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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-97, verse-19

सहस्रं तेऽस्तु पुत्राणां शतं वा दशसंमितम् ।
दश वा शततुल्याः स्युरेको वापि सहस्रवत् ॥१९॥
19. sahasraṁ te'stu putrāṇāṁ śataṁ vā daśasaṁmitam ,
daśa vā śatatulyāḥ syureko vāpi sahasravat.
19. sahásram te astu putrāṇām śatam vā daśasaṃmitam
| daśa vā śatatulyāḥ syuḥ ekaḥ vā api sahásravat
19. May you have a thousand sons. Or, may you have a hundred sons, each equivalent to ten (sons). Or, may you have ten sons, each equal to a hundred. Or even, may you have one son who is like a thousand (sons).

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • सह्áस्रम् (sahásram) - a thousand
  • ते (te) - to you, for you, your
  • अस्तु (astu) - may it be, let it be
  • पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of sons
  • शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
  • वा (vā) - or, optionally
  • दशसंमितम् (daśasaṁmitam) - a hundred sons, each equivalent to ten (equal to ten, ten-measured)
  • दश (daśa) - ten
  • वा (vā) - or, optionally
  • शततुल्याः (śatatulyāḥ) - ten sons, each equivalent to a hundred (equal to a hundred, a hundred-like)
  • स्युः (syuḥ) - may they be, let them be
  • एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single
  • वा (vā) - or, optionally
  • अपि (api) - even, also, too
  • सह्áस्रवत् (sahásravat) - one son who is like a thousand (like a thousand, equivalent to a thousand)

Words meanings and morphology

सह्áस्रम् (sahásram) - a thousand
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sahásra
sahásra - thousand, a thousand, innumerable
ते (te) - to you, for you, your
(pronoun)
Dative, singular of tvad
tvad - you
Note: Can also be genitive singular. Here likely dative, 'to you' or 'for you'.
अस्तु (astu) - may it be, let it be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as
Root verb, class 2
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Used here as a blessing or wish.
पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of sons
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of putra
putra - son, child
शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śata
śata - hundred, a group of a hundred
वा (vā) - or, optionally
(indeclinable)
दशसंमितम् (daśasaṁmitam) - a hundred sons, each equivalent to ten (equal to ten, ten-measured)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of daśasaṃmita
daśasaṁmita - equal to ten, measured by ten
Compound adjective
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśan+saṃmita)
  • daśan – ten
    numeral
  • saṃmita – measured, equivalent, equal to, similar
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Past Passive Participle of verbal root √mā (to measure) with prefix sam-
    Prefix: sam
    Root: mā (class 3)
Note: Agrees with 'śatam'.
दश (daśa) - ten
(numeral)
वा (vā) - or, optionally
(indeclinable)
शततुल्याः (śatatulyāḥ) - ten sons, each equivalent to a hundred (equal to a hundred, a hundred-like)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śatatulya
śatatulya - equal to a hundred, resembling a hundred
Compound adjective
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+tulya)
  • śata – hundred, a group of a hundred
    noun (neuter)
  • tulya – equal, similar, like
    adjective (masculine)
    Root: tul (class 1)
Note: Agrees with implied 'putrāḥ'.
स्युः (syuḥ) - may they be, let them be
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as
Root verb, class 2
Root: as (class 2)
एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single
(numeral)
वा (vā) - or, optionally
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
सह्áस्रवत् (sahásravat) - one son who is like a thousand (like a thousand, equivalent to a thousand)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sahásravat
sahásravat - like a thousand, having a thousand, thousand-fold
Possessive adjective formed with suffix -vat from sahásra
Compound type : taddhita (sahásra+vat)
  • sahásra – thousand, a thousand, innumerable
    noun (neuter)
  • vat – like, as, having
    suffix
    Taddhita suffix indicating possession or similarity.
Note: Agrees with 'ekaḥ'.