महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-23

नकुल उवाच ।
य उदीचीं दिशं गत्वा जित्वा युधि महाबलान् ।
गन्धर्वमुख्याञ्शतशो हयाँल्लेभे स वासविः ॥२३॥

23. nakula uvāca ,
ya udīcīṁ diśaṁ gatvā jitvā yudhi mahābalān ,
gandharvamukhyāñśataśo hayāँllebhe sa vāsaviḥ.

23. nakulaḥ uvāca yaḥ udīcīm diśam gatvā jitvā yudhi
mahābalān gandharvamukhyān śataśaḥ hayān lebhe saḥ vāsaviḥ

23. Nakula said: He who, having gone to the northern direction and conquered mighty foes in battle, that son of Vasava (Arjuna) obtained hundreds of chief gandharvas and horses.

23. נַקוּלַה אמר, זה שהלך לכיוון הצפון, ניצח בקרב אנשים בעלי עוצמה רבה והשיג מאות סוסים מראשי הגַנְדְהַרְוַה, הוא בנו של אִינְדְרַה (אַרְג׳וּנַה),

Words meanings summery:

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula (one of the Pandavas) (Nakula)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (Arjuna) (who, which)

• उदीचीम् (udīcīm) - northern, to the north

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, having won

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

• महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty foes (those of great strength, very powerful ones)

• गन्धर्वमुख्यान् (gandharvamukhyān) - chief gandharvas, principal gandharvas

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

• हयान् (hayān) - horses

• लेभे (lebhe) - he obtained, he gained

• सः (saḥ) - that (Arjuna) (he, that)

• वासविः (vāsaviḥ) - Arjuna (son of Indra) (son of Vasava (Indra), Arjuna)

Words meanings and morphology

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula (one of the Pandavas) (Nakula)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula (name of a person, also mongoose)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - he who (Arjuna) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

उदीचीम् (udīcīm) - northern, to the north

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of udīcī

udīcī - northern, the northern direction

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of the compass

Root: diś (class 6)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive form from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, having won

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive form from root ji

Root: ji (class 1)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty foes (those of great strength, very powerful ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, very powerful, mighty

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+bala)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bal (class 1)

गन्धर्वमुख्यान् (gandharvamukhyān) - chief gandharvas, principal gandharvas

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gandharvamukhya

gandharvamukhya - chief of the gandharvas, principal gandharva

Compound type : tatpurusha (gandharva+mukhya)

• gandharva – celestial musician, a class of semi-divine beings
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

(indeclinable)

suffix -śas indicating distribution or measure

हयान् (hayān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

Root: hi (class 5)

लेभे (lebhe) - he obtained, he gained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that (Arjuna) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वासविः (vāsaviḥ) - Arjuna (son of Indra) (son of Vasava (Indra), Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsavi

vāsavi - son of Vasava (Indra), name of Arjuna

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