महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-64, verse-17

एतद्वित्तं तदभवद्यदुद्दध्रे युधिष्ठिरः ।
षोडशाष्टौ चतुर्विंशत्सहस्रं भारलक्षणम् ॥१७॥

17. etadvittaṁ tadabhavadyaduddadhre yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
ṣoḍaśāṣṭau caturviṁśatsahasraṁ bhāralakṣaṇam.

17. etat vittam tat abhavat yat uddhadhre yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
| ṣoḍaśa aṣṭau caturviṃśatsahasram bhāralakṣaṇam

17. yat yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uddhadhre etat vittam tat abhavat
ṣoḍaśa aṣṭau caturviṃśatsahasram bhāralakṣaṇam

17. This was the wealth collected by Yudhiṣṭhira, consisting of sixteen and eight (thousand units), totaling twenty-four thousand *bhāras*.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property

• तत् (tat) - that

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

• यत् (yat) - which

• उद्धध्रे (uddhadhre) - was collected, gathered

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• चतुर्विंशत्सहस्रम् (caturviṁśatsahasram) - twenty-four thousand

• भारलक्षणम् (bhāralakṣaṇam) - measured in *bhāras*, having the mark of *bhāra*

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vitta

vitta - wealth, property, found, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Root: vid (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

उद्धध्रे (uddhadhre) - was collected, gathered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect past (liṭ) of uddhṛ

Prefix: ut

Root: dhṛ (class 3)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name), firm in battle

Compound type : aluk-tatpuruṣa (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā

षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen

(numeral)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

चतुर्विंशत्सहस्रम् (caturviṁśatsahasram) - twenty-four thousand

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of caturviṃśatisahasra

caturviṁśatisahasra - twenty-four thousand

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caturviṃśati+sahasra)

• caturviṃśati – twenty-four
  numeral (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

भारलक्षणम् (bhāralakṣaṇam) - measured in *bhāras*, having the mark of *bhāra*

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāralakṣaṇa

bhāralakṣaṇa - marked by *bhāras*, consisting of *bhāras*

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāra+lakṣaṇa)

• bhāra – burden, load, a specific unit of weight
  noun (masculine)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, measured by
  noun (neuter)

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