महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-85

एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्येकोऽपि गयां व्रजेत् ।
यजेत वाश्वमेधेन नीलं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत् ॥८५॥

85. eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyeko'pi gayāṁ vrajet ,
yajeta vāśvamedhena nīlaṁ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet.

85. eṣṭavyāḥ bahavaḥ putrāḥ yadi ekaḥ api gayām vrajet
yajeta vā aśvamedhena nīlam vā vṛṣam utsṛjet

85. Many sons should be desired, so that at least one of them might go to Gayā, or perform an aśvamedha (horse sacrifice), or release a blue-black bull.

Words meanings summery:

• एष्टव्याः (eṣṭavyāḥ) - should be desired, to be sought

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one

• अपि (api) - even, also

• गयाम् (gayām) - to Gayā

• व्रजेत् (vrajet) - should go, might go

• यजेत (yajeta) - should sacrifice, should perform a sacrifice

• वा (vā) - or

• अश्वमेधेन (aśvamedhena) - by means of an aśvamedha (horse sacrifice)

• नीलम् (nīlam) - blue-black, dark blue

• वा (vā) - or

• वृषम् (vṛṣam) - bull

• उत्सृजेत् (utsṛjet) - should release, should abandon

Words meanings and morphology

एष्टव्याः (eṣṭavyāḥ) - should be desired, to be sought

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eṣṭavya

eṣṭavya - to be desired, to be sought, desirable

Gerundive (future passive participle)

From root iṣ, 'to wish, desire', with suffix -tavya.

Root: iṣ (class 4)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, numerous, abundant

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one

(numeral)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

गयाम् (gayām) - to Gayā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gayā

gayā - Gaya (name of a holy city in India, particularly for ancestor rites)

व्रजेत् (vrajet) - should go, might go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

यजेत (yajeta) - should sacrifice, should perform a sacrifice

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi liṅ) of yaj

Root: yaj (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अश्वमेधेन (aśvamedhena) - by means of an aśvamedha (horse sacrifice)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - horse sacrifice (a yajña performed by kings to assert imperial sovereignty)

Compound type : tatpurusha (aśva+medha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• medha – sacrifice, oblations
  noun (masculine)

नीलम् (nīlam) - blue-black, dark blue

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nīla

nīla - blue, dark blue, blue-black

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

वृषम् (vṛṣam) - bull

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛṣa

vṛṣa - bull, male, best of its kind

उत्सृजेत् (utsṛjet) - should release, should abandon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of ut-sṛj

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)