महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-6, chapter-11, verse-5
चत्वारि च सहस्राणि वर्षाणां कुरुसत्तम ।
आयुःसंख्या कृतयुगे संख्याता राजसत्तम ॥५॥
आयुःसंख्या कृतयुगे संख्याता राजसत्तम ॥५॥
5. catvāri ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṁ kurusattama ,
āyuḥsaṁkhyā kṛtayuge saṁkhyātā rājasattama.
āyuḥsaṁkhyā kṛtayuge saṁkhyātā rājasattama.
5.
catvāri ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇām kurusattama
āyuḥsaṃkhyā kṛtayuge saṃkhyātā rājasattama
āyuḥsaṃkhyā kṛtayuge saṃkhyātā rājasattama
5.
kurusattama rājasattama kṛtayuge āyuḥsaṃkhyā
catvāri ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇām saṃkhyātā
catvāri ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇām saṃkhyātā
5.
O best of the Kurus, O foremost of kings, the life-span (āyuḥsaṃkhyā) in the Kṛta Yuga is reckoned as four thousand years.
Words meanings summery:
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- चत्वारि (catvāri) - four
- च (ca) - and
- सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
- वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years
- कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of Kurus)
- आयुःसंख्या (āyuḥsaṁkhyā) - the calculation of life-span, number of years of life
- कृतयुगे (kṛtayuge) - in the Kṛta Yuga
- संख्याता (saṁkhyātā) - calculated, reckoned
- राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of kings)
Words meanings and morphology
चत्वारि (catvāri) - four
(numeral adjective)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(numeral noun)
वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of varṣa
varṣa - year, rain, region
कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of Kurus)
(compound noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+sattama)
- kuru – name of an ancient king or his descendants, the Kurus
proper noun (masculine) - sattama – best, most excellent
adjective (masculine)
Superlative degree from sat (good, existing)
Root: as (class 2)
आयुःसंख्या (āyuḥsaṁkhyā) - the calculation of life-span, number of years of life
(compound noun)
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (āyus+saṃkhyā)
- āyus – life, vitality, duration of life
noun (neuter) - saṃkhyā – number, reckoning, calculation
noun (feminine)
Derived from saṃ-√khyā (to enumerate)
Prefix: sam
Root: khyā (class 2)
कृतयुगे (kṛtayuge) - in the Kṛta Yuga
(proper noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of kṛtayuga
kṛtayuga - the Kṛta Yuga, the first age
Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛta+yuga)
- kṛta – done, made, perfect
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of √kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8) - yuga – age, epoch, period, pair
noun (neuter)
संख्याता (saṁkhyātā) - calculated, reckoned
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃkhyāta
saṁkhyāta - enumerated, counted, calculated, reckoned
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of saṃ-√khyā.
Prefix: sam
Root: khyā (class 2)
राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of kings)
(compound noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+sattama)
- rājan – king, ruler
noun (masculine) - sattama – best, most excellent
adjective (masculine)
Superlative degree from sat (good, existing)
Root: as (class 2)