महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-194, verse-8

ईप्सितश्च गुणः स्त्रीणामेकस्या बहुभर्तृता ।
तं च प्राप्तवती कृष्णा न सा भेदयितुं सुखम् ॥८॥

8. īpsitaśca guṇaḥ strīṇāmekasyā bahubhartṛtā ,
taṁ ca prāptavatī kṛṣṇā na sā bhedayituṁ sukham.

8. īpsitaḥ ca guṇaḥ strīṇām ekasyā bahubhartṛtā |
tam ca prāptavatī kṛṣṇā na sā bhedayitum sukham

8. Indeed, a desired quality for women, for one woman, is to have many husbands. And Draupadī has attained that; thus, it is not easy to separate her.

8. ומעלה נחשקת אצל נשים היא שיש לאישה אחת בעלים רבים. קְרְשְׁנָה כבר השיגה את המעלה הזאת, ולכן לא קל לפלג אותה מהם.

Words meanings summery:

• ईप्सितः (īpsitaḥ) - desired, wished for, sought after

• च (ca) - and, also

• गुणः (guṇaḥ) - quality, virtue, attribute

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• एकस्या (ekasyā) - of one (woman)

• बहुभर्तृता (bahubhartṛtā) - the state of having many husbands, polyandry

• तम् (tam) - that (quality)

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्राप्तवती (prāptavatī) - having obtained

• कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Draupadī

• न (na) - not

• सा (sā) - she

• भेदयितुम् (bhedayitum) - to cause to separate, to divide

• सुखम् (sukham) - easily, pleasantly

Words meanings and morphology

ईप्सितः (īpsitaḥ) - desired, wished for, sought after

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, sought after, obtained

past passive participle (desiderative of āp)

from desiderative root īpsa (of āp, to obtain) + kta suffix

Root: āp (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गुणः (guṇaḥ) - quality, virtue, attribute

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, excellence, attribute, string, constituent of nature (prakṛti)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

एकस्या (ekasyā) - of one (woman)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

बहुभर्तृता (bahubhartṛtā) - the state of having many husbands, polyandry

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bahubhartṛtā

bahubhartṛtā - the state of having many husbands, polyandry

formed from the Bahuvrihi compound 'bahubhartṛ' by adding the abstract noun suffix 'tā'

तम् (tam) - that (quality)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्राप्तवती (prāptavatī) - having obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāptavat

prāptavat - having obtained, having reached

perfect active participle

from root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra + ktavatu suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Draupadī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇā

kṛṣṇā - Draupadī (daughter of Drupada)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भेदयितुम् (bhedayitum) - to cause to separate, to divide

(verb)

causative, infinitive of bhid

causative infinitive

from causative root bhedi (bhid + ṇic) + tumun suffix

Root: bhid (class 7)

सुखम् (sukham) - easily, pleasantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (neuter accusative singular)

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