महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-120, verse-8

तामेकवसनां दृष्ट्वा गौतमोऽप्सरसं वने ।
लोकेऽप्रतिमसंस्थानामुत्फुल्लनयनोऽभवत् ॥८॥

8. tāmekavasanāṁ dṛṣṭvā gautamo'psarasaṁ vane ,
loke'pratimasaṁsthānāmutphullanayano'bhavat.

8. tām ekavasanām dṛṣṭvā gautamaḥ apsarasam vane
loke apratimasaṃsthānām utphullanayanaḥ abhavat

8. Upon seeing that Apsaras (celestial nymph) in the forest, who was dressed in a single garment and whose form was unmatched in the world, Gautama's eyes grew wide.

8. כשראה גַאוּטַמַה ביער את הנימפה השמימית הלבושה בבגד אחד, שדמותה אין שני לה בעולם, נפקחו עיניו בהתפעלות.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - her, that one

• एकवसनाम् (ekavasanām) - wearing a single garment, clad in one cloth

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama (a sage)

• अप्सरसम् (apsarasam) - Apsaras (celestial nymph)

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the woods

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• अप्रतिमसंस्थानाम् (apratimasaṁsthānām) - of unequaled form, of unmatched beauty

• उत्फुल्लनयनः (utphullanayanaḥ) - with wide-open eyes, with blossoming eyes

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - her, that one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

एकवसनाम् (ekavasanām) - wearing a single garment, clad in one cloth

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ekavasana

ekavasana - wearing a single garment

Compound type : bahuvrihi (eka+vasana)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• vasana – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 2)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root + -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama (name of a sage)

अप्सरसम् (apsarasam) - Apsaras (celestial nymph)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apsaras

apsaras - celestial nymph, water-moving

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the woods

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, space, people

अप्रतिमसंस्थानाम् (apratimasaṁsthānām) - of unequaled form, of unmatched beauty

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apratimasaṃsthāna

apratimasaṁsthāna - of unequaled form or shape

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+pratima+saṃsthāna)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• pratima – image, likeness, comparable
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsthāna – form, shape, structure, appearance
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उत्फुल्लनयनः (utphullanayanaḥ) - with wide-open eyes, with blossoming eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utphullanayana

utphullanayana - having wide-open eyes

Compound type : bahuvrihi (utphulla+nayana)

• utphulla – blossomed, wide-open, expanded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ut-√phal
  Prefix: ut
  Root: phal (class 1)
• nayana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nī (class 1)

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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