महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-4, chapter-9, verse-8
सहदेव उवाच ।
पञ्चानां पाण्डुपुत्राणां ज्येष्ठो राजा युधिष्ठिरः ।
तस्याष्टशतसाहस्रा गवां वर्गाः शतं शताः ॥८॥
पञ्चानां पाण्डुपुत्राणां ज्येष्ठो राजा युधिष्ठिरः ।
तस्याष्टशतसाहस्रा गवां वर्गाः शतं शताः ॥८॥
8. sahadeva uvāca ,
pañcānāṁ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṁ jyeṣṭho rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
tasyāṣṭaśatasāhasrā gavāṁ vargāḥ śataṁ śatāḥ.
pañcānāṁ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṁ jyeṣṭho rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
tasyāṣṭaśatasāhasrā gavāṁ vargāḥ śataṁ śatāḥ.
8.
sahadeva uvāca pañcānām pāṇḍuputrāṇām jyeṣṭhaḥ rājā
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ tasya aṣṭaśatasāhasrāḥ gavām vargāḥ śatam śatāḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ tasya aṣṭaśatasāhasrāḥ gavām vargāḥ śatam śatāḥ
8.
Sahadeva said: King Yudhishthira, the eldest among the five sons of Pandu, owned eight hundred thousand cows, organized into hundreds of hundreds of herds.
Words meanings summery:
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- सहदेव (sahadeva) - Sahadeva (proper name)
- उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
- पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of the five
- पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् (pāṇḍuputrāṇām) - of the sons of Pandu, of the Pandavas
- ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - the eldest, the oldest
- राजा (rājā) - king
- युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)
- तस्य (tasya) - his, of him
- अष्टशतसाहस्राः (aṣṭaśatasāhasrāḥ) - eight hundred thousand
- गवाम् (gavām) - of cows
- वर्गाः (vargāḥ) - groups, herds, classes
- शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
- शताः (śatāḥ) - hundreds
Words meanings and morphology
सहदेव (sahadeva) - Sahadeva (proper name)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva
sahadeva - Sahadeva (name of the youngest of the Pandavas)
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac
Perfect Active
3rd person singular, Perfect active
Root: vac (class 2)
पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of the five
(numeral)
पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् (pāṇḍuputrāṇām) - of the sons of Pandu, of the Pandavas
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍuputra
pāṇḍuputra - son of Pandu, a Pandava
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+putra)
- pāṇḍu – Pandu (name of a king, father of the Pandavas)
proper noun (masculine) - putra – son
noun (masculine)
ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - the eldest, the oldest
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha
jyeṣṭha - eldest, oldest, first-born, chief
superlative of vṛddha
राजा (rājā) - king
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, ruler, sovereign
Root: rāj
युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava)
तस्य (tasya) - his, of him
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
अष्टशतसाहस्राः (aṣṭaśatasāhasrāḥ) - eight hundred thousand
(numeral)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aṣṭan+śata+sāhasra)
- aṣṭan – eight
numeral - śata – hundred
numeral - sāhasra – thousand, relating to a thousand
numeral
गवाम् (gavām) - of cows
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of go
go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light
वर्गाः (vargāḥ) - groups, herds, classes
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of varga
varga - group, class, division, herd, multitude
Root: vṛj
शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
(numeral)
शताः (śatāḥ) - hundreds
(numeral)
Note: Used here as a noun/adjective in apposition to 'vargāḥ'.