महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-200, verse-22

अप्सरा देवकन्या वा कस्य चैषा तिलोत्तमा ।
यस्याः कामेन संमत्तौ जघ्नतुस्तौ परस्परम् ॥२२॥

22. apsarā devakanyā vā kasya caiṣā tilottamā ,
yasyāḥ kāmena saṁmattau jaghnatustau parasparam.

22. apsarā devakanyā vā kasya ca eṣā tilottamā
yasyāḥ kāmena saṃmattau jaghmatuḥ tau parasparam

22. And whose was this Tilottamā, an apsaras (celestial nymph) or a daughter of a god? Because of their desire (kāma) for whom, those two, driven mad, killed each other?

22. בת מי היא טִילוֹטַּמָה, אַפְּסַרָה או בת אלים, שבגלל התשוקה אליה השתכרו והרגו זה את זה?

Words meanings summery:

• अप्सरा (apsarā) - celestial nymph, apsaras

• देवकन्या (devakanyā) - daughter of a god, divine maiden

• वा (vā) - or, either

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• च (ca) - and, also

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• तिलोत्तमा (tilottamā) - Tilottamā (proper name)

• यस्याः (yasyāḥ) - whose, of whom (feminine)

• कामेन (kāmena) - by desire for her (Tilottamā) (by desire, by passion)

• संमत्तौ (saṁmattau) - two maddened, two infatuated, two intoxicated

• जघ्मतुः (jaghmatuḥ) - they both killed, struck

• तौ (tau) - those two (Sunda and Upasunda) (those two)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

Words meanings and morphology

अप्सरा (apsarā) - celestial nymph, apsaras

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apsaras

apsaras - celestial nymph, a mythological being

देवकन्या (devakanyā) - daughter of a god, divine maiden

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devakanyā

devakanyā - daughter of a god, divine maiden

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deva+kanyā)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• kanyā – maiden, virgin, daughter
  noun (feminine)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

तिलोत्तमा (tilottamā) - Tilottamā (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tilottamā

tilottamā - Tilottamā (name of a celestial nymph)

यस्याः (yasyāḥ) - whose, of whom (feminine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

कामेन (kāmena) - by desire for her (Tilottamā) (by desire, by passion)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, passion (kāma)

संमत्तौ (saṁmattau) - two maddened, two infatuated, two intoxicated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃmatta

saṁmatta - intoxicated, maddened, infatuated

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root mad (class 4) with upasarga sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'tau'.

जघ्मतुः (jaghmatuḥ) - they both killed, struck

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of han

Perfect tense

From root han (class 2), active voice, perfect tense, 3rd person dual.

Root: han (class 2)

तौ (tau) - those two (Sunda and Upasunda) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate reciprocal action.

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