महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-49, verse-14

उपागृह्णाद्यमिन्द्राय पुराकल्पे प्रजापतिः ।
तमस्मै शङ्खमाहार्षीद्वारुणं कलशोदधिः ॥१४॥

14. upāgṛhṇādyamindrāya purākalpe prajāpatiḥ ,
tamasmai śaṅkhamāhārṣīdvāruṇaṁ kalaśodadhiḥ.

14. upāgṛhṇāt yam indrāya purākalpe prajāpatiḥ
tam asmai śaṅkham āhārṣīt vāruṇam kalaśodadhiḥ

14. Prajapati, in a previous cosmic age, had taken a conch for Indra. That conch, associated with Varuna, the ocean (kalaśodadhi) then brought to him.

14. את הקונכייה שנתן פְּרַג׳ָאפַּטִי לאִינְדְרַה בעידן הקדום, את אותה קונכייה של וַרוּנַה הביא לו האוקיינוס,

Words meanings summery:

• उपागृह्णात् (upāgṛhṇāt) - grasped, seized, took

• यम् (yam) - which, whom

• इन्द्राय (indrāya) - for Indra

• पुराकल्पे (purākalpe) - in an ancient age, in a former cosmic cycle

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajapati, lord of creatures, creator

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• अस्मै (asmai) - to him, for him

• शङ्खम् (śaṅkham) - conch, conch-shell

• आहार्षीत् (āhārṣīt) - brought, carried

• वारुणम् (vāruṇam) - relating to Varuna, belonging to Varuna

• कलशोदधिः (kalaśodadhiḥ) - the ocean personified as a vessel holding waters, or a specific mythical ocean (the pot-ocean, the pitcher-ocean)

Words meanings and morphology

उपागृह्णात् (upāgṛhṇāt) - grasped, seized, took

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (laṅ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: With upasarga 'upa'

यम् (yam) - which, whom

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

इन्द्राय (indrāya) - for Indra

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (king of gods)

पुराकल्पे (purākalpe) - in an ancient age, in a former cosmic cycle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of purākalpa

purākalpa - an ancient age, a former cosmic cycle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (purā+kalpa)

• purā – anciently, formerly, in the past; before
  indeclinable
• kalpa – a cosmic age (period of 4.32 billion years); a rule, a sacred precept, an ordinance
  noun (masculine)

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajapati, lord of creatures, creator

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - Prajapati (a creator deity, lord of creatures)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pati)

• prajā – offspring, progeny, people, subjects
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

अस्मै (asmai) - to him, for him

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

शङ्खम् (śaṅkham) - conch, conch-shell

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaṅkha

śaṅkha - a conch, conch-shell; a specific number (a trillion)

आहार्षीत् (āhārṣīt) - brought, carried

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Aorist (luṅ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: With upasarga 'ā'

वारुणम् (vāruṇam) - relating to Varuna, belonging to Varuna

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāruṇa

vāruṇa - belonging to Varuna, coming from Varuna, relating to water

कलशोदधिः (kalaśodadhiḥ) - the ocean personified as a vessel holding waters, or a specific mythical ocean (the pot-ocean, the pitcher-ocean)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalaśodadhi

kalaśodadhi - an ocean like a pot/pitcher

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kalaśa+udadhi)

• kalaśa – a water-pot, pitcher, jar
  noun (masculine)
• udadhi – ocean, sea, reservoir of water
  noun (masculine)

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