महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-34

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि यतीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् ।
प्रजावतां च पञ्चाशदृषीणामपि पाण्डव ॥३४॥

34. aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi yatīnāmūrdhvaretasām ,
prajāvatāṁ ca pañcāśadṛṣīṇāmapi pāṇḍava.

34. aṣṭāśīti sahasrāṇi yatīnām ūrdhvaretasām
prajāvatām ca pañcāśat ṛṣīṇām api pāṇḍava

34. O Pāṇḍava, there were eighty-eight thousand ascetics (yati) who observed celibacy, and also fifty sages (ṛṣi) who had progeny.

34. שמונים ושמונה אלף נזירים נודדים השומרים על נזירות מוחלטת, וחמישים חוזים בעלי צאצאים, הו פָּאנְדַוַה.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टाशीति (aṣṭāśīti) - eighty-eight

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• यतीनाम् (yatīnām) - of ascetics, of renunciates

• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम् (ūrdhvaretasām) - of those with upward-flowing energy, of celibates

• प्रजावताम् (prajāvatām) - of those with progeny, of those with offspring

• च (ca) - and

• पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat) - fifty

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of sages, of seers

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu, O Pāṇḍava

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टाशीति (aṣṭāśīti) - eighty-eight

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aṣṭāśīti

aṣṭāśīti - eighty-eight

Note: Often functions as an indeclinable numeral adjective, but here grammatically treated as a noun governing the genitive.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

यतीनाम् (yatīnām) - of ascetics, of renunciates

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yati

yati - ascetic, renunciate, one who strives

ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम् (ūrdhvaretasām) - of those with upward-flowing energy, of celibates

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ūrdhvaretas

ūrdhvaretas - one whose semen or vital energy flows upwards, a celibate, an ascetic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrdhva+retas)

• ūrdhva – upward, elevated, higher
  adjective (neuter)
• retas – semen, seed, vital fluid, energy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'yatīnām'.

प्रजावताम् (prajāvatām) - of those with progeny, of those with offspring

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prajāvat

prajāvat - having progeny, having offspring, fruitful

Note: Modifies 'ṛṣīṇām'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat) - fifty

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pañcāśat

pañcāśat - fifty

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of sages, of seers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, Vedic singer

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu, O Pāṇḍava

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

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