महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-30

ततो गोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुमृणालरजतप्रभम् ।
जलजं पाञ्चजन्यं वै प्राणेनाहमपूरयम् ॥३०॥

30. tato gokṣīrakundendumṛṇālarajataprabham ,
jalajaṁ pāñcajanyaṁ vai prāṇenāhamapūrayam.

30. tataḥ gokṣīrakundendumṛṇālarajataprabham
jalajam pāñcajanyam vai prāṇena aham apūrayam

30. Then, I indeed filled (blew) the conch (jalaja) Pāñcajanya, which shone with the luster of cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, lotus stalks, and silver, with my breath (prāṇa).

30. אז מילאתי בנשימתי את הצדפה פָּאנְצ׳ַג׳ַנְיַה, הזוהרת כחלב פרה, כיסמין, כירח, כגבעול לוטוס וככסף.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• गोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुमृणालरजतप्रभम् (gokṣīrakundendumṛṇālarajataprabham) - shining with the luster of cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, lotus stalks, and silver

• जलजम् (jalajam) - the conch (born of water)

• पाञ्चजन्यम् (pāñcajanyam) - Pāñcajanya (name of Kṛṣṇa's conch)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

• प्राणेन (prāṇena) - with breath, by vital air

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अपूरयम् (apūrayam) - I filled, I blew

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivative of 'tad' (that).

गोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुमृणालरजतप्रभम् (gokṣīrakundendumṛṇālarajataprabham) - shining with the luster of cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, lotus stalks, and silver

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gokṣīrakundendumṛṇālarajataprabha

gokṣīrakundendumṛṇālarajataprabha - shining like cow's milk, jasmine, moon, lotus stalks, and silver

A long Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'having the splendor/luster of cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, lotus stalks, and silver'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (gokṣīra+kunda+indu+mṛṇāla+rajata+prabha)

• gokṣīra – cow's milk
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of 'go' (cow) and 'kṣīra' (milk).
• kunda – jasmine flower
  noun (neuter)
• indu – moon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: und (class 1)
• mṛṇāla – lotus stalk, lotus fiber
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛṇ (class 1)
• rajata – silver
  noun (neuter)
  Root: raj (class 1)
• prabha – light, luster, splendor
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'bhā' (to shine) with prefix 'pra'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'jalajam' and 'pāñcajanyam'.

जलजम् (jalajam) - the conch (born of water)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jalaja

jalaja - born of water; a lotus, a conch, a fish

Compound of 'jala' (water) and 'ja' (born, produced).

Compound type : Upapada (jala+ja)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix derived from root 'jan' (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'apūrayam'.

पाञ्चजन्यम् (pāñcajanyam) - Pāñcajanya (name of Kṛṣṇa's conch)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāñcajanya

pāñcajanya - Pāñcajanya (Kṛṣṇa's conch)

Derived from 'pañcajana', a demon from whom Kṛṣṇa obtained the conch.

Note: Object of 'apūrayam'.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

(indeclinable)

प्राणेन (prāṇena) - with breath, by vital air

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life force

Derived from root 'an' (to breathe) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Instrument of filling/blowing.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'apūrayam'.

अपूरयम् (apūrayam) - I filled, I blew

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of pṛ

Imperfect Tense (causative)

1st person singular, imperfect tense, active voice of the causative of root 'pṛ' (to fill).

Root: pṛ (class 3)

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