महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-127, verse-13

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इदं भार्याशतं ब्रह्मन्परीक्ष्योपचितं प्रभो ।
पुत्रार्थिना मया वोढं न चासां विद्यते प्रजा ॥१३॥

13. idaṁ bhāryāśataṁ brahmanparīkṣyopacitaṁ prabho ,
putrārthinā mayā voḍhaṁ na cāsāṁ vidyate prajā.

13. idam bhāryāśatam brahman parīkṣya upacitam prabho
putrārthinā mayā voḍham na ca āsām vidyate prajā

13. O Brāhmaṇa, O Lord, I, desirous of a son, married these hundred wives, whom I had carefully chosen and acquired. Yet, among them, there is no offspring.

Words meanings summery:

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इदम् (idam) - these (referring to wives collectively) (this, this one)

भार्याशतम् (bhāryāśatam) - these hundred wives (a hundred wives)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhmaṇa

परीक्ष्य (parīkṣya) - carefully chosen (lit. 'having examined') (having examined, having investigated)

उपचितम् (upacitam) - acquired (accumulated, acquired, collected)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (O Lord, O Master)

पुत्रार्थिना (putrārthinā) - by me, desirous of a son (by one desirous of a son)

मया (mayā) - by me

वोढम् (voḍham) - married (as in 'taken as wives') (carried, borne, married)

न (na) - not (not, no)

च (ca) - and (connecting the two clauses) (and, also)

आसाम् (āsām) - among these (women) (of these (feminine))

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found)

प्रजा (prajā) - offspring (offspring, progeny, creation)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - these (referring to wives collectively) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

भार्याशतम् (bhāryāśatam) - these hundred wives (a hundred wives)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāryāśata

bhāryāśata - a hundred wives

Tatpuruṣa compound: bhāryā (wife) + śata (hundred).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāryā+śata)

bhāryā – wife, married woman
noun (feminine)
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle (originally)
From √bhṛ (to bear, support), meaning 'to be supported' or 'one who is to be supported'.
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
śata – hundred
numeral (neuter)

Note: Object of `voḍham`.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhmaṇa

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brāhmaṇa (member of the priestly class), priest, the absolute reality (brahman)

Here, refers to a Brāhmaṇa person.

परीक्ष्य (parīkṣya) - carefully chosen (lit. 'having examined') (having examined, having investigated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √īkṣ (to see) with upasargas pari and a.

Prefixes: pari+a

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

उपचितम् (upacitam) - acquired (accumulated, acquired, collected)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upacita

upacita - accumulated, collected, increased, acquired

Past Passive Participle

From √ci (to collect) with upasarga upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: ci (class 5)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (O Lord, O Master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - master, lord, mighty, powerful

पुत्रार्थिना (putrārthinā) - by me, desirous of a son (by one desirous of a son)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of putrārthin

putrārthin - desirous of a son, seeking a son

Agent noun from √arth (to seek) with putra (son) as object.

Tatpuruṣa compound: putra (son) + arthin (desirous of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+arthin)

putra – son, child
noun (masculine)
arthin – desirous, requesting, supplicant
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun
From √arth (to seek, ask for) with suffix -in.
Root: arth (class 10)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Agent in a passive construction (`voḍham`).

वोढम् (voḍham) - married (as in 'taken as wives') (carried, borne, married)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of voḍha

voḍha - carried, borne, married, endured

Past Passive Participle

Irregular formation from √vah (to carry, lead, marry).