महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-27, verse-8

ततो मत्स्यान्महातेजा मलयांश्च महाबलान् ।
अनवद्यान्गयांश्चैव पशुभूमिं च सर्वशः ॥८॥

8. tato matsyānmahātejā malayāṁśca mahābalān ,
anavadyāngayāṁścaiva paśubhūmiṁ ca sarvaśaḥ.

8. tataḥ matsyān mahātejā malayān ca mahābalān
anavadyān gayān ca eva paśubhūmim ca sarvaśaḥ

8. Then, the immensely powerful [Pāṇḍava] conquered the Matsyas, as well as the mighty Malayās, and also the blameless Gayās, and completely subjugated the region of Paśubhūmi.

8. אז כבש בעל הזוהר הגדול את בני מַטְסְיַה, ואת בני מַלַיַה האדירים, ואת בני גַיַה חסרי הפגם, ואת ארץ פַּשׁוּבְּהוּמִי (ארץ הבהמות) מכל עבריה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (then, thence, from that)

• मत्स्यान् (matsyān) - the people of Matsya kingdom (the Matsyas (name of a people/country))

• महातेजा (mahātejā) - immensely powerful (great-spirited, very brilliant, mighty)

• मलयान् (malayān) - the people from the Malaya mountain region (the Malayāḥ (name of a people/country))

• च (ca) - as well as (and, also)

• महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty (very powerful, mighty)

• अनवद्यान् (anavadyān) - blameless (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

• गयान् (gayān) - the people of Gayā (the Gayāḥ (name of a people/country))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also (just, only, indeed, also)

• पशुभूमिम् (paśubhūmim) - the region known as Paśubhūmi (land of cattle)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely, completely (entirely, completely, in every way)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (then, thence, from that)

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to pronoun base ta-

मत्स्यान् (matsyān) - the people of Matsya kingdom (the Matsyas (name of a people/country))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of matsya

matsya - fish; name of a country and its people

महातेजा (mahātejā) - immensely powerful (great-spirited, very brilliant, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - great energy, great splendor; great-spirited, mighty, brilliant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, energy, power, brilliance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍava hero, who is the implied subject of 'conquered'.

मलयान् (malayān) - the people from the Malaya mountain region (the Malayāḥ (name of a people/country))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of malaya

malaya - the Malaya mountain range; the people inhabiting it

च (ca) - as well as (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty (very powerful, mighty)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - greatly powerful, very strong

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'Malayān'.

अनवद्यान् (anavadyān) - blameless (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anavadyā

anavadyā - blameless, faultless, irreproachable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'an' + root 'vad' (to speak/blame) + suffix '-ya'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+avadya)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• avadya – blameable, faulty
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  root 'vad' (to speak/blame) + suffix '-ya'
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Gayān'.

गयान् (gayān) - the people of Gayā (the Gayāḥ (name of a people/country))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gayā

gayā - name of a sacred city and region in Magadha; name of a people

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also (just, only, indeed, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

पशुभूमिम् (paśubhūmim) - the region known as Paśubhūmi (land of cattle)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paśubhūmi

paśubhūmi - land of cattle, pasture land; name of a region

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paśu+bhūmi)

• paśu – cattle, animal, beast
  noun (masculine)
• bhūmi – earth, land, soil, region
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely, completely (entirely, completely, in every way)

(indeclinable)

suffix -śas added to sarva (all)

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