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4,38

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-38, verse-41

सोमः पञ्चशतं राजा तथैव वरुणः शतम् ।
पार्थः पञ्च च षष्टिं च वर्षाणि श्वेतवाहनः ॥४१॥
41. somaḥ pañcaśataṁ rājā tathaiva varuṇaḥ śatam ,
pārthaḥ pañca ca ṣaṣṭiṁ ca varṣāṇi śvetavāhanaḥ.
41. somaḥ pañcaśatam rājā tathā eva varuṇaḥ śatam
pārthaḥ pañca ca ṣaṣṭim ca varṣāṇi śvetavāhanaḥ
41. King Soma held it for five hundred (years). Likewise, Varuṇa (held it for) a hundred (years). And Pārtha (Arjuna), also known as Śvetavāhana, held it for sixty-five years.

Words meanings summery:

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  • सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma, the moon god
  • पञ्चशतम् (pañcaśatam) - five hundred
  • राजा (rājā) - king
  • तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
  • वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa, god of cosmic order and waters
  • शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
  • पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna)
  • पञ्च (pañca) - five
  • (ca) - and
  • षष्टिम् (ṣaṣṭim) - sixty
  • (ca) - and
  • वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years
  • श्वेतवाहनः (śvetavāhanaḥ) - Arjuna (epithet) (one whose vehicle is white, white-vehicled)

Words meanings and morphology

सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma, the moon god
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of soma
soma - Soma (plant, drink, or moon god)
पञ्चशतम् (pañcaśatam) - five hundred
(numeral)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pañcan+śata)
  • pañcan – five
    numeral
  • śata – hundred
    noun (neuter)
Note: Implied 'years'.
राजा (rājā) - king
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, ruler
तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner
(indeclinable)
Adverb
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle
वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa, god of cosmic order and waters
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of varuṇa
varuṇa - Varuṇa (Vedic deity), god of waters
शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
(numeral)
पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha
pārtha - son of Pṛthā, Arjuna
Derived from Pṛthā + aṇ suffix
पञ्च (pañca) - five
(numeral)
Note: Combined with 'ṣaṣṭiṃ' to mean sixty-five.
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Conjunction
षष्टिम् (ṣaṣṭim) - sixty
(numeral)
Note: Combined with 'pañca' to mean sixty-five.
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Conjunction
वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa
varṣa - year, rain, season
Root: vṛṣ
Note: Specifies the duration for which Arjuna held the object.
श्वेतवाहनः (śvetavāhanaḥ) - Arjuna (epithet) (one whose vehicle is white, white-vehicled)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śvetavāhana
śvetavāhana - one whose vehicle is white, white-vehicled
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śveta+vāhana)
  • śveta – white, bright
    adjective (masculine)
  • vāhana – vehicle, steed, mount
    noun (neuter)
    From root √vah (to carry)
    Root: vah