महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-227, verse-9

न तथा प्राप्नुयां प्रीतिमवाप्य वसुधामपि ।
दृष्ट्वा यथा पाण्डुसुतान्वल्कलाजिनवाससः ॥९॥

9. na tathā prāpnuyāṁ prītimavāpya vasudhāmapi ,
dṛṣṭvā yathā pāṇḍusutānvalkalājinavāsasaḥ.

9. na tathā prāpnuyām prītim avāpya vasudhām api
dṛṣṭvā yathā pāṇḍusutān valkalājinavāsasaḥ

9. I would not achieve such happiness even by obtaining the whole earth, as I would by seeing the sons of Pandu wearing garments of bark and deerskin.

9. לא אשיג שמחה כזו אפילו אם אקבל את כל הארץ, כמו זו שאחוש כשאראה את בני פָּאנְדוּ לבושים קליפות עץ ועורות צבי.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

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

• प्राप्नुयाम् (prāpnuyām) - I would obtain, I should obtain, I would attain

• प्रीतिम् (prītim) - joy, happiness, affection

• अवाप्य (avāpya) - having obtained, having reached

• वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth, the world

• अपि (api) - even, also

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• पाण्डुसुतान् (pāṇḍusutān) - the sons of Pandu, the Pandavas

• वल्कलाजिनवाससः (valkalājinavāsasaḥ) - those wearing garments of bark and deerskin

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

प्राप्नुयाम् (prāpnuyām) - I would obtain, I should obtain, I would attain

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of āp

Prefix: prā

Root: āp (class 5)

प्रीतिम् (prītim) - joy, happiness, affection

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - joy, delight, pleasure, affection, love

Root: prī (class 4)

अवाप्य (avāpya) - having obtained, having reached

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) formed with -ya suffix after upasarga

वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth, the world

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - the earth (lit. 'holding treasure')

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) formed with -tvā suffix

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

पाण्डुसुतान् (pāṇḍusutān) - the sons of Pandu, the Pandavas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍusuta

pāṇḍusuta - son of Pandu, a Pandava

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+suta)

• pāṇḍu – Pandu (name of a king, father of the Pandavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• suta – son
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 2)

वल्कलाजिनवाससः (valkalājinavāsasaḥ) - those wearing garments of bark and deerskin

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of valkalājinavāsas

valkalājinavāsas - wearing garments of bark and deerskin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (valkala+ajina+vāsas)

• valkala – bark (of a tree), bark-garment
  noun (masculine)
• ajina – deerskin, antelope skin
  noun (neuter)
• vāsas – garment, clothes
  noun (neuter)

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