महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-49, verse-3

दक्षिणार्थं समानीता राजभिः कांस्यदोहनाः ।
आरण्या बहुसाहस्रा अपश्यं तत्र तत्र गाः ॥३॥

3. dakṣiṇārthaṁ samānītā rājabhiḥ kāṁsyadohanāḥ ,
āraṇyā bahusāhasrā apaśyaṁ tatra tatra gāḥ.

3. dakṣiṇārtham samānītāḥ rājabhiḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ
āraṇyāḥ bahusāhasrāḥ apaśyam tatra tatra gāḥ

3. I saw thousands of wild cows (gāḥ), whose milk was collected in bronze vessels, brought by kings here and there for the purpose of sacrificial fees (dakṣiṇā).

3. ראיתי שם בכל מקום אלפים רבים של פרות יער, כל אחת עם כלי חליבה מנחושת, שהמלכים הביאו כמתנות הוקרה לכוהנים.

Words meanings summery:

• दक्षिणार्थम् (dakṣiṇārtham) - for the purpose of sacrificial fees/gifts

• समानीताः (samānītāḥ) - brought, assembled

• राजभिः (rājabhiḥ) - by kings

• कांस्यदोहनाः (kāṁsyadohanāḥ) - whose milk is drawn in bronze vessels

• आरण्याः (āraṇyāḥ) - wild, forest-dwelling

• बहुसाहस्राः (bahusāhasrāḥ) - numbering many thousands, thousands of

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

• तत्र (tatra) - here and there, in various places (due to repetition) (there, then)

• तत्र (tatra) - here and there, in various places (due to repetition) (there, then)

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows

Words meanings and morphology

दक्षिणार्थम् (dakṣiṇārtham) - for the purpose of sacrificial fees/gifts

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dakṣiṇā+artha)

• dakṣiṇā – sacrificial fee, gift
  noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, sake, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine/neuter)

समानीताः (samānītāḥ) - brought, assembled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samānīta

samānīta - brought together, collected, assembled

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root nī with upasargas sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: nī (class 1)

राजभिः (rājabhiḥ) - by kings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कांस्यदोहनाः (kāṁsyadohanāḥ) - whose milk is drawn in bronze vessels

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kāṃsyadohanā

kāṁsyadohanā - milked into bronze vessels

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṃsya+dohana)

• kāṃsya – bronze, made of bronze
  noun (neuter)
• dohana – milking, the act of milking
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun from root duh
  Root: duh (class 2)

आरण्याः (āraṇyāḥ) - wild, forest-dwelling

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āraṇya

āraṇya - wild, forest-born, forest-dwelling

बहुसाहस्राः (bahusāhasrāḥ) - numbering many thousands, thousands of

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahusāhasra

bahusāhasra - consisting of many thousands

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+sāhasra)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• sāhasra – consisting of a thousand, thousandfold
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

paś- is a substitute for dṛś- in certain tenses/moods

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - here and there, in various places (due to repetition) (there, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition 'tatra tatra' implies 'here and there' or 'in various places'.

तत्र (tatra) - here and there, in various places (due to repetition) (there, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition 'tatra tatra' implies 'here and there' or 'in various places'.

गाः (gāḥ) - cows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, earth, ray of light

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