महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-12, verse-30

सुकुमारी कुमारी च सीता कावेरका तथा ।
महानदी च कौरव्य तथा मणिजला नदी ।
इक्षुवर्धनिका चैव तथा भरतसत्तम ॥३०॥

30. sukumārī kumārī ca sītā kāverakā tathā ,
mahānadī ca kauravya tathā maṇijalā nadī ,
ikṣuvardhanikā caiva tathā bharatasattama.

30. sukumārī kumārī ca sītā kāverakā
tathā mahānadī ca kauravya
tathā maṇi-jalā nadī ikṣu-vardhanikā
ca eva tathā bharatasattama

30. kauravya sukumārī kumārī ca sītā
kāverakā tathā mahānadī ca
tathā maṇi-jalā nadī ca eva tathā
bharatasattama ikṣu-vardhanikā

30. O descendant of Kuru (kauravya), there are the rivers Sukumarī, Kumārī, Sītā, and Kāverakā. And also, the Mahānadī and the river Maṇijalā. And similarly, O best among Bharatas (bharatasattama), there is Ikṣuvardhanikā.

30. (שמות הנהרות הם) סוּקוּמָארִי, קוּמָארִי, סִיטָה וקָאוֵרַקָה, וכן מַהָאנַדִי, הו בן קוּרוּ, וכן הנהר מַנִיג׳ַלָה, וגם אִיקְשׁוּוַרְדְהַנִיקָה, הו מיטב בְּהַרַטַה.

Words meanings summery:

• सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - the river Sukumārī (a river name, or delicate, tender (feminine))

• कुमारी (kumārī) - the river Kumārī (a river name, or maiden, virgin)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सीता (sītā) - the river Sītā (a river name, or furrow, Sita (wife of Rama))

• कावेरका (kāverakā) - the river Kāverakā (a river name (diminutive of Kaveri))

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, similarly

• महानदी (mahānadī) - the Mahānadī river (a great river, Mahanadi (proper name))

• च (ca) - and, also

• कौरव्य (kauravya) - O Dhritarashtra (or another Kaurava) (O descendant of Kuru)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, similarly

• मणि-जला (maṇi-jalā) - the river Maṇijalā (having jewel-like water, a river name)

• नदी (nadī) - river

• इक्षु-वर्धनिका (ikṣu-vardhanikā) - the river Ikṣuvardhanikā (Ikṣuvardhanikā (a river name), growing sugarcane)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, similarly

• भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O great warrior Arjuna (or another prominent Bharata) (O best among Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - the river Sukumārī (a river name, or delicate, tender (feminine))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukumārī

sukumārī - very tender, delicate; name of a river

कुमारी (kumārī) - the river Kumārī (a river name, or maiden, virgin)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kumārī

kumārī - maiden, virgin, girl; name of a river

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सीता (sītā) - the river Sītā (a river name, or furrow, Sita (wife of Rama))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - furrow; name of Sita; name of a river

कावेरका (kāverakā) - the river Kāverakā (a river name (diminutive of Kaveri))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāverakā

kāverakā - a small Kaveri river; a river name

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, similarly

(indeclinable)

महानदी (mahānadī) - the Mahānadī river (a great river, Mahanadi (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahānadī

mahānadī - great river; name of a specific river

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+nadī)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कौरव्य (kauravya) - O Dhritarashtra (or another Kaurava) (O descendant of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - a descendant of Kuru; belonging to the Kurus

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, similarly

(indeclinable)

मणि-जला (maṇi-jalā) - the river Maṇijalā (having jewel-like water, a river name)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maṇi-jalā

maṇi-jalā - having clear or jewel-like water

Compound type : bahuvrihi (maṇi+jala)

• maṇi – jewel, gem
  noun (masculine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

इक्षु-वर्धनिका (ikṣu-vardhanikā) - the river Ikṣuvardhanikā (Ikṣuvardhanikā (a river name), growing sugarcane)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ikṣu-vardhanikā

ikṣu-vardhanikā - growing sugarcane; name of a river

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ikṣu+vardhanikā)

• ikṣu – sugarcane
  noun (masculine)
• vardhanikā – causing growth, increasing (feminine diminutive)
  adjective (feminine)
  Derivative from root vṛdh
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, similarly

(indeclinable)

भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O great warrior Arjuna (or another prominent Bharata) (O best among Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatasattama

bharatasattama - best of the Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+sattama)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a warrior
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent (superlative of sat)
  adjective

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