महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-186, verse-30

आन्ध्राः शकाः पुलिन्दाश्च यवनाश्च नराधिपाः ।
काम्बोजा और्णिकाः शूद्रास्तथाभीरा नरोत्तम ॥३०॥

30. āndhrāḥ śakāḥ pulindāśca yavanāśca narādhipāḥ ,
kāmbojā aurṇikāḥ śūdrāstathābhīrā narottama.

30. āndhrāḥ śakāḥ pulindāḥ ca yavanāḥ ca narādhipāḥ
kāmbojāḥ aurṇikāḥ śūdrāḥ tathā abhīrāḥ narottama

30. O best of men, (there will be) Andhras, Shakas, Pulindas, and Yavanas—rulers of men—as well as Kambojas, Aurṇikas, Śūdras, and Abhīras.

30. הו מעולה שבבני האדם, יהיו מלכים מבני אַנְדְהְרַה, שַׁקַה, פּוּלִינְדַה ויַוַנַה, וכן קַמְבּוֹג׳ַה, אַאוּרְנִיקַה, עבדים ובני אָאבְּהִירַה.

Words meanings summery:

• आन्ध्राः (āndhrāḥ) - the Andhras (a people/dynasty)

• शकाः (śakāḥ) - the Shakas (a people/dynasty)

• पुलिन्दाः (pulindāḥ) - the Pulindas (a people)

• च (ca) - and, also

• यवनाः (yavanāḥ) - the Yavanas (Greeks/Ionians or other Westerners)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नराधिपाः (narādhipāḥ) - kings of men, rulers of humanity

• काम्बोजाः (kāmbojāḥ) - the Kambojas (a people)

• और्णिकाः (aurṇikāḥ) - the Aurṇikas (a people)

• शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - the Śūdras (a social class or people)

• तथा (tathā) - also, thus, and so, in that manner

• अभीराः (abhīrāḥ) - the Abhīras (a people)

• नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best of men, O noblest of men

Words meanings and morphology

आन्ध्राः (āndhrāḥ) - the Andhras (a people/dynasty)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āndhra

āndhra - name of a country and its people (Andhras); belonging to Andhra

शकाः (śakāḥ) - the Shakas (a people/dynasty)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaka

śaka - name of a nomadic people (Scythians or Sakas); a particular king

पुलिन्दाः (pulindāḥ) - the Pulindas (a people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pulinda

pulinda - name of a barbarous tribe; a kind of snake

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यवनाः (yavanāḥ) - the Yavanas (Greeks/Ionians or other Westerners)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yavana

yavana - a Greek, Ionian; a foreigner, barbarian

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नराधिपाः (narādhipāḥ) - kings of men, rulers of humanity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human being, person
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)

काम्बोजाः (kāmbojāḥ) - the Kambojas (a people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāmboja

kāmboja - name of a country or its people (Kambojas)

और्णिकाः (aurṇikāḥ) - the Aurṇikas (a people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aurṇika

aurṇika - a wool-seller; name of a people

शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - the Śūdras (a social class or people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūdra

śūdra - a member of the fourth social class in the varṇa system; a Śūdra person

तथा (tathā) - also, thus, and so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

अभीराः (abhīrāḥ) - the Abhīras (a people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhīra

abhīra - a cowherd, a class of people (Abhīras)

नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best of men, O noblest of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narottama

narottama - best among men, noblest man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, human being, person
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – highest, best, supreme, excellent
  adjective

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