महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-178, verse-36

ब्रह्मर्षीणां सहस्रं हि उवाह शिबिकां मम ।
स मामपनयो राजन्भ्रंशयामास वै श्रियः ॥३६॥

36. brahmarṣīṇāṁ sahasraṁ hi uvāha śibikāṁ mama ,
sa māmapanayo rājanbhraṁśayāmāsa vai śriyaḥ.

36. brahmarṣīṇām sahasram hi uvāha śibikām mama
saḥ mām apanayaḥ rājan bhraṃśayāmāsa vai śriyaḥ

36. Indeed, a thousand brahmin sages (brahmarṣi) carried my palanquin. That improper act, O king, certainly caused me to lose my fortune (śrī).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मर्षीणाम् (brahmarṣīṇām) - of the brahmin sages

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely)

• उवाह (uvāha) - carried

• शिबिकाम् (śibikām) - palanquin, litter

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the action or agent of misconduct) (he, that)

• माम् (mām) - me

• अपनयः (apanayaḥ) - improper act (misconduct, removal, error, improper conduct)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• भ्रंशयामास (bhraṁśayāmāsa) - caused me to lose (caused to fall, deprived, ruined)

• वै (vai) - certainly (indeed, surely, certainly)

• श्रियः (śriyaḥ) - of fortune (śrī) (of fortune, of prosperity, of splendor)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मर्षीणाम् (brahmarṣīṇām) - of the brahmin sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahmarṣi

brahmarṣi - brahmin sage, a sage of the brahmin class

Tatpurusha compound: brahman (Brahmin) + ṛṣi (sage).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+ṛṣi)

• brahman – a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class, sacred knowledge, ultimate reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet, saint
  noun (masculine)
  From root ṛṣ 'to go, to move'.
  Root: ṛṣ

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

Note: Often used as an adjective modifying a plural noun, but here functions as a collective noun 'a thousand'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

उवाह (uvāha) - carried

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vah

Perfect Active

3rd person singular in the Perfect tense, from root vah.

Root: vah (class 1)

शिबिकाम् (śibikām) - palanquin, litter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śibikā

śibikā - litter, palanquin, portable couch

From root śī 'to lie, rest' + nominal suffix.

Root: śī

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the action or agent of misconduct) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'apanayaḥ' (misconduct/removal) or implicitly the person responsible for it.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

अपनयः (apanayaḥ) - improper act (misconduct, removal, error, improper conduct)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apanaya

apanaya - removal, carrying away, improper conduct, misconduct, error

From prefix apa- + root nī 'to lead'.

Prefix: apa

Root: nī

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj

भ्रंशयामास (bhraṁśayāmāsa) - caused me to lose (caused to fall, deprived, ruined)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhraṃś

Causative Perfect Active

Root bhraṃś (to fall) in causative stem bhraṃśaya- and Perfect tense ending (periphrastic perfect with āmāsa), 3rd person singular.

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

वै (vai) - certainly (indeed, surely, certainly)

(indeclinable)

श्रियः (śriyaḥ) - of fortune (śrī) (of fortune, of prosperity, of splendor)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, fortune, wealth, splendor, glory, beauty

Root: śrī