महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-48

श्येनपादपरिभ्रष्टं तद्वीर्यमथ वासवम् ।
जग्राह तरसोपेत्य साद्रिका मत्स्यरूपिणी ॥४८॥

48. śyenapādaparibhraṣṭaṁ tadvīryamatha vāsavam ,
jagrāha tarasopetya sādrikā matsyarūpiṇī.

48. śyena-pāda-paribhramṣṭam tat vīryam atha vāsavam
jagrāha tarasā upetya sā adrikā matsya-rūpiṇī

48. Then, Adrika, in the form of a fish, quickly approached and took that divine semen which had fallen from the hawk's feet.

Words meanings summery:

• श्येन-पाद-परिभ्रम्ष्टम् (śyena-pāda-paribhramṣṭam) - fallen from the hawk's feet

• तत् (tat) - that (semen) (that)

• वीर्यम् (vīryam) - semen (semen, virility, prowess)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon)

• वासवम् (vāsavam) - divine (semen) (divine, relating to Indra/Vasu)

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - she took (she grasped, took, seized)

• तरसा (tarasā) - quickly (quickly, with force, speedily)

• उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached (having approached, having gone near)

• सा (sā) - she (Adrika) (she, that)

• अद्रिका (adrikā) - Adrika (Adrika (proper noun))

• मत्स्य-रूपिणी (matsya-rūpiṇī) - in her fish form (in the form of a fish)

Words meanings and morphology

श्येन-पाद-परिभ्रम्ष्टम् (śyena-pāda-paribhramṣṭam) - fallen from the hawk's feet

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śyena-pāda-paribhramṣṭa

śyena-pāda-paribhramṣṭa - fallen from a hawk's foot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śyena-pāda+paribhramṣṭa)

• śyena-pāda – hawk's foot
  noun (masculine)
• paribhramṣṭa – fallen, slipped off, lost
  adjective (neuter)
  past participle
  past participle of pari-bhramś
  Prefixes: pari+bhram
  Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vīryam'.

तत् (tat) - that (semen) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'vīryam'.

वीर्यम् (vīryam) - semen (semen, virility, prowess)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vīrya

vīrya - virility, strength, energy, power, semen

Note: Object of 'jagrāha'.

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

वासवम् (vāsavam) - divine (semen) (divine, relating to Indra/Vasu)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāsava

vāsava - relating to Vasu, belonging to Vasu, divine, Indra's

derived from Vasu

Note: Qualifies 'vīryam'.

जग्राह (jagrāha) - she took (she grasped, took, seized)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

तरसा (tarasā) - quickly (quickly, with force, speedily)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of taras

taras - speed, force, vigour

Note: Used adverbially.

उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached (having approached, having gone near)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive of upa-i (root i)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

सा (sā) - she (Adrika) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Adrika.

अद्रिका (adrikā) - Adrika (Adrika (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adrikā

adrikā - name of an Apsara

Note: Appositive to 'sā'.

मत्स्य-रूपिणी (matsya-rūpiṇī) - in her fish form (in the form of a fish)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of matsya-rūpiṇī

matsya-rūpiṇī - having the form of a fish, fish-shaped (feminine)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (matsya+rūpa+ini (suffix))

• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)
• rūpiṇī – having form, in the form of (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine of rūpin (from rūpa + ini)

Note: Qualifies Adrika.