महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-65, verse-11

एनं दश सहस्राणि कुञ्जराणां तरस्विनाम् ।
अन्वयुः पृष्ठतो राजन्यावदध्यावसत्कुरून् ॥११॥

11. enaṁ daśa sahasrāṇi kuñjarāṇāṁ tarasvinām ,
anvayuḥ pṛṣṭhato rājanyāvadadhyāvasatkurūn.

11. enam daśa sahasrāṇi kuñjarāṇām tarasvinām
anvayuḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ rājan yāvat adhyāvasat kurūn

11. O king, ten thousand mighty elephants followed him from behind, for as long as he dwelled among the Kurus.

11. הו מלך, עשרת אלפים פילים אדירים הלכו אחריו כל עוד ישב בין בני קוּרוּ.

Words meanings summery:

• एनम् (enam) - Yudhishthira (him, this one)

• दश (daśa) - ten

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the mighty, of the swift

• अन्वयुः (anvayuḥ) - they followed

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, behind

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Dhritarashtra (O king)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

• अध्यावसत् (adhyāvasat) - he dwelt, he resided, he inhabited

• कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus (people or land)

Words meanings and morphology

एनम् (enam) - Yudhishthira (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(numeral)

Note: Functions as a collective noun here.

कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant

Note: Qualifies 'thousands'.

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the mighty, of the swift

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - swift, powerful, mighty, energetic

Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'elephants'.

अन्वयुः (anvayuḥ) - they followed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of anvay

Past Active Indicative (Perfect/Lit)

3rd person plural. From root i (to go) with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, behind

(indeclinable)

Tasil suffix from pṛṣṭha (back).

राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Dhritarashtra (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Dhritarashtra.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

(indeclinable)

अध्यावसत् (adhyāvasat) - he dwelt, he resided, he inhabited

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of adhyāvas

Imperfect Active Indicative

3rd person singular. From root vas (to dwell) with prefixes adhi and ā.

Prefixes: adhi+ā

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira.

कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus (people or land)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (a clan or a region)

Note: Refers to the Kuru kingdom/people, accusative case for object of dwelling 'in'.

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