महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-48, verse-10

कैरातिकानामयुतं दासीनां च विशां पते ।
आहृत्य रमणीयार्थान्दूरजान्मृगपक्षिणः ॥१०॥

10. kairātikānāmayutaṁ dāsīnāṁ ca viśāṁ pate ,
āhṛtya ramaṇīyārthāndūrajānmṛgapakṣiṇaḥ.

10. kairātikānām ayutam dāsīnām ca viśām pate
āhṛtya ramaṇīyārthān dūrajān mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ

10. O lord of the people, having brought ten thousand Kirāta women as female servants, and also desirable animals and birds from distant lands.

10. עשרת אלפים מבני קִירָאטַה ושפחות, הו אדון העם. הם הביאו מרחוק חיות וציפורים יפות,

Words meanings summery:

• कैरातिकानाम् (kairātikānām) - of Kirāta women

• अयुतम् (ayutam) - ten thousand

• दासीनाम् (dāsīnām) - of female slaves, of female servants

• च (ca) - and

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

• आहृत्य (āhṛtya) - having brought, having collected

• रमणीयार्थान् (ramaṇīyārthān) - desirable objects, pleasant things

• दूरजान् (dūrajān) - from distant places, produced in distant lands

• मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - animals and birds

Words meanings and morphology

कैरातिकानाम् (kairātikānām) - of Kirāta women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kairātikā

kairātikā - a Kirāta woman

Feminine form of Kirātika (a person from the Kirāta tribe)

अयुतम् (ayutam) - ten thousand

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ayuta

ayuta - ten thousand

Note: Acts as a quantity here for 'dāsīnām'.

दासीनाम् (dāsīnām) - of female slaves, of female servants

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of dāsī

dāsī - female slave, female servant

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, owner

आहृत्य (āhṛtya) - having brought, having collected

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root hṛ with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

रमणीयार्थान् (ramaṇīyārthān) - desirable objects, pleasant things

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ramaṇīyārtha

ramaṇīyārtha - a desirable or pleasant object

Compound type : tatpurusha (ramaṇīya+artha)

• ramaṇīya – charming, beautiful, desirable, pleasant
  adjective
  gerundive
  Derived from root ram (to play, delight)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• artha – object, purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

दूरजान् (dūrajān) - from distant places, produced in distant lands

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dūraja

dūraja - born in a distant country, produced in a distant land

Compound type : tatpurusha (dūra+ja)

• dūra – distant, far, remote
  adjective
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ.

मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - animals and birds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛgapakṣin

mṛgapakṣin - animals and birds (collective)

Compound type : dvandva (mṛga+pakṣin)

• mṛga – animal, deer, game
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣin – bird
  noun (masculine)

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