महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-103, verse-16

गान्धार्यपि वरारोहा शीलाचारविचेष्टितैः ।
तुष्टिं कुरूणां सर्वेषां जनयामास भारत ॥१६॥

16. gāndhāryapi varārohā śīlācāraviceṣṭitaiḥ ,
tuṣṭiṁ kurūṇāṁ sarveṣāṁ janayāmāsa bhārata.

16. gāndhārī api varārohā śīlācāraviceṣṭitaiḥ
tuṣṭim kurūṇām sarveṣām janayāmāsa bhārata

16. O Bhārata, Gāndhārī, with her graceful physique, also brought satisfaction to all the Kurus through her virtuous conduct and actions.

16. גם גָאנְדְהָארִי, בעלת המותניים היפות, הסבה, הו בְּהָארַטַה, שביעות רצון לכל בני קוּרוּ בטבעה הטוב, בהליכותיה ובמעשיה.

Words meanings summery:

• गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gāndhārī (proper name, princess of Gāndhāra)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• वरारोहा (varārohā) - fair-hipped, beautiful-hipped (epithet for women)

• शीलाचारविचेष्टितैः (śīlācāraviceṣṭitaiḥ) - by virtuous conduct and actions

• तुष्टिम् (tuṣṭim) - satisfaction, contentment

• कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - caused, generated, created

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata, address for Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Words meanings and morphology

गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gāndhārī (proper name, princess of Gāndhāra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gāndhārī

gāndhārī - Gāndhārī (proper name, daughter of the king of Gāndhāra); a woman from Gāndhāra

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

वरारोहा (varārohā) - fair-hipped, beautiful-hipped (epithet for women)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varārohā

varārohā - fair-hipped, beautiful-hipped, having excellent hips (an epithet for a beautiful woman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vara+āroha)

• vara – excellent, best, choice, boon
  adjective (masculine)
• āroha – hip, posterior, ascending, mounting
  noun (masculine)

शीलाचारविचेष्टितैः (śīlācāraviceṣṭitaiḥ) - by virtuous conduct and actions

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śīlācāraviceṣṭita

śīlācāraviceṣṭita - virtuous conduct and actions/behavior

Compound type : dvandva (śīlācāra+viceṣṭita)

• śīlācāra – virtuous conduct, good behavior
  noun (masculine)
• viceṣṭita – actions, activities, behavior
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root ceṣṭ with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

तुष्टिम् (tuṣṭim) - satisfaction, contentment

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tuṣṭi

tuṣṭi - satisfaction, contentment, pleasure

कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (ancestor of a lunar dynasty, or his descendants)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - caused, generated, created

(verb)

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

Periphrastic perfect of causative 'jan' (to cause to be born, to produce) + auxiliary verb 'ās'

Root: jan (class 10)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata, address for Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata; related to India

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