महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-138, verse-22

अयं नीलाम्बुदश्यामो नरेष्वप्रतिमो भुवि ।
शेते प्राकृतवद्भूमावतो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥२२॥

22. ayaṁ nīlāmbudaśyāmo nareṣvapratimo bhuvi ,
śete prākṛtavadbhūmāvato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim.

22. ayam nīlāmbudaśyāmaḥ nareṣu apratimaḥ bhuvi
śete prākṛtavat bhūmau ataḥ duḥkhataram nu kim

22. This person, dark like a blue cloud and unequalled among men on earth, lies on the ground like an ordinary person. What can indeed be more sorrowful than this?

22. הוא (אַרְג׳וּנַה), כהה וכחלחל כענן גשם, שאין כמוהו בין בני האדם על הארץ, שוכב על הקרקע כאדם פשוט. האם יש צער גדול מזה?

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• नीलाम्बुदश्यामः (nīlāmbudaśyāmaḥ) - dark like a blue cloud

• नरेषु (nareṣu) - among men

• अप्रतिमः (apratimaḥ) - unequalled, incomparable

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

• शेते (śete) - lies down, rests

• प्राकृतवत् (prākṛtavat) - like an ordinary person, like a common man

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful, more painful

• नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now

• किम् (kim) - what?

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

नीलाम्बुदश्यामः (nīlāmbudaśyāmaḥ) - dark like a blue cloud

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīlāmbudaśyāma

nīlāmbudaśyāma - dark like a blue cloud

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+ambuda+śyāma)

• nīla – blue, dark blue
  adjective (masculine)
• ambuda – cloud (giver of water)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ambu
  Root: ud (class 7)
• śyāma – dark, blackish, dark-blue, green
  adjective (masculine)

नरेषु (nareṣu) - among men

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being

अप्रतिमः (apratimaḥ) - unequalled, incomparable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apratima

apratima - unequalled, incomparable, peerless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+pratima)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• pratima – likeness, image, comparison
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 2)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

शेते (śete) - lies down, rests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

root śī, middle voice

Root: śī (class 2)

प्राकृतवत् (prākṛtavat) - like an ordinary person, like a common man

(indeclinable)

taddhita suffix -vat

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful, more painful

(adjective)

neuter, singular of duḥkhatara

duḥkhatara - more sorrowful, more painful, worse

comparative degree of duḥkha

नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

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