महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-30, verse-12

गोवर्धनो नाम वटः सुभाण्डं नाम चत्वरम् ।
एतद्राजकुलद्वारमाकुमारः स्मराम्यहम् ॥१२॥

12. govardhano nāma vaṭaḥ subhāṇḍaṁ nāma catvaram ,
etadrājakuladvāramākumāraḥ smarāmyaham.

12. govardhanaḥ nāma vaṭaḥ subhāṇḍam nāma catvaram
etat rājakuladvāram ākumāraḥ smarāmi aham

12. aham ākumāraḥ govardhanaḥ nāma vaṭaḥ subhāṇḍam
nāma catvaram etat rājakuladvāram ca smarāmi

12. I remember, since my childhood, a banyan tree named Govardhana, a square named Subhāṇḍa, and this gate of the royal palace.

Words meanings summery:

• गोवर्धनः (govardhanaḥ) - Name of a banyan tree (Govardhana (proper noun))

• नाम (nāma) - named (name, by name, indeed, as it were)

• वटः (vaṭaḥ) - banyan tree (banyan tree, fig tree)

• सुभाण्डम् (subhāṇḍam) - Name of a square (Subhāṇḍa (proper noun))

• नाम (nāma) - named (name, by name, indeed, as it were)

• चत्वरम् (catvaram) - square (square, courtyard, junction of four roads)

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, that)

• राजकुलद्वारम् (rājakuladvāram) - gate of the royal palace (gate of the royal family/palace)

• आकुमारः (ākumāraḥ) - since childhood (since childhood, up to a boy, during boyhood)

• स्मरामि (smarāmi) - I remember (I remember, I recall)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

गोवर्धनः (govardhanaḥ) - Name of a banyan tree (Govardhana (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of govardhana

govardhana - Name of a mountain; a proper name; one who increases cows/earth

नाम (nāma) - named (name, by name, indeed, as it were)

(indeclinable)

वटः (vaṭaḥ) - banyan tree (banyan tree, fig tree)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṭa

vaṭa - a banyan tree (Ficus indica); string; a circular enclosure

सुभाण्डम् (subhāṇḍam) - Name of a square (Subhāṇḍa (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of subhāṇḍa

subhāṇḍa - a proper name; 'good vessels' (su + bhāṇḍa)

Note: Refers to a square, hence neuter nominative singular.

नाम (nāma) - named (name, by name, indeed, as it were)

(indeclinable)

चत्वरम् (catvaram) - square (square, courtyard, junction of four roads)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of catvara

catvara - a square; a court; an altar

एतत् (etat) - this (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this; that

Note: Agrees with rājakuladvāram.

राजकुलद्वारम् (rājakuladvāram) - gate of the royal palace (gate of the royal family/palace)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājakuladvāra

rājakuladvāra - gate of the royal family/palace

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+kula+dvāra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• kula – family, lineage, race, house
  noun (neuter)
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)

आकुमारः (ākumāraḥ) - since childhood (since childhood, up to a boy, during boyhood)

(indeclinable)

Formed with prefix 'ā' (up to) and 'kumāra' (boy).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+kumāra)

• ā – up to, until, towards, a little
  indeclinable
• kumāra – boy, youth, prince, son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially.

स्मरामि (smarāmi) - I remember (I remember, I recall)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of smar

Present active indicative, 1st person singular

From root √smṛ (class 1, parasmāpadi).

Root: smṛ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself