महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-22

शतं शतसहस्राणि सुवर्णस्य जनार्दन ।
एकैकस्मिंस्तदा यज्ञे परिपूर्णानि भागशः ॥२२॥

22. śataṁ śatasahasrāṇi suvarṇasya janārdana ,
ekaikasmiṁstadā yajñe paripūrṇāni bhāgaśaḥ.

22. śatam śatasahasrāṇi suvarṇasya janārdana
ekaikasmin tadā yajñe paripūrṇāni bhāgaśaḥ

22. janārdana tadā ekaikasmin yajñe suvarṇasya
śatam śatasahasrāṇi bhāgaśaḥ paripūrṇāni

22. O Janārdana, then, in each Vedic ritual (yajña), one hundred times a hundred thousand (i.e., ten million) units of gold were completely distributed in portions.

22. הו ג׳ָנָארְדַנַה, בכל טקס וטקס מאלה חילקת אז במלואם מאה פעמים מאה אלף (יחידות) זהב.

Words meanings summery:

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands (i.e., lakhs)

• सुवर्णस्य (suvarṇasya) - of gold

• जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana (epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

• एकैकस्मिन् (ekaikasmin) - in each one, in every single

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the Vedic ritual

• परिपूर्णानि (paripūrṇāni) - completely distributed (completely filled, fully furnished/distributed)

• भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in portions, in shares

Words meanings and morphology

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands (i.e., lakhs)

(noun)

neuter, plural of śatasahasra

śatasahasra - a hundred thousand, one lakh

Compound type : tatpurusha (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
  Root: sah (class 1)

सुवर्णस्य (suvarṇasya) - of gold

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold, good color

Prefix: su

Root: vṛ (class 5)

जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana (epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, meaning 'agitator of men' or 'one who punishes wicked men'

derived from 'jana' (people) and 'ardana' (tormenting/punishing)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+ardana)

• jana – people, person, birth
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• ardana – tormenting, causing pain, punishing
  adjective (masculine)
  Action Noun
  from root 'ard' (to torment, to punish)
  Root: ard (class 10)

एकैकस्मिन् (ekaikasmin) - in each one, in every single

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, every single

Reduplication of 'eka' for distributive sense

Compound type : reduplicated (eka+eka)

• eka – one, a single
  numeral/pronoun (masculine)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

from pronominal stem 'tad' + suffix 'dā'

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the Vedic ritual

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship

from root 'yaj' (to worship, sacrifice) + suffix 'na'

Root: yaj (class 1)

परिपूर्णानि (paripūrṇāni) - completely distributed (completely filled, fully furnished/distributed)

(adjective)

neuter, plural of paripūrṇa

paripūrṇa - completely full, perfectly complete, fully accomplished

Past Passive Participle

from root 'pṛ' (to fill) with upasarga 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: pṛ (class 3)

भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in portions, in shares

(indeclinable)

from 'bhāga' (share, portion) with adverbial suffix 'śas'

Root: bhaj (class 1)

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