महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-11

दश वर्षसहस्राणि दश वर्षशतानि च ।
पुष्करेष्ववसः कृष्ण त्वमपो भक्षयन्पुरा ॥११॥

11. daśa varṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca ,
puṣkareṣvavasaḥ kṛṣṇa tvamapo bhakṣayanpurā.

11. daśa varṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca
puṣkareṣu avasaḥ kṛṣṇa tvaṃ apaḥ bhakṣayan purā

11. O Krishna, formerly, for ten thousand years and (another) one thousand years (totaling eleven thousand years), you resided in the Pushkara lakes, subsisting on water.

11. הו קְרְשְׁנַה, פעם, בְּפּוּשְׁקַרַה, שהית עשרת אלפים שנה ועוד אלף שנה, כשאתה ניזון ממים בלבד.

Words meanings summery:

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - ten thousand years (in conjunction with 'daśa') (thousands of years)

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वर्षशतानि (varṣaśatāni) - ten hundred years, i.e., one thousand years (in conjunction with 'daśa') (hundreds of years)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुष्करेषु (puṣkareṣu) - in the sacred Pushkara lakes, a pilgrimage site (in the lotuses, in the Pushkara lakes)

• अवसः (avasaḥ) - you dwelt, you resided, you lived

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna

• त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

• अपः (apaḥ) - waters

• भक्षयन् (bhakṣayan) - eating, subsisting on

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

Words meanings and morphology

दश (daśa) - ten

(indeclinable)

Cardinal numeral

वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - ten thousand years (in conjunction with 'daśa') (thousands of years)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣasahasra

varṣasahasra - thousand years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

दश (daśa) - ten

(indeclinable)

Cardinal numeral

वर्षशतानि (varṣaśatāni) - ten hundred years, i.e., one thousand years (in conjunction with 'daśa') (hundreds of years)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣaśata

varṣaśata - hundred years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+śata)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुष्करेषु (puṣkareṣu) - in the sacred Pushkara lakes, a pilgrimage site (in the lotuses, in the Pushkara lakes)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus; a sacred lake; a specific region/tirtha

अवसः (avasaḥ) - you dwelt, you resided, you lived

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna (a divine name); dark, black

त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

अपः (apaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, waters

भक्षयन् (bhakṣayan) - eating, subsisting on

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣayat

bhakṣayat - eating, subsisting on, devouring

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causative root bhakṣ (to cause to eat, to eat)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

(indeclinable)

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