महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-117, verse-11

गालव उवाच ।
अश्वानां काङ्क्षितार्थानां षडिमानि शतानि वै ।
शतद्वयेन कन्येयं भवता प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥११॥

11. gālava uvāca ,
aśvānāṁ kāṅkṣitārthānāṁ ṣaḍimāni śatāni vai ,
śatadvayena kanyeyaṁ bhavatā pratigṛhyatām.

11. gālavaḥ uvāca aśvānām kāṅkṣitārthānām ṣaṭ imāni śatāni
vai śatadvayena kanyā iyam bhavatā pratigṛhyatām

11. Gālava said: 'Here are these six hundred horses of the kind you desired. Let this maiden be accepted by you for two hundred (horses).'

Words meanings summery:

• गालवः (gālavaḥ) - Gālava

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

• काङ्क्षितार्थानाम् (kāṅkṣitārthānām) - (of horses) whose acquisition/value is desired (of those whose purpose is desired, of desired objects/purposes)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• इमानि (imāni) - these

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• शतद्वयेन (śatadvayena) - by two hundreds, by two hundred

• कन्या (kanyā) - the maiden Madhavī (maiden, daughter)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectful)

• प्रतिगृह्यताम् (pratigṛhyatām) - let her be accepted, may she be received

Words meanings and morphology

गालवः (gālavaḥ) - Gālava

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gālava

gālava - name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

root vac, lit-suffix (perfect)

Root: vac (class 2)

अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

काङ्क्षितार्थानाम् (kāṅkṣitārthānām) - (of horses) whose acquisition/value is desired (of those whose purpose is desired, of desired objects/purposes)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kāṅkṣitārtha

kāṅkṣitārtha - one whose object/purpose is desired

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṅkṣita+artha)

• kāṅkṣita – desired, longed for
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kāṅkṣ
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)
• artha – purpose, object, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(numeral)

Note: The final 'ṣ' often becomes 'ṭ' in pausa or before certain consonants.

इमानि (imāni) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of idam

idam - this, these

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

शतद्वयेन (śatadvayena) - by two hundreds, by two hundred

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śatadvaya

śatadvaya - two hundreds

Compound type : dvigu (śata+dvaya)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• dvaya – a pair, two
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here to denote value or exchange.

कन्या (kanyā) - the maiden Madhavī (maiden, daughter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, daughter, girl

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (respectful)

present active participle

from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a respectful pronoun for 'you'.

प्रतिगृह्यताम् (pratigṛhyatām) - let her be accepted, may she be received

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of grah

Passive Imperative

root grah with prefix prati, passive, loṭ-lakāra

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: From root 'grah' (to take) with prefix 'prati'.