महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-45, verse-17

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि स्नातका गृहमेधिनः ।
त्रिंशद्दासीक एकैको यान्बिभर्ति युधिष्ठिरः ॥१७॥

17. aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi snātakā gṛhamedhinaḥ ,
triṁśaddāsīka ekaiko yānbibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ.

17. aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi snātakāḥ gṛhamedhinaḥ
triṃśaddāsīkaḥ ekaikaḥ yān bibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

17. Yudhishthira maintains eighty-eight thousand householder graduates, each of whom has thirty female servants.

17. שמונים ושמונה אלף בעלי בית שסיימו את לימודיהם (סְנָאטַקַה), ולכל אחד מהם שלושים שפחות, ויוּדְהִישְׁתְהִירַה מפרנס אותם.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि (aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi) - eighty-eight thousand

• स्नातकाः (snātakāḥ) - graduates (of Vedic study)

• गृहमेधिनः (gṛhamedhinaḥ) - householders

• त्रिंशद्दासीकः (triṁśaddāsīkaḥ) - having thirty female servants

• एकैकः (ekaikaḥ) - each one, individually

• यान् (yān) - whom (referring to the 'snātakāḥ gṛhamedhinaḥ') (whom, which (plural))

• बिभर्ति (bibharti) - maintains, supports, carries

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper noun)

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि (aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi) - eighty-eight thousand

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (aṣṭāśīti+sahasra)

• aṣṭāśīti – eighty-eight
  numeral (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Acts as an adjective for the implicit group being maintained.

स्नातकाः (snātakāḥ) - graduates (of Vedic study)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of snātaka

snātaka - one who has bathed after completing Vedic studies, a graduate, a householder

From root snā (to bathe) + ktac pratyaya

Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Acts as a nominal phrase subject with gṛhamedhinaḥ, referring to the people Yudhishthira maintains.

गृहमेधिनः (gṛhamedhinaḥ) - householders

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛhamedhin

gṛhamedhin - a householder, one who maintains a household fire and performs sacrifices

From gṛha (house) + medhin (possessing sacrifice/ritual)

Compound type : tatpurusha (gṛha+medhin)

• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)
• medhin – possessing, having (in compounds); performing sacrifice
  adjective (masculine)
  From medha (sacrifice)

Note: Agrees with 'snātakāḥ'.

त्रिंशद्दासीकः (triṁśaddāsīkaḥ) - having thirty female servants

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of triṃśaddāsīka

triṁśaddāsīka - having thirty female servants

Compound of triṃśat (thirty) and dāsī (female servant) with -ka suffix (bahuvrihi)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (triṃśat+dāsī)

• triṃśat – thirty
  numeral (feminine)
• dāsī – female servant, slave girl
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'ekaikaḥ'.

एकैकः (ekaikaḥ) - each one, individually

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, one by one

Repetition of eka (one) forming a distributive pronoun

Compound type : karmadharaya (eka+eka)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)

Note: Refers to each of the 'snātakāḥ'.

यान् (yān) - whom (referring to the 'snātakāḥ gṛhamedhinaḥ') (whom, which (plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the 88,000 householder graduates.

बिभर्ति (bibharti) - maintains, supports, carries

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhṛ

Reduplicated (jihartī) form of the root

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (the eldest Pandava brother), firm in battle

From yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm)

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative of yudh (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'bibharti'.

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