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."

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".