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.

48. זרעו של וַסוּ, שנפל מרגלי הנץ, נתפס מיד על ידי אַדְרִיקָה, שהייתה בדמות דג, אשר שחתה אליו במהירות.

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.

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