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9,7

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-7, verse-38

पूर्णे शतसहस्रे द्वे हयानां भरतर्षभ ।
नरकोट्यस्तथा तिस्रो बलमेतत्तवाभवत् ॥३८॥
38. pūrṇe śatasahasre dve hayānāṁ bharatarṣabha ,
narakoṭyastathā tisro balametattavābhavat.
38. pūrṇe śatasahasre dve hayānām bharatarṣabha
narakoṭyaḥ tathā tisraḥ balam etat tava abhavat
38. bharatarṣabha,
hayānām pūrṇe dve śatasahasre tathā tisraḥ narakoṭyaḥ.
etat balam tava abhavat
38. O best of Bharatas (bharatarṣabha), there were two full hundred thousand horses, and three crores (thirty million) of infantry. This was your army.

Words meanings summery:

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  • पूर्णे (pūrṇe) - Signifying a complete count of the given number. (full, complete)
  • शतसहस्रे (śatasahasre) - Two hundred thousands, indicating 200,000. (hundred thousands (lakhs))
  • द्वे (dve) - two
  • हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses
  • भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Dhritarashtra. (O best of Bharatas)
  • नरकोट्यः (narakoṭyaḥ) - Referring to infantry soldiers in terms of crores (ten millions). (crores of men, millions of infantry)
  • तथा (tathā) - Connects the count of horses with the count of infantry. (and, thus, so also)
  • तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three
  • बलम् (balam) - Referring to the entire military strength described. (army, forces)
  • एतत् (etat) - Referring to the previously enumerated forces. (this)
  • तव (tava) - Referring to Dhritarashtra's army (the Kaurava army). (your, of yours)
  • अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्णे (pūrṇe) - Signifying a complete count of the given number. (full, complete)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, dual of pūrṇa
pūrṇa - full, complete, filled, abundant
Past Passive Participle
From root pṛ (to fill).
Root: pṛ (class 3)
शतसहस्रे (śatasahasre) - Two hundred thousands, indicating 200,000. (hundred thousands (lakhs))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of śatasahasra
śatasahasra - a hundred thousand, lakh
Compound noun, a dvandva or tatpuruṣa compound.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+sahasra)
  • śata – hundred
    noun (neuter)
  • sahasra – thousand
    noun (neuter)
द्वे (dve) - two
(numeral)
हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of haya
haya - horse
Root: hi (class 5)
भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Dhritarashtra. (O best of Bharatas)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha
bharatarṣabha - bull of Bharatas, best among Bharatas
Compound noun, a tatpuruṣa compound.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)
  • bharata – descendant of Bharata, India, a king
    proper noun (masculine)
    Root: bhṛ (class 1)
  • ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent, chief
    noun (masculine)
    Root: ṛṣ (class 1)
नरकोट्यः (narakoṭyaḥ) - Referring to infantry soldiers in terms of crores (ten millions). (crores of men, millions of infantry)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of narakoṭi
narakoṭi - a crore of men, a million men
Compound noun, a tatpuruṣa compound.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+koṭi)
  • nara – man, person, human being
    noun (masculine)
    Root: nṛ (class 1)
  • koṭi – crore (ten million), edge, extremity, highest point
    noun (feminine)
    Root: kuṭ (class 1)
तथा (tathā) - Connects the count of horses with the count of infantry. (and, thus, so also)
(indeclinable)
तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three
(numeral)
बलम् (balam) - Referring to the entire military strength described. (army, forces)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bala
bala - strength, power, force, army, troops
एतत् (etat) - Referring to the previously enumerated forces. (this)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, that
Demonstrative pronoun.
तव (tava) - Referring to Dhritarashtra's army (the Kaurava army). (your, of yours)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)
Genitive singular of the second person pronoun yuṣmad.
अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū
Imperfect Active
From root bhū (to be, become), 3rd person singular imperfect active.
Root: bhū (class 1)