महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-17, chapter-1, verse-12
ददौ रत्नानि वासांसि ग्रामानश्वान्रथानपि ।
स्त्रियश्च द्विजमुख्येभ्यो गवां शतसहस्रशः ॥१२॥
स्त्रियश्च द्विजमुख्येभ्यो गवां शतसहस्रशः ॥१२॥
12. dadau ratnāni vāsāṁsi grāmānaśvānrathānapi ,
striyaśca dvijamukhyebhyo gavāṁ śatasahasraśaḥ.
striyaśca dvijamukhyebhyo gavāṁ śatasahasraśaḥ.
12.
dadau ratnāni vāsāṃsi grāmān aśvān rathān api
striyaḥ ca dvijamukhyebhyaḥ gavām śatasahasraśaḥ
striyaḥ ca dvijamukhyebhyaḥ gavām śatasahasraśaḥ
12.
(saḥ) dvijamukhyebhyaḥ ratnāni vāsāṃsi grāmān aśvān
rathān api striyaḥ ca gavām śatasahasraśaḥ dadau
rathān api striyaḥ ca gavām śatasahasraśaḥ dadau
12.
He gave jewels, garments, villages, horses, and chariots, as well as female attendants and hundreds of thousands of cows, to the chief among the twice-born (dvija) ones.
Words meanings summery:
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- ददौ (dadau) - he gave
- रत्नानि (ratnāni) - jewels, gems, precious things
- वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - garments, clothes
- ग्रामान् (grāmān) - villages, communities
- अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses
- रथान् (rathān) - chariots
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - female attendants or maidservants given as a gift (women, females, female attendants)
- च (ca) - and
- द्विजमुख्येभ्यः (dvijamukhyebhyaḥ) - to the chief Brahmins (to the chief twice-born ones)
- गवाम् (gavām) - of cows
- शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands
Words meanings and morphology
ददौ (dadau) - he gave
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dā
Perfect Active
3rd person singular perfect active
Root: dā (class 3)
रत्नानि (ratnāni) - jewels, gems, precious things
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of ratna
ratna - jewel, gem, treasure
Root: ram
वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - garments, clothes
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of vāsas
vāsas - garment, cloth, apparel
Root: vas (class 2)
ग्रामान् (grāmān) - villages, communities
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of grāma
grāma - village, hamlet, community
अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of aśva
aśva - horse
Root: aś
रथान् (rathān) - chariots
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ratha
ratha - chariot, car
Root: rādh
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - female attendants or maidservants given as a gift (women, females, female attendants)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of strī
strī - woman, female, wife
Root: stṛ
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
द्विजमुख्येभ्यः (dvijamukhyebhyaḥ) - to the chief Brahmins (to the chief twice-born ones)
(noun)
Dative, masculine, plural of dvijamukhya
dvijamukhya - chief among the twice-born (dvija), leading Brahmin
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+mukhya)
- dvija – twice-born (a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth)
noun (masculine)
Root: jan - mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
adjective (masculine)
Root: mukh
गवाम् (gavām) - of cows
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of go
go - cow, ox, cattle
Root: gam
शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands
(indeclinable)
adverbial suffix -śas from śatasahasra (hundred thousand)