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4,33

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-5

षष्टिं गवां सहस्राणि कुरवः कालयन्ति ते ।
महता रथवंशेन परिवार्य समन्ततः ॥५॥
5. ṣaṣṭiṁ gavāṁ sahasrāṇi kuravaḥ kālayanti te ,
mahatā rathavaṁśena parivārya samantataḥ.
5. ṣaṣṭiṃ gavāṃ sahasrāṇi kuravaḥ kālayanti te
mahatā rathavaṃśena parivārya samantataḥ
5. Those Kurus drive away sixty thousand cows, having surrounded them from all sides with a great array of chariots.

Words meanings summery:

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  • षष्टिं (ṣaṣṭiṁ) - sixty
  • गवां (gavāṁ) - of cows
  • सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
  • कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus
  • कालयन्ति (kālayanti) - they drive away
  • ते (te) - they
  • महता (mahatā) - with a great, large
  • रथवंशेन (rathavaṁśena) - with a line of chariots, with a chariot array
  • परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded
  • समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around

Words meanings and morphology

षष्टिं (ṣaṣṭiṁ) - sixty
(numeral)
Note: Treated as a feminine noun in the accusative case.
गवां (gavāṁ) - of cows
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of go
go - cow, ox, cattle
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(numeral)
Note: Accusative in this context (object of 'drive away').
कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kuru
kuru - name of an ancient tribe; a country
कालयन्ति (kālayanti) - they drive away
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kal
causative present
from root kal, causative stem kālaya, present 3rd plural active
Root: kal (class 1)
ते (te) - they
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
महता (mahatā) - with a great, large
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, mighty
Note: Masculine instrumental singular agreeing with rathavaṃśena.
रथवंशेन (rathavaṁśena) - with a line of chariots, with a chariot array
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of rathavaṃśa
rathavaṁśa - line of chariots, chariot array
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+vaṃśa)
  • ratha – chariot
    noun (masculine)
  • vaṃśa – bamboo; line, race, collection
    noun (masculine)
परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded
(indeclinable)
absolutive
from root vṛ (to cover) with upasarga pari, causative form vāraya
Prefix: pari
Root: vṛ (class 5)
समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around
(indeclinable)