महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-58, verse-18

तथा गाः कपिला दोग्ध्रीः सर्षभाः पाण्डुनन्दनः ।
हेमशृङ्गी रूप्यखुरा दत्त्वा चक्रे प्रदक्षिणम् ॥१८॥

18. tathā gāḥ kapilā dogdhrīḥ sarṣabhāḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ ,
hemaśṛṅgī rūpyakhurā dattvā cakre pradakṣiṇam.

18. tathā gāḥ kapilāḥ dogdhrīḥ sa-ṛṣabhāḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ
hema-śṛṅgī rūpya-khurā dattvā cakre pradakṣiṇam

18. pāṇḍunandanaḥ tathā dogdhrīḥ kapilāḥ sa-ṛṣabhāḥ
gāḥ hema-śṛṅgī rūpya-khurā dattvā pradakṣiṇam cakre

18. The descendant of Pandu also gave milk-giving, brown cows with their bulls, which had golden horns and silver hooves, and then walked around them clockwise in reverence.

Words meanings summery:

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

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows, cattle

• कपिलाः (kapilāḥ) - brown, tawny

• दोग्ध्रीः (dogdhrīḥ) - milch cows, yielding milk

• स-ऋषभाः (sa-ṛṣabhāḥ) - accompanied by bulls, along with bulls

• पाण्डुनन्दनः (pāṇḍunandanaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pandu, descendant of Pandu (Arjuna))

• हेम-शृङ्गी (hema-śṛṅgī) - having golden horns

• रूप्य-खुरा (rūpya-khurā) - having silver hooves

• दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given

• चक्रे (cakre) - walked around in reverence (made, performed, did)

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise circumambulation in reverence (keeping to the right, clockwise circumambulation)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

गाः (gāḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, cattle, earth, ray of light

कपिलाः (kapilāḥ) - brown, tawny

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kapilā

kapilā - brown, tawny cow

दोग्ध्रीः (dogdhrīḥ) - milch cows, yielding milk

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of dogdhrī

dogdhrī - milking, yielding milk

feminine form of dogdhar

Root: duh (class 2)

स-ऋषभाः (sa-ṛṣabhāḥ) - accompanied by bulls, along with bulls

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sa-ṛṣabha

sa-ṛṣabha - having a bull, with a bull

bahuvrīhi compound with sa

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+ṛṣabha)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

पाण्डुनन्दनः (pāṇḍunandanaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pandu, descendant of Pandu (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍunandana

pāṇḍunandana - son of Pandu

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇḍu+nandana)

• pāṇḍu – Pandu (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, one who rejoices
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

हेम-शृङ्गी (hema-śṛṅgī) - having golden horns

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of hema-śṛṅgin

hema-śṛṅgin - having golden horns

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (heman+śṛṅgin)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• śṛṅgin – having horns, horned
  adjective (masculine)

रूप्य-खुरा (rūpya-khurā) - having silver hooves

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of rūpya-khura

rūpya-khura - having silver hooves

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rūpya+khura)

• rūpya – wrought silver, silver
  noun (neuter)
• khura – hoof
  noun (masculine)

दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root dā with suffix tvā

Root: dā (class 3)

चक्रे (cakre) - walked around in reverence (made, performed, did)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise circumambulation in reverence (keeping to the right, clockwise circumambulation)

(adverb)

Note: used as an adverb with cakre

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