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.

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