experts in the texts of natural law (dharmaśāstra) cite this verse: 'He is released by (offering) a thousand black-eared horses.'

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - moreover (also, even, moreover)

• च (ca) - and

• उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite (they cite, they mention, they illustrate)

• इमम् (imam) - this (verse/statement) (this (masculine accusative singular))

• धर्मशास्त्रविदः (dharmaśāstravidaḥ) - experts in the texts of natural law (experts in dharmaśāstra)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people (people, persons)

• अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

• श्यामकर्णानाम् (śyāmakarṇānām) - of black-eared (horses) (of black-eared (ones))

• सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - by (offering) a thousand (by a thousand)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released (is released, is liberated)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - moreover (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects to api.

उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite (they cite, they mention, they illustrate)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ud-ā-hṛ

Present 3rd plural

From root hṛ (to carry) with prefixes ud and ā

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - this (verse/statement) (this (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the statement that follows.

धर्मशास्त्रविदः (dharmaśāstravidaḥ) - experts in the texts of natural law (experts in dharmaśāstra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharmaśāstravid

dharmaśāstravid - one who knows the dharmaśāstra, expert in sacred law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharmaśāstra+vid)

• dharmaśāstra – texts on dharma, legal treatises, sacred law books
  noun (neuter)
• vid – knowing, wise, learned person
  adjective (masculine)
  From root vid- (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Compound of dharmaśāstra (sacred law treatises) and vid (knower).

जनाः (janāḥ) - people (people, persons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - man, person, creature, people

अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

श्यामकर्णानाम् (śyāmakarṇānām) - of black-eared (horses) (of black-eared (ones))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śyāmakarṇa

śyāmakarṇa - black-eared

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śyāma+karṇa)

• śyāma – dark, black, dark-blue
  adjective (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying aśvānām.

सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - by (offering) a thousand (by a thousand)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

Note: Here, the instrumental implies "by means of" or "with" - in the context of mucyate, it implies "by offering" or "by donating."

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released (is released, is liberated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Present 3rd singular, passive voice

From root muc (to release)

Root: muc (class 6)