महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-115, verse-14

ऋचीक उवाच ।
एकतःश्यामकर्णानां पाण्डुराणां तरस्विनाम् ।
दास्याम्यश्वसहस्रं ते मम भार्या सुतास्तु ते ॥१४॥

14. ṛcīka uvāca ,
ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṁ pāṇḍurāṇāṁ tarasvinām ,
dāsyāmyaśvasahasraṁ te mama bhāryā sutāstu te.

14. ṛcīka uvāca | ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānām pāṇḍurāṇām tarasvinām
| dāsyāmi aśvasahasram te mama bhāryā sutāḥ tu te

14. Ṛcīka said, "I will give you a thousand swift, white horses, each with one black ear. And my wife's sons will be yours."

14. רְצ׳ִיקַה אמר, אתן לך אלף סוסים לבנים ומהירים, שאחת מאוזניהם שחורה. היא תהיה אשתי, והבנים יהיו בניך.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋचीक (ṛcīka) - Ṛcīka

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एकतः (ekataḥ) - referring to one ear having black color (from one side, on one side, in one part)

• श्यामकर्णानाम् (śyāmakarṇānām) - of the horses that have black ears (of those with black ears)

• पाण्डुराणाम् (pāṇḍurāṇām) - of the horses that are white (of those that are white, pale)

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the swift horses (of the swift, powerful, energetic ones)

• दास्यामि (dāsyāmi) - I, Ṛcīka, will give (I will give)

• अश्वसहस्रम् (aśvasahasram) - a thousand horses

• ते (te) - to you (Gādhi) (to you, yours)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• भार्या (bhāryā) - Ṛcīka's wife (wife)

• सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons

• तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, and, moreover)

• ते (te) - yours (Gādhi's) (yours, to you)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋचीक (ṛcīka) - Ṛcīka

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛcīka

ṛcīka - name of a sage, son of Urva, father of Jamadagni

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense

3rd person singular, perfect active, of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एकतः (ekataḥ) - referring to one ear having black color (from one side, on one side, in one part)

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas indicating 'from/on one side'

श्यामकर्णानाम् (śyāmakarṇānām) - of the horses that have black ears (of those with black ears)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śyāmakarṇa

śyāmakarṇa - black-eared

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śyāma+karṇa)

• śyāma – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `aśvasahasram` implicitly through its parts, describing the horses.

पाण्डुराणाम् (pāṇḍurāṇām) - of the horses that are white (of those that are white, pale)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍura

pāṇḍura - white, pale, yellowish-white

Note: Agrees with `śyāmakarṇānām` and `tarasvinām`.

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the swift horses (of the swift, powerful, energetic ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - swift, quick, energetic, strong

derived from 'taras' (speed, energy)

Note: Agrees with `śyāmakarṇānām` and `pāṇḍurāṇām`.

दास्यामि (dāsyāmi) - I, Ṛcīka, will give (I will give)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dā

future tense

1st person singular, future active, of √dā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The speaker is Ṛcīka.

अश्वसहस्रम् (aśvasahasram) - a thousand horses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśvasahasra

aśvasahasra - a thousand horses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+sahasra)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `dāsyāmi`.

ते (te) - to you (Gādhi) (to you, yours)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

dative/genitive singular of 2nd person pronoun

Note: The recipient of the horses.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

genitive singular of 1st person pronoun

Note: Possessive for 'bhāryā'.

भार्या (bhāryā) - Ṛcīka's wife (wife)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, she who is to be supported/nourished

future passive participle (gerundive)

Feminine of gerundive of √bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Nominative in apposition with `sutāḥ` or part of a compound sense 'wife's sons'.

सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, born, produced

past passive participle

from √sū (to give birth)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Subject of implied verb 'are'.

तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

ते (te) - yours (Gādhi's) (yours, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

dative/genitive singular of 2nd person pronoun

Note: Predicative dative or genitive, meaning "belonging to you".

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