महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-124, verse-17

ततः शुक्लाम्बरधरः शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतवान् ।
शुक्लकेशः सितश्मश्रुः शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः ॥१७॥

17. tataḥ śuklāmbaradharaḥ śuklayajñopavītavān ,
śuklakeśaḥ sitaśmaśruḥ śuklamālyānulepanaḥ.

17. tataḥ śuklāmbaradharaḥ śuklayajñopavītavān
śuklakeśaḥ sitaśmaśruḥ śuklamālyānulepanaḥ

17. Then, [he appeared] wearing white garments, adorned with a white sacred thread (yajñopavīta), with white hair and a white beard, and smeared with white garlands and ointments.

17. אז נכנס מורם, לבוש בגדים לבנים, עם חוט קדוש לבן, שיער לבן וזקן לבן, ועונד זרי פרחים לבנים ומשוח במשחות לבנות,

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, thereafter

• शुक्लाम्बरधरः (śuklāmbaradharaḥ) - wearing white garments

• शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतवान् (śuklayajñopavītavān) - having a white sacred thread (yajñopavīta)

• शुक्लकेशः (śuklakeśaḥ) - with white hair

• सितश्मश्रुः (sitaśmaśruḥ) - with a white beard

• शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः (śuklamālyānulepanaḥ) - smeared with white garlands and ointments (adorned with white garlands and ointments)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, thereafter

(indeclinable)

शुक्लाम्बरधरः (śuklāmbaradharaḥ) - wearing white garments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuklāmbaradhara

śuklāmbaradhara - wearing white garments

Compound formed with 'dhara' (holder/wearer) from root 'dhṛ' (to hold/wear)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (śukla+ambara+dhara)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• ambara – garment, clothing, sky
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, wearing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent suffix 'a' from verb 'dhṛ'
  From root 'dhṛ' (to hold, wear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतवान् (śuklayajñopavītavān) - having a white sacred thread (yajñopavīta)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuklayajñopavītavat

śuklayajñopavītavat - having a white sacred thread

Compound (Tatpurusha) 'śuklayajñopavīta' + possessive suffix 'vat'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śukla+yajñopavīta)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• yajñopavīta – sacred thread worn by upper-caste Hindus (yajña)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound: yajña + upavīta

शुक्लकेशः (śuklakeśaḥ) - with white hair

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuklakeśa

śuklakeśa - having white hair

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śukla+keśa)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• keśa – hair (of the head)
  noun (masculine)

सितश्मश्रुः (sitaśmaśruḥ) - with a white beard

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sitaśmaśru

sitaśmaśru - having a white beard

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sita+śmaśru)

• sita – white, pale, bound, tied
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'si' (to bind) or 'śvit' (to be white)
• śmaśru – beard, mustache
  noun (neuter)

शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः (śuklamālyānulepanaḥ) - smeared with white garlands and ointments (adorned with white garlands and ointments)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuklamālyānulepana

śuklamālyānulepana - adorned with white garlands and ointments

Compound (Tatpurusha) 'śukla' + 'mālya' + 'anulepana'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śukla+mālya+anulepana)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• mālya – garland, wreath
  noun (neuter)
• anulepana – ointment, unguent, anointing
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root 'lip' (to smear) with prefix 'anu'
  Prefix: anu
  Root: lip (class 6)

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