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5,114

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-114, verse-15

इयं कन्या नरश्रेष्ठ हर्यश्व प्रतिगृह्यताम् ।
चतुर्भागेन शुल्कस्य जनयस्वैकमात्मजम् ॥१५॥
15. iyaṁ kanyā naraśreṣṭha haryaśva pratigṛhyatām ,
caturbhāgena śulkasya janayasvaikamātmajam.
15. iyam kanyā naraśreṣṭha haryaśva pratigṛhyatām
caturbhāgena śulkasya janayasva ekam ātmajam
15. O Haryaśva, best among men, please accept this girl. With a fourth part of the bride-price, father one son.

Words meanings summery:

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  • इयम् (iyam) - this
  • कन्या (kanyā) - girl, maiden
  • नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men, O foremost of men
  • हर्यश्व (haryaśva) - King Haryaśva (Haryaśva (proper noun))
  • प्रतिगृह्यताम् (pratigṛhyatām) - let it be accepted, should be accepted
  • चतुर्भागेन (caturbhāgena) - with a fourth part
  • शुल्कस्य (śulkasya) - of the bride-price, of the fee/tax
  • जनयस्व (janayasva) - (you) produce, beget
  • एकम् (ekam) - one
  • आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son

Words meanings and morphology

इयम् (iyam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
कन्या (kanyā) - girl, maiden
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter
नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men, O foremost of men
(compound)
Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+śreṣṭha)
  • nara – man, person
    noun (masculine)
  • śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
    adjective
    superlative of praśasya (good)
हर्यश्व (haryaśva) - King Haryaśva (Haryaśva (proper noun))
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of haryaśva
haryaśva - Haryaśva (proper noun, lit. 'having yellow horses')
प्रतिगृह्यताम् (pratigṛhyatām) - let it be accepted, should be accepted
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of grah
Prefix: prati
Root: grah (class 9)
चतुर्भागेन (caturbhāgena) - with a fourth part
(compound)
Compound type : tatpurusha (catur+bhāga)
  • catur – four
    numeral
  • bhāga – share, part, portion
    noun (masculine)
शुल्कस्य (śulkasya) - of the bride-price, of the fee/tax
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of śulka
śulka - bride-price, fee, toll, tax
जनयस्व (janayasva) - (you) produce, beget
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jan
causative (janāpaya > janaya)
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Ātmanepada form for causative.
एकम् (ekam) - one
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with ātmajam.
आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja
ātmaja - son, daughter (born of oneself)
derived from ātman + √jan
Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+ja)
  • ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman)
    noun (masculine)
  • ja – born, produced from
    adjective
    Kṛt suffix -ja
    from √jan 'to be born'
    Root: jan (class 4)