महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-13

एकनिश्चयकार्याश्च व्यचरन्त वनानि ते ।
आददानाः समुद्धृत्य मूलानि च फलानि च ॥१३॥

13. ekaniścayakāryāśca vyacaranta vanāni te ,
ādadānāḥ samuddhṛtya mūlāni ca phalāni ca.

13. ekaniscayakāryāḥ ca vyacaranta vanāni te
ādadānāḥ samuddhṛtya mūlāni ca phalāni ca

13. te ekaniscayakāryāḥ ca mūlāni ca phalāni
ca samuddhṛtya ādadānāḥ vanāni vyacaranta

13. With a unified purpose, they wandered through the forests, gathering and collecting roots and fruits.

Words meanings summery:

• एकनिस्चयकार्याः (ekaniscayakāryāḥ) - having a single determined purpose, with one resolve

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• व्यचरन्त (vyacaranta) - they wandered, they roamed

• वनानि (vanāni) - forests, groves

• ते (te) - they

• आददानाः (ādadānāḥ) - gathering, collecting (taking, accepting, seizing)

• समुद्धृत्य (samuddhṛtya) - having gathered/collected (from the ground) (having dug up, having extracted, having pulled out)

• मूलानि (mūlāni) - edible roots (roots, origins, foundations)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• फलानि (phalāni) - edible fruits (fruits, results, consequences)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

एकनिस्चयकार्याः (ekaniscayakāryāḥ) - having a single determined purpose, with one resolve

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekaniscayakārya

ekaniscayakārya - having a single determined purpose, with one resolve

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+niścaya+kārya)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• niścaya – certainty, determination, resolve, conviction
  noun (masculine)
  From ni-ci, with 'śya' suffix
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ci (class 5)
• kārya – to be done, duty, task, purpose, action
  noun (neuter)
  gerundive
  Root kṛ + ṇyat suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'te'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

व्यचरन्त (vyacaranta) - they wandered, they roamed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vi-car

imperfect

third person plural

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: From vi + car.

वनानि (vanāni) - forests, groves

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Object of 'vyacaranta'.

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'vyacaranta'.

आददानाः (ādadānāḥ) - gathering, collecting (taking, accepting, seizing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ā-dā

ā-dā - to take, to accept, to receive, to seize

present participle (ātmanepada)

masculine plural nominative

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'te'.

समुद्धृत्य (samuddhṛtya) - having gathered/collected (from the ground) (having dug up, having extracted, having pulled out)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

prefixes sam, ud + root dhṛ + suffix -ya (lyap)

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

मूलानि (mūlāni) - edible roots (roots, origins, foundations)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mūla

mūla - root, origin, foundation, source

Note: Object of 'ādadānāḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'mūlāni' and 'phalāni'.

फलानि (phalāni) - edible fruits (fruits, results, consequences)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Object of 'ādadānāḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Redundant 'ca' often used for emphasis or rhythm.

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