महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-294, verse-6

कर्ण उवाच ।
अवनिं प्रमदा गाश्च निर्वापं बहुवार्षिकम् ।
तत्ते विप्र प्रदास्यामि न तु वर्म न कुण्डले ॥६॥

6. karṇa uvāca ,
avaniṁ pramadā gāśca nirvāpaṁ bahuvārṣikam ,
tatte vipra pradāsyāmi na tu varma na kuṇḍale.

6. karṇaḥ uvāca | avaniṃ pramadāḥ gāḥ ca nirvāpaṃ bahuvārṣikam
| tat te vipra pradāsyāmi na tu varma na kuṇḍale

6. Karna said: "O Brahmin, I will give you land, women, cows, and a multi-year stipend, but neither the armor nor the ear-rings."

Words meanings summery:

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna, a major character in the Mahabharata epic (Karna)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अवनिं (avaniṁ) - earth, land

• प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women, beautiful women

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows

• च (ca) - and

• निर्वापं (nirvāpaṁ) - a livelihood, an allowance, an offering

• बहुवार्षिकम् (bahuvārṣikam) - lasting many years, multi-year

• तत् (tat) - that

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin!

• प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I will give

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• वर्म (varma) - armor, coat of mail

• न (na) - nor, not

• कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - (two) ear-rings

Words meanings and morphology

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna, a major character in the Mahabharata epic (Karna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (proper name), ear

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect stem of root vac, reduplicated 'uvāc-'

Root: vac (class 2)

अवनिं (avaniṁ) - earth, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avani

avani - earth, land, ground, stream, river

प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women, beautiful women

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of pramadā

pramadā - a woman, a beautiful woman, a wife

गाः (gāḥ) - cows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, ox, earth, ray of light

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निर्वापं (nirvāpaṁ) - a livelihood, an allowance, an offering

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirvāpa

nirvāpa - offering, livelihood, annual allowance, sowing

Root: vap

बहुवार्षिकम् (bahuvārṣikam) - lasting many years, multi-year

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahuvārṣika

bahuvārṣika - lasting many years, multi-year, annual (sometimes)

Derived from 'bahuvārṣa' (many years) with suffix 'ika'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+varṣa)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective
• varṣa – year, rain, rainy season
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'nirvāpaṃ'

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the collective gifts just mentioned (land, women, cows, stipend)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative case indicating recipient

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - a Brahmin, a priest, inspired, wise

Note: Addressing the Brahmin

प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I will give

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dā

Future tense, first person singular with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here for negation of 'varma' and 'kuṇḍale'

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

वर्म (varma) - armor, coat of mail

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varman

varman - armor, shield, protection

न (na) - nor, not

(indeclinable)

Note: Paired with the previous 'na' for 'neither... nor...'

कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - (two) ear-rings

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of kuṇḍala

kuṇḍala - ear-ring, a ring, a coil