महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-155, verse-77

चतुर्विषाणाः पद्माभाः कुञ्जराः सकरेणवः ।
एते वैडूर्यवर्णाभं क्षोभयन्ति महत्सरः ॥७७॥

77. caturviṣāṇāḥ padmābhāḥ kuñjarāḥ sakareṇavaḥ ,
ete vaiḍūryavarṇābhaṁ kṣobhayanti mahatsaraḥ.

77. caturviṣāṇāḥ padmābhāḥ kuñjarāḥ sakareṇavaḥ
ete vaiḍūryavarṇābham kṣobhayanti mahat saraḥ

77. These four-tusked elephants, shining like lotuses, along with their female companions, stir up the great lake whose color resembles that of lapis lazuli.

77. פילים בעלי ארבעה ניבים, בצבע לוטוס, ועמם פילות. הם מטלטלים את האגם הגדול שצבעו כצבע וַידוּרְיַה.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्विषाणाः (caturviṣāṇāḥ) - four-tusked

• पद्माभाः (padmābhāḥ) - lotus-like, shining like lotuses

• कुञ्जराः (kuñjarāḥ) - elephants

• सकरेणवः (sakareṇavaḥ) - with female elephants, accompanied by female elephants

• एते (ete) - these

• वैडूर्यवर्णाभम् (vaiḍūryavarṇābham) - resembling the color of lapis lazuli (or cat's eye gem)

• क्षोभयन्ति (kṣobhayanti) - they agitate, stir up, disturb

• महत् (mahat) - great, large

• सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्विषाणाः (caturviṣāṇāḥ) - four-tusked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of caturviṣāṇa

caturviṣāṇa - having four tusks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+viṣāṇa)

• catur – four
  indeclinable
• viṣāṇa – tusk, horn
  noun (neuter)

पद्माभाः (padmābhāḥ) - lotus-like, shining like lotuses

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padmābha

padmābha - lotus-like, shining like a lotus

Compound type : upapada (padma+ābha)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• ābha – likeness, semblance, luster, splendor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

कुञ्जराः (kuñjarāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant

सकरेणवः (sakareṇavaḥ) - with female elephants, accompanied by female elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sakareṇu

sakareṇu - accompanied by a female elephant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kareṇu)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• kareṇu – female elephant
  noun (feminine)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

वैडूर्यवर्णाभम् (vaiḍūryavarṇābham) - resembling the color of lapis lazuli (or cat's eye gem)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiḍūryavarṇābha

vaiḍūryavarṇābha - having the color of a vaiḍūrya gem

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vaiḍūrya+varṇa+ābha)

• vaiḍūrya – lapis lazuli, cat's eye gem
  noun (neuter)
• varṇa – color, hue
  noun (masculine)
• ābha – likeness, semblance, luster, splendor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

क्षोभयन्ति (kṣobhayanti) - they agitate, stir up, disturb

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṣubh

causative

Causative stem `kṣobhayā-` from root `kṣubh` (class 1, 4, 9, parasmāipada/ātmanepada)

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

महत् (mahat) - great, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

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