महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-191, verse-2

कुन्तीमासाद्य ता नार्यो द्रुपदस्य महात्मनः ।
नाम संकीर्तयन्त्यस्ताः पादौ जग्मुः स्वमूर्धभिः ॥२॥

2. kuntīmāsādya tā nāryo drupadasya mahātmanaḥ ,
nāma saṁkīrtayantyastāḥ pādau jagmuḥ svamūrdhabhiḥ.

2. kuntīm āsādya tāḥ nāryaḥ drupadasya mahātmanaḥ nāma
saṃkīrtayantyaḥ tāḥ pādau jagmuḥ svamūrdhabhiḥ

2. Those women belonging to the great-souled Drupada, having approached Kuntī and invoking her name, bowed at her feet with their own heads.

2. נשות המלך הנעלה דְרוּפַּדַה ניגשו אל קוּנְטִי, הכריזו כל אחת על שמה והשתחוו לרגליה עד שראשיהן נגעו בהן.

Words meanings summery:

• कुन्तीम् (kuntīm) - Kuntī (accusative)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having approached

• ताः (tāḥ) - Referring to the women. (those)

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - Drupada's women/queens/attendants. (women, ladies)

• द्रुपदस्य (drupadasya) - of Drupada

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - Describes Drupada. (of the great-souled, noble)

• नाम (nāma) - Kuntī's name. (name)

• संकीर्तयन्त्यः (saṁkīrtayantyaḥ) - Chanting Kuntī's name. (chanting, proclaiming)

• ताः (tāḥ) - Referring to the women, acting as subject for 'jagmuḥ'. (those)

• पादौ (pādau) - Kuntī's feet. ((two) feet)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - The women approached Kuntī's feet. (they went, they approached)

• स्वमूर्धभिः (svamūrdhabhiḥ) - Used as an instrumental to describe how they touched her feet, i.e., bowing. (with their own heads)

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्तीम् (kuntīm) - Kuntī (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kuntī (mother of Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Object of 'āsādya'.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from ā-√sad.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - Referring to the women. (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'nāryaḥ'.

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - Drupada's women/queens/attendants. (women, ladies)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female, lady

Root: nṛ

Note: Subject of the sentence.

द्रुपदस्य (drupadasya) - of Drupada

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of drupada

drupada - Drupada (king of Pañcāla)

Note: Possessive, describes 'nāryaḥ'.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - Describes Drupada. (of the great-souled, noble)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, illustrious, great (maha + ātman)

Compound: mahā (great) + ātman (self/soul).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'drupadasya'.

नाम (nāma) - Kuntī's name. (name)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

Note: Object of 'saṃkīrtayantyaḥ'.

संकीर्तयन्त्यः (saṁkīrtayantyaḥ) - Chanting Kuntī's name. (chanting, proclaiming)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃkīrtayat

saṁkīrtayat - chanting, proclaiming, extolling (Present Active Participle of saṃ-kīrt)

Present Active Participle

from sam-√kīrt, 10th class derivative

Prefix: sam

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'nāryaḥ' and 'tāḥ'.

ताः (tāḥ) - Referring to the women, acting as subject for 'jagmuḥ'. (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Functions as the explicit subject of 'jagmuḥ', referring back to 'nāryaḥ'.

पादौ (pādau) - Kuntī's feet. ((two) feet)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of 'jagmuḥ' (meaning 'to go to' or 'to approach').

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - The women approached Kuntī's feet. (they went, they approached)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (Lit) of gam

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice, Parasmaipada

Root: gam (class 1)

स्वमूर्धभिः (svamūrdhabhiḥ) - Used as an instrumental to describe how they touched her feet, i.e., bowing. (with their own heads)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of svamūrdha

svamūrdha - one's own head

Tatpurusha compound: sva (own) + mūrdhan (head).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+mūrdhan)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• mūrdhan – head, summit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mūrch (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means by which they approached the feet, i.e., by bowing their heads.

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