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

कदा वा घोषिका गाथाः पुनर्गास्यन्ति शाकले ।
गव्यस्य तृप्ता मांसस्य पीत्वा गौडं महासवम् ॥३०॥

30. kadā vā ghoṣikā gāthāḥ punargāsyanti śākale ,
gavyasya tṛptā māṁsasya pītvā gauḍaṁ mahāsavam.

30. kadā vā ghoṣikāḥ gāthāḥ punaḥ gāsyanti śākale
gavyasya tṛptāḥ māṃsasya pītvā gauḍam mahāsavam

30. kadā vā śākale ghoṣikāḥ gavyasya māṃsasya tṛptāḥ
gauḍam mahāsavam pītvā punaḥ gāthāḥ gāsyanti

30. When will the dairy women (ghoṣikāḥ) in Śākala again sing songs, after having eaten their fill of beef and drunk the strong jaggery liquor (mahāsava)?

Words meanings summery:

• कदा (kadā) - when? at what time?

• वा (vā) - or, either...or, as if, interrogative particle

• घोषिकाः (ghoṣikāḥ) - cowherdesses, dairy women

• गाथाः (gāthāḥ) - songs, verses

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• गास्यन्ति (gāsyanti) - will sing

• शाकले (śākale) - in Śākala

• गव्यस्य (gavyasya) - of cow's, of beef

• तृप्ताः (tṛptāḥ) - satisfied, satiated (feminine plural)

• मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of meat

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

• गौडम् (gauḍam) - jaggery-based, from Gauda

• महासवम् (mahāsavam) - a strong liquor, a great intoxicant

Words meanings and morphology

कदा (kadā) - when? at what time?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

वा (vā) - or, either...or, as if, interrogative particle

(indeclinable)

घोषिकाः (ghoṣikāḥ) - cowherdesses, dairy women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghoṣikā

ghoṣikā - a cowherdess, a woman of the dairy profession

Note: Subject of gāsyanti.

गाथाः (gāthāḥ) - songs, verses

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of gāthā

gāthā - a song, a verse, a stanza, a popular saying

Note: Object of gāsyanti.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

गास्यन्ति (gāsyanti) - will sing

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of gai

Root: gai (class 2)

शाकले (śākale) - in Śākala

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śākala

śākala - belonging to Śākala, city of Śākala

गव्यस्य (gavyasya) - of cow's, of beef

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of gavya

gavya - relating to cows, fit for cows, beef

तृप्ताः (tṛptāḥ) - satisfied, satiated (feminine plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tṛpta

tṛpta - satisfied, contented, satiated

past passive participle

From root √tṛp (to be satisfied).

Root: tṛp (class 4)

मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of meat

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

Note: Qualifies tṛptāḥ (satisfied with).

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root √pā (to drink) with suffix -ktvā.

Root: pā (class 1)

गौडम् (gauḍam) - jaggery-based, from Gauda

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gauḍa

gauḍa - made of molasses/jaggery, from the Gauda country

महासवम् (mahāsavam) - a strong liquor, a great intoxicant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāsava

mahāsava - a strong liquor, a great intoxicant

Compound: mahā (great) + āsava (fermented liquor).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+āsava)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• āsava – fermented liquor, spirituous liquor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Object of pītvā.