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

एकतःश्यामकर्णानां हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् ।
भगवन्दीयतां मह्यं सहस्रमिति गालव ॥५॥

5. ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṁ hayānāṁ candravarcasām ,
bhagavandīyatāṁ mahyaṁ sahasramiti gālava.

5. ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānām hayānām candravarcasām
bhagavan dīyatām mahyam sahasram iti gālava

5. (Ṛcīka said to Gādhi): 'O Lord, let a thousand horses, each with black ears and the brilliance of the moon, be given to me!'

Words meanings summery:

• एकतः (ekataḥ) - of a particular kind (referring to the horses) (on one side, from one side, of a certain kind)

• श्यामकर्णानाम् (śyāmakarṇānām) - of those having black ears

• हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses

• चन्द्रवर्चसाम् (candravarcasām) - of those having the splendor/radiance of the moon

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing King Gādhi (O Lord, O revered one)

• दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand horses (a thousand)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so)

• गालव (gālava) - The narrator (Garuda) is addressing Gālava as he continues the story. (O Gālava)

Words meanings and morphology

एकतः (ekataḥ) - of a particular kind (referring to the horses) (on one side, from one side, of a certain kind)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas added to eka

Note: Modifies the description of horses.

श्यामकर्णानाम् (śyāmakarṇānām) - of those having black ears

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śyāmakarṇa

śyāmakarṇa - having black ears

Compound: śyāma + karṇa

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śyāma+karṇa)

• śyāma – dark, black, dark-blue
  adjective (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'hayānām'.

हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

Note: Modified by 'śyāmakarṇānām' and 'candravarcasām'.

चन्द्रवर्चसाम् (candravarcasām) - of those having the splendor/radiance of the moon

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of candravarcas

candravarcas - having the splendor of the moon, moon-brilliant

Compound: candra + varcas

Compound type : bahuvrihi (candra+varcas)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• varcas – radiance, brilliance, energy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'hayānām'.

भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing King Gādhi (O Lord, O revered one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, venerable, Lord

Note: Vocative, addressed by Ṛcīka to Gādhi.

दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of dā

Imperative (passive)

Imperative 3rd person singular passive of root dā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Its implied subject is 'sahasram'.

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Beneficiary of the giving.

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand horses (a thousand)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'dīyatām'.

इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

गालव (gālava) - The narrator (Garuda) is addressing Gālava as he continues the story. (O Gālava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of gālava

gālava - name of a sage

Note: Addressed by the narrator (Garuḍa).