महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-140, verse-9

पश्य बाहू सुवृत्तौ मे हस्तिहस्तनिभाविमौ ।
ऊरू परिघसंकाशौ संहतं चाप्युरो मम ॥९॥

9. paśya bāhū suvṛttau me hastihastanibhāvimau ,
ūrū parighasaṁkāśau saṁhataṁ cāpyuro mama.

9. paśya bāhū suvṛttau me hastihastanibhā imau
ūrū parighasaṃkāśau saṃhatam ca api uraḥ mama

9. Behold these well-formed arms of mine, resembling elephant trunks, and my thighs, which are like maces, and my chest, which is compact.

9. הביטי בזרועותיי היפות והעגולות, הדומות לחדקי פילים, בירכיי הדומות למוטות ברזל ובחזי הרחב והמוצק.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - look, behold, see

• बाहू (bāhū) - two arms

• सुवृत्तौ (suvṛttau) - well-rounded, well-formed

• मे (me) - of me, my

• हस्तिहस्तनिभा (hastihastanibhā) - resembling elephant trunks

• इमौ (imau) - these two

• ऊरू (ūrū) - two thighs

• परिघसंकाशौ (parighasaṁkāśau) - resembling maces/iron bars

• संहतम् (saṁhatam) - compact, firm

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• उरः (uraḥ) - chest, breast

• मम (mama) - of me, my

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - look, behold, see

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of paś

imperative

2nd person singular imperative active

Root: dṛś (class 4)

बाहू (bāhū) - two arms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm, hand

सुवृत्तौ (suvṛttau) - well-rounded, well-formed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of suvṛtta

suvṛtta - well-rounded, well-formed

Past Passive Participle

derived from su + vṛt

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+vṛtta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – rounded, turned, happened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

मे (me) - of me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

हस्तिहस्तनिभा (hastihastanibhā) - resembling elephant trunks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of hastihastanibha

hastihastanibha - resembling an elephant's trunk

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hastihasta+nibha)

• hastihasta – elephant's trunk
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – resembling, like
  adjective

इमौ (imau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

ऊरू (ūrū) - two thighs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ūru

ūru - thigh

परिघसंकाशौ (parighasaṁkāśau) - resembling maces/iron bars

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of parighasaṃkāśa

parighasaṁkāśa - resembling a mace or iron club

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parigha+saṃkāśa)

• parigha – mace, club, iron bar
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, appearing
  adjective
  Prefix: sam

संहतम् (saṁhatam) - compact, firm

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃhata

saṁhata - compact, firm, joined

Past Passive Participle

derived from sam + han

Prefix: sam

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

उरः (uraḥ) - chest, breast

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uras

uras - chest, breast

मम (mama) - of me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

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