महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-100, verse-23

ततः स्वैर्भूषणैर्दासीं भूषयित्वाप्सरोपमाम् ।
प्रेषयामास कृष्णाय ततः काशिपतेः सुता ॥२३॥

23. tataḥ svairbhūṣaṇairdāsīṁ bhūṣayitvāpsaropamām ,
preṣayāmāsa kṛṣṇāya tataḥ kāśipateḥ sutā.

23. tataḥ svaiḥ bhūṣaṇaiḥ dāsīm bhūṣayitvā apsarā-upamām
preṣayāmāsa kṛṣṇāya tataḥ kāśipateḥ sutā

23. Then, the daughter of the king of Kāśi, having adorned a maidservant who resembled an Apsara with her own ornaments, sent her to Kṛṣṇa.

23. אז קישטה בת מלך קָאשִׁי בתכשיטיה שלה שפחה הדומה לנימפה שמימית, ושלחה אותה אל קְרְשְׁנַה (וְיָאסַה).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefore, subsequently

• स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by one's own, with one's own

• भूषणैः (bhūṣaṇaiḥ) - by ornaments, with ornaments

• दासीम् (dāsīm) - maidservant

• भूषयित्वा (bhūṣayitvā) - having adorned, having decorated

• अप्सरा-उपमाम् (apsarā-upamām) - resembling an Apsara

• प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - she sent

• कृष्णाय (kṛṣṇāya) - to Kṛṣṇa

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefore, subsequently

• काशिपतेः (kāśipateḥ) - of the lord of Kāśi

• सुता (sutā) - daughter

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefore, subsequently

(indeclinable)

स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by one's own, with one's own

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sva

sva - self, one's own, property

भूषणैः (bhūṣaṇaiḥ) - by ornaments, with ornaments

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bhūṣaṇa

bhūṣaṇa - ornament, adornment, decoration

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

दासीम् (dāsīm) - maidservant

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dāsī

dāsī - maidservant, female slave

भूषयित्वा (bhūṣayitvā) - having adorned, having decorated

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from the causative stem of root bhūṣ with -ktvā suffix

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

अप्सरा-उपमाम् (apsarā-upamām) - resembling an Apsara

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apsarā-upamā

apsarā-upamā - resembling an Apsara, like an Apsara

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apsarā+upamā)

• apsarā – Apsara, celestial nymph
  noun (feminine)
• upamā – comparison, resemblance, simile
  noun (feminine)

प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - she sent

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of preṣaya

periphrastic perfect

pra- + causative stem of root iṣ + āmāsa

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कृष्णाय (kṛṣṇāya) - to Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (a deity), black, dark

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefore, subsequently

(indeclinable)

काशिपतेः (kāśipateḥ) - of the lord of Kāśi

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāśipati

kāśipati - lord of Kāśi, king of Kāśi

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāśi+pati)

• kāśi – Kāśi (an ancient city, modern Varanasi)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, ruler
  noun (masculine)

सुता (sutā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

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