महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-212, verse-22
चर्मण्वती मही चैव मेध्या मेधातिथिस्तथा ।
ताम्रावती वेत्रवती नद्यस्तिस्रोऽथ कौशिकी ॥२२॥
ताम्रावती वेत्रवती नद्यस्तिस्रोऽथ कौशिकी ॥२२॥
22. carmaṇvatī mahī caiva medhyā medhātithistathā ,
tāmrāvatī vetravatī nadyastisro'tha kauśikī.
tāmrāvatī vetravatī nadyastisro'tha kauśikī.
22.
carmaṇvatī mahī ca eva medhyā medhātithiḥ tathā
tāmrāvatī vetravatī nadyaḥ tisraḥ atha kauśikī
tāmrāvatī vetravatī nadyaḥ tisraḥ atha kauśikī
22.
carmaṇvatī mahī ca eva medhyā medhātithiḥ tathā
atha tāmrāvatī vetravatī kauśikī tisraḥ nadyaḥ
atha tāmrāvatī vetravatī kauśikī tisraḥ nadyaḥ
22.
There are the rivers Carmaṇvatī, Mahī, and indeed Medhyā, as well as Medhātithi. Then, Tāmrāvatī, Vetravatī, and Kauśikī are the three (other) rivers.
Words meanings summery:
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- चर्मण्वती (carmaṇvatī) - Carmaṇvatī (name of a river)
- मही (mahī) - Mahī (name of a river) (Mahī (name of a river); earth; great)
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even
- मेध्या (medhyā) - Medhyā (name of a river) (Medhyā (name of a river); pure, sacred)
- मेधातिथिः (medhātithiḥ) - Medhātithi (name of a river) (Medhātithi (name of a sage, or sometimes a river))
- तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, as well as
- ताम्रावती (tāmrāvatī) - Tāmrāvatī (name of a river)
- वेत्रवती (vetravatī) - Vetravatī (name of a river)
- नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers
- तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three
- अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon
- कौशिकी (kauśikī) - Kauśikī (name of a river)
Words meanings and morphology
चर्मण्वती (carmaṇvatī) - Carmaṇvatī (name of a river)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of carmaṇvatī
carmaṇvatī - name of a river (modern Chambal)
मही (mahī) - Mahī (name of a river) (Mahī (name of a river); earth; great)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī
mahī - earth; a large river; Mahī (proper name of a river)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects items in a list.
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.
मेध्या (medhyā) - Medhyā (name of a river) (Medhyā (name of a river); pure, sacred)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of medhyā
medhyā - Medhyā (proper name of a river); pure, sacred, fit for a Vedic ritual (yajña)
From root medh (to be fat, pure)
Root: medh (class 1)
मेधातिथिः (medhātithiḥ) - Medhātithi (name of a river) (Medhātithi (name of a sage, or sometimes a river))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of medhātithi
medhātithi - Medhātithi (proper name of a sage, or sometimes a river)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (medhā+atithi)
- medhā – intellect, wisdom, spiritual wisdom
noun (feminine) - atithi – guest, stranger
noun (masculine)
Note: Listed among river names, suggesting it is used as a river name here.
तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, as well as
(indeclinable)
Note: Acts as a conjunction 'and' or 'as well as'.
ताम्रावती (tāmrāvatī) - Tāmrāvatī (name of a river)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tāmrāvatī
tāmrāvatī - Tāmrāvatī (name of a river, lit. 'copper-coloured')
वेत्रवती (vetravatī) - Vetravatī (name of a river)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vetravatī
vetravatī - Vetravatī (name of a river, lit. 'rich in reeds')
नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī
nadī - river
Note: Refers to the group of rivers being enumerated.
तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three
(numeral)
Note: Modifies 'nadyaḥ'.
अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon
(indeclinable)
Note: Introduces the next part of the enumeration.
कौशिकी (kauśikī) - Kauśikī (name of a river)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kauśikī
kauśikī - Kauśikī (name of a river, daughter of Kuśika)
Note: Final river in the list.