महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-160, verse-25

स हि तां तर्कयामास रूपतो नृपतिः श्रियम् ।
पुनः संतर्कयामास रवेर्भ्रष्टामिव प्रभाम् ॥२५॥

25. sa hi tāṁ tarkayāmāsa rūpato nṛpatiḥ śriyam ,
punaḥ saṁtarkayāmāsa raverbhraṣṭāmiva prabhām.

25. saḥ hi tām tarkayāmāsa rūpataḥ nṛpatiḥ śriyam
punaḥ santarkayāmāsa raveḥ bhraṣṭām iva prabhām

25. Indeed, the king, judging by her form, first surmised her to be Śrī (Lakṣmī). Then he further speculated that she was like the radiance (prabhā) fallen from the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - the king (he, that)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• ताम् (tām) - that maiden (her, that (feminine))

• तर्कयामास (tarkayāmāsa) - he thought, he speculated

• रूपतः (rūpataḥ) - by her beautiful form (by form, by appearance)

• नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king, monarch

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - the goddess Śrī (Lakṣmī) (beauty, prosperity, goddess Lakṣmī)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• सन्तर्कयामास (santarkayāmāsa) - he speculated again/deeply

• रवेः (raveḥ) - of the sun, from the sun

• भ्रष्टाम् (bhraṣṭām) - fallen, slipped, dropped

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• प्रभाम् (prabhām) - radiance, light, splendor

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - the king (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that maiden (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तर्कयामास (tarkayāmāsa) - he thought, he speculated

(verb)

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

Periphrastic perfect formation from the causative of tark

Root: tark (class 10)

रूपतः (rūpataḥ) - by her beautiful form (by form, by appearance)

(indeclinable)

Derived from rūpa with suffix -tas

नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king, monarch

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, lord of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

श्रियम् (śriyam) - the goddess Śrī (Lakṣmī) (beauty, prosperity, goddess Lakṣmī)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, welfare, beauty, glory, goddess Lakṣmī

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

सन्तर्कयामास (santarkayāmāsa) - he speculated again/deeply

(verb)

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

Periphrastic perfect formation from the causative of tark with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: tark (class 10)

रवेः (raveḥ) - of the sun, from the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, sun-god

भ्रष्टाम् (bhraṣṭām) - fallen, slipped, dropped

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhraṣṭa

bhraṣṭa - fallen, dropped, lost, deviated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhraṃś (to fall)

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

प्रभाम् (prabhām) - radiance, light, splendor

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prabhā

prabhā - light, splendor, radiance, effulgence