महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-281, verse-58

पितुश्च ते पुत्रशतं भविता तव मातरि ।
मालव्यां मालवा नाम शाश्वताः पुत्रपौत्रिणः ।
भ्रातरस्ते भविष्यन्ति क्षत्रियास्त्रिदशोपमाः ॥५८॥

58. pituśca te putraśataṁ bhavitā tava mātari ,
mālavyāṁ mālavā nāma śāśvatāḥ putrapautriṇaḥ ,
bhrātaraste bhaviṣyanti kṣatriyāstridaśopamāḥ.

58. pituḥ ca te putraśatam bhavitā tava
mātari mālavyām mālavāḥ nāma
śāśvatāḥ putrapautriṇaḥ bhrātaraḥ te
bhaviṣyanti kṣatriyāḥ tridaśopamāḥ

58. And your father-in-law will have a hundred sons born from your mother-in-law, Mālavī. These sons will be known as Mālavās, perpetual, and blessed with sons and grandsons. Moreover, your brothers will be Kṣatriyas, comparable to the gods.

58. גם לאביך יהיו מאה בנים מאמך המָאלַוִית, והם ייקראו מָאלַוַה ויהיו בעלי בנים ונכדים לנצח. אחיך יהיו לוחמים דומים לאלים.

Words meanings summery:

• पितुः (pituḥ) - for your father-in-law (Dyumatsena) (of the father, for the father)

• च (ca) - and, also

• ते (te) - for you (Sāvitrī), referring to her father-in-law (for you, your)

• पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons

• भविता (bhavitā) - will be, will become

• तव (tava) - your (Sāvitrī's) mother-in-law (your, of you)

• मातरि (mātari) - in your mother-in-law (in the mother)

• मालव्याम् (mālavyām) - in Queen Mālavī (Satyavān's mother, Sāvitrī's mother-in-law) (in Mālavī)

• मालवाः (mālavāḥ) - the hundred sons will be known as Mālavās (Mālavās (people or descendants))

• नाम (nāma) - named, by name, indeed

• शाश्वताः (śāśvatāḥ) - eternal, perpetual, lasting

• पुत्रपौत्रिणः (putrapautriṇaḥ) - having sons and grandsons

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - your (Sāvitrī's) brothers (brothers)

• ते (te) - your (Sāvitrī's) brothers (your, for you)

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

• क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, Kṣatriyas

• त्रिदशोपमाः (tridaśopamāḥ) - comparable to the gods, like the gods

Words meanings and morphology

पितुः (pituḥ) - for your father-in-law (Dyumatsena) (of the father, for the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, parent

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - for you (Sāvitrī), referring to her father-in-law (for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of putraśata

putraśata - a hundred sons

Compound type : tatpurusha (putra+śata)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

भविता (bhavitā) - will be, will become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (luṭ) of bhū

Periphrastic Future (luṭ)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तव (tava) - your (Sāvitrī's) mother-in-law (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मातरि (mātari) - in your mother-in-law (in the mother)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

मालव्याम् (mālavyām) - in Queen Mālavī (Satyavān's mother, Sāvitrī's mother-in-law) (in Mālavī)

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mālavī

mālavī - a female from the Mālava country; Queen Mālavī

मालवाः (mālavāḥ) - the hundred sons will be known as Mālavās (Mālavās (people or descendants))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mālava

mālava - a descendant of Mālava; a people/tribe

नाम (nāma) - named, by name, indeed

(indeclinable)

शाश्वताः (śāśvatāḥ) - eternal, perpetual, lasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant

पुत्रपौत्रिणः (putrapautriṇaḥ) - having sons and grandsons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putrapautrin

putrapautrin - having sons and grandsons, blessed with progeny

Derived from 'putrapautra' (sons and grandsons) with the suffix '-in' meaning 'having'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (putra+pautra)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• pautra – grandson
  noun (masculine)

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - your (Sāvitrī's) brothers (brothers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

ते (te) - your (Sāvitrī's) brothers (your, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, Kṣatriyas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior class, a Kṣatriya

त्रिदशोपमाः (tridaśopamāḥ) - comparable to the gods, like the gods

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tridaśopama

tridaśopama - comparable to the gods, similar to the gods

Compound type : tatpurusha (tridaśa+upama)

• tridaśa – thirty, a god (as there are 33 principal gods)
  noun (masculine)
• upama – likeness, comparison; similar, like
  noun (masculine)

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