महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-126, verse-6

अश्वमेधसहस्रं च प्राप्य धर्मभृतां वरः ।
अन्यैश्च क्रतुभिर्मुख्यैर्विविधैराप्तदक्षिणैः ॥६॥

6. aśvamedhasahasraṁ ca prāpya dharmabhṛtāṁ varaḥ ,
anyaiśca kratubhirmukhyairvividhairāptadakṣiṇaiḥ.

6. aśvamedhasahasram ca prāpya dharmabhṛtām varaḥ
anyaiḥ ca kratubhiḥ mukhyaiḥ vividhaiḥ āptadakṣiṇaiḥ

6. And having performed a thousand horse sacrifices (aśvamedha) and various other principal sacrifices for which the fees (dakṣiṇā) were duly given, he, the best among those who uphold natural law (dharma)...

6. הוא, המעולה בנושאי חוק היושר, השלים אלף טקסי אַשְׁוַמֵדְהַא, ועוד טקסים ראשיים ומגוונים אחרים שבהם ניתנו מתנות לכוהנים.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्वमेधसहस्रम् (aśvamedhasahasram) - a thousand horse sacrifices

• च (ca) - and

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having performed

• धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of those who uphold natural law

• वरः (varaḥ) - best, excellent one

• अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by other

• च (ca) - and

• क्रतुभिः (kratubhiḥ) - by sacrifices

• मुख्यैः (mukhyaiḥ) - by principal, chief ones

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various kinds

• आप्तदक्षिणैः (āptadakṣiṇaiḥ) - by those for which fees were duly given

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वमेधसहस्रम् (aśvamedhasahasram) - a thousand horse sacrifices

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśvamedhasahasra

aśvamedhasahasra - a thousand horse sacrifices

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśvamedha+sahasra)

• aśvamedha – horse sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having performed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root āp (5P) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of those who uphold natural law

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharmabhṛt

dharmabhṛt - upholder of natural law, righteous

compound of dharma and bhṛt (from root bhṛ, to bear/uphold)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+bhṛt)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
• bhṛt – bearing, upholding
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root bhṛ
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वरः (varaḥ) - best, excellent one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice

अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by other

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

क्रतुभिः (kratubhiḥ) - by sacrifices

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kratu

kratu - sacrifice, rite, strength

मुख्यैः (mukhyaiḥ) - by principal, chief ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, main

विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various kinds

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse

आप्तदक्षिणैः (āptadakṣiṇaiḥ) - by those for which fees were duly given

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āptadakṣiṇa

āptadakṣiṇa - having received proper sacrificial fees (dakṣiṇā)

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āpta+dakṣiṇā)

• āpta – obtained, received, reliable
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root āp (to obtain)
  Root: āp (class 5)
• dakṣiṇā – sacrificial fee, gift
  noun (feminine)

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