महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-9, verse-12

क्षिप्रं हि गावो बहुला भवन्ति न तासु रोगो भवतीह कश्चित् ।
तैस्तैरुपायैर्विदितं मयैतदेतानि शिल्पानि मयि स्थितानि ॥१२॥

12. kṣipraṁ hi gāvo bahulā bhavanti; na tāsu rogo bhavatīha kaścit ,
taistairupāyairviditaṁ mayaita;detāni śilpāni mayi sthitāni.

12. kṣipram hi gāvaḥ bahulā bhavanti
na tāsu rogaḥ bhavati iha kaścit
| taiḥ taiḥ upāyaiḥ viditam mayā
etat etāni śilpāni mayi sthitāni

12. Indeed, cows quickly multiply and no disease ever afflicts them here. I have learned this through various methods, and these skills reside within me.

12. הפרות מתרבות כאן במהירות, ואין בהן שום מחלה. בדרכים שונות למדתי את כל זה, וכל המלאכות האלה שמורות בידי.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, soon

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, oxen

• बहुला (bahulā) - numerous, abundant, plentiful

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

• न (na) - not

• तासु (tāsu) - among the cows (among them, in them (feminine))

• रोगः (rogaḥ) - disease, sickness, affliction

• भवति (bhavati) - he/she/it becomes, exists, happens

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (disease) (someone, anyone, something, any)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those (masculine/neuter)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those (masculine/neuter)

• उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by means, by methods, by expedients

• विदितम् (viditam) - known, understood

• मया (mayā) - by me

• एतत् (etat) - this (fact) (this, this one)

• एतानि (etāni) - these (neuter)

• शिल्पानि (śilpāni) - skills, arts, crafts

• मयि (mayi) - in me

• स्थितानि (sthitāni) - reside (situated, abiding, residing, existing)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, soon

(indeclinable)

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: adverbial use

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, oxen

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

बहुला (bahulā) - numerous, abundant, plentiful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahula

bahula - abundant, numerous, plentiful, extensive

Note: agrees with gāvaḥ

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present Active

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तासु (tāsu) - among the cows (among them, in them (feminine))

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: refers to gāvaḥ

रोगः (rogaḥ) - disease, sickness, affliction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of roga

roga - disease, sickness, infirmity

from √ruj (to break, to pain)

Root: ruj (class 6)

भवति (bhavati) - he/she/it becomes, exists, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present Active

Root: bhū (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (disease) (someone, anyone, something, any)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain, some

composed of kim + cit

तैः (taiḥ) - by those (masculine/neuter)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: refers to upāyaiḥ

तैः (taiḥ) - by those (masculine/neuter)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by means, by methods, by expedients

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, device

from upa- + √i (to go)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

विदितम् (viditam) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidita

vidita - known, understood, ascertained

Past Passive Participle

from √vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: agrees with etat

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: agent in passive construction

एतत् (etat) - this (fact) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

एतानि (etāni) - these (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, this one

शिल्पानि (śilpāni) - skills, arts, crafts

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śilpa

śilpa - art, craft, skill, workmanship

Root: śilp

मयि (mayi) - in me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

स्थितानि (sthitāni) - reside (situated, abiding, residing, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, fixed, abiding, existing

Past Passive Participle

from √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: agrees with śilpāni

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