महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-265, verse-12

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ततो मे त्रिगुणा यक्षा ये मद्वचनकारिणः ।
केचिदेव धनाध्यक्षं भ्रातरं मे समाश्रिताः ॥१२॥

12. tato me triguṇā yakṣā ye madvacanakāriṇaḥ ,
kecideva dhanādhyakṣaṁ bhrātaraṁ me samāśritāḥ.

12. tataḥ me triguṇā yakṣāḥ ye madvacanakāriṇaḥ
kecit eva dhanādhyakṣam bhrātaram me samāśritāḥ

12. Furthermore, I command three times that number of Yakṣas who are subservient to my word. Some of them, however, are dependent on my brother, the treasurer (Kubera).

12. ועוד פי שלושה מהם יַקְשַׁה העושים את דברי, ורק מעטים מהם נמצאים בחסות אחי קוּבֵּרַה, אדון העושר.

Words meanings summery:

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

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

त्रिगुणा (triguṇā) - three times, threefold

यक्षाः (yakṣāḥ) - Yakṣas (a class of demigods)

ये (ye) - who (masculine plural)

मद्वचनकारिणः (madvacanakāriṇaḥ) - obeying my command, acting according to my word

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

धनाध्यक्षम् (dhanādhyakṣam) - Kubera (the god of wealth) (the treasurer, overseer of wealth (Kubera))

भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

समाश्रिताः (samāśritāḥ) - taken refuge with, resorted to, dependent on

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Indicates possession or relation.

त्रिगुणा (triguṇā) - three times, threefold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of triguṇa

triguṇa - threefold, three times, possessing three qualities (guṇas)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+guṇa)

tri – three
numeral
guṇa – quality, attribute, multiple, strand, virtue
noun (masculine)

Note: In agreement with yakṣāḥ.

यक्षाः (yakṣāḥ) - Yakṣas (a class of demigods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yakṣa

yakṣa - a Yakṣa, a class of demigods, attendants of Kubera

Note: Refers to the divine beings.

ये (ye) - who (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yat

yat - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to yakṣāḥ.

मद्वचनकारिणः (madvacanakāriṇaḥ) - obeying my command, acting according to my word

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madvacanakārin

madvacanakārin - obedient to my command, executing my orders

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mat+vacana+kārin)

mat – my, mine (from first person pronoun)
pronoun
Genitive/ablative of aham (I)
vacana – word, speech, command
noun (neuter)
Root: vac (class 2)
kārin – doing, making, causing, obeying
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun/adjective from root kṛ
Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: In agreement with yakṣāḥ and ye.

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, any, certain

Note: Refers to some of the Yakṣas.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that it is 'only some'.

धनाध्यक्षम् (dhanādhyakṣam) - Kubera (the god of wealth) (the treasurer, overseer of wealth (Kubera))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanādhyakṣa