महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-57, verse-18

यथा तयो रक्षणं च मदयन्त्याभिभाषितम् ।
तथा ते कुण्डले बद्ध्वा तथा कृष्णाजिनेऽनयत् ॥१८॥

18. yathā tayo rakṣaṇaṁ ca madayantyābhibhāṣitam ,
tathā te kuṇḍale baddhvā tathā kṛṣṇājine'nayat.

18. yathā tayoḥ rakṣaṇam ca madayantyā abhibhāṣitam
tathā te kuṇḍale baddhvā tathā kṛṣṇājine anayat

18. yathā madayantyā tayoḥ rakṣaṇam ca abhibhāṣitam
tathā te kuṇḍale kṛṣṇājine baddhvā anayat

18. Following Madayantī's instructions regarding the protection of those two, he bound the earrings to a black antelope skin and carried them.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two earrings (of them two)

• रक्षणम् (rakṣaṇam) - protection, safeguarding

• च (ca) - and

• मदयन्त्या (madayantyā) - by Madayantī

• अभिभाषितम् (abhibhāṣitam) - instructed, spoken, told

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

• ते (te) - those two earrings (those two)

• कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - two earrings

• बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having tied, having bound

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

• कृष्णाजिने (kṛṣṇājine) - on the black antelope skin, on the dark deer skin

• अनयत् (anayat) - he carried, he brought

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two earrings (of them two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

Note: Refers to the two earrings.

रक्षणम् (rakṣaṇam) - protection, safeguarding

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rakṣaṇa

rakṣaṇa - protecting, guarding, preserving

Verbal noun from root rakṣ

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the clause with 'abhibhāṣitam'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मदयन्त्या (madayantyā) - by Madayantī

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of madayantī

madayantī - name of a female character

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'abhibhāṣitam'.

अभिभाषितम् (abhibhāṣitam) - instructed, spoken, told

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhibhāṣita

abhibhāṣita - spoken to, addressed, instructed

past passive participle

From root bhāṣ, 1st class, A, with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Predicative to 'rakṣaṇam'.

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'yathā'.

ते (te) - those two earrings (those two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

Note: Agrees with 'kuṇḍale'.

कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - two earrings

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of kuṇḍala

kuṇḍala - earring, ring, coil

बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having tied, having bound

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root bandh, 9th class, P

Root: bandh (class 9)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

(indeclinable)

Note: Reinforces the correlation with 'yathā'.

कृष्णाजिने (kṛṣṇājine) - on the black antelope skin, on the dark deer skin

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṛṣṇājina

kṛṣṇājina - skin of a black antelope, dark deer skin

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+ajina)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• ajina – skin, hide (especially of a deer or antelope)
  noun (neuter)

अनयत् (anayat) - he carried, he brought

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of nī

1st class, P

Root: nī (class 1)