महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-5, chapter-114, verse-15
इयं कन्या नरश्रेष्ठ हर्यश्व प्रतिगृह्यताम् ।
चतुर्भागेन शुल्कस्य जनयस्वैकमात्मजम् ॥१५॥
चतुर्भागेन शुल्कस्य जनयस्वैकमात्मजम् ॥१५॥
15. iyaṁ kanyā naraśreṣṭha haryaśva pratigṛhyatām ,
caturbhāgena śulkasya janayasvaikamātmajam.
caturbhāgena śulkasya janayasvaikamātmajam.
15.
iyam kanyā naraśreṣṭha haryaśva pratigṛhyatām
caturbhāgena śulkasya janayasva ekam ātmajam
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)