महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-61, verse-96

नातिह्रस्वा न महती नीलोत्पलसुगन्धिनी ।
पद्मायताक्षी सुश्रोणी असितायतमूर्धजा ॥९६॥

96. nātihrasvā na mahatī nīlotpalasugandhinī ,
padmāyatākṣī suśroṇī asitāyatamūrdhajā.

96. na ati hrasvā na mahatī nīlotpalasugandhinī
padmāyatākṣī suśroṇī asitāyatamūrdhajā

96. She was neither too short nor too tall, fragrant like a blue lotus, with long, lotus-petal-like eyes, beautiful hips, and long, dark hair.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, nor)

• अति (ati) - too, excessively (too much, very, excessively)

• ह्रस्वा (hrasvā) - short (in height) (short, small)

• न (na) - nor (not, nor)

• महती (mahatī) - tall (in height) (great, large, tall)

• नीलोत्पलसुगन्धिनी (nīlotpalasugandhinī) - having the fragrance of a blue lotus (fragrant like a blue lotus)

• पद्मायताक्षी (padmāyatākṣī) - having eyes as long and beautiful as lotus petals (with long, lotus-like eyes)

• सुश्रोणी (suśroṇī) - having beautiful hips (with beautiful hips)

• असितायतमूर्धजा (asitāyatamūrdhajā) - having hair that is long and dark (black) (with long, dark hair)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, nor)

(indeclinable)

अति (ati) - too, excessively (too much, very, excessively)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions adverbially with 'hrasvā'.

ह्रस्वा (hrasvā) - short (in height) (short, small)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hrasva

hrasva - short, small, little, dwarf

Note: Agrees with implied 'she' (Draupadi)

न (na) - nor (not, nor)

(indeclinable)

महती (mahatī) - tall (in height) (great, large, tall)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, tall, noble

From √mah (to be great)

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'she'

नीलोत्पलसुगन्धिनी (nīlotpalasugandhinī) - having the fragrance of a blue lotus (fragrant like a blue lotus)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīlotpalasugandhin

nīlotpalasugandhin - having the fragrance of a blue lotus

Compound adjective describing scent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+utpala+su+gandhin)

• nīla – blue, dark blue, black
  adjective (masculine)
• utpala – lotus (especially blue lotus), water-lily
  noun (neuter)
• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
  prefix for 'good'
• gandhin – fragrant, smelling
  adjective (masculine)
  possessive suffix -in

Note: Agrees with implied 'she'

पद्मायताक्षी (padmāyatākṣī) - having eyes as long and beautiful as lotus petals (with long, lotus-like eyes)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of padmāyatākṣa

padmāyatākṣa - lotus-eyed, having eyes long like lotus petals

Compound adjective describing eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+āyata+akṣi)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• āyata – long, extended, stretched
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from √yam (to restrain, extend), prefixed with ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied 'she'

सुश्रोणी (suśroṇī) - having beautiful hips (with beautiful hips)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suśroṇī

suśroṇī - having beautiful hips or loins

Compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+śroṇī)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
  prefix for 'good'
• śroṇī – hip, loins, buttocks
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with implied 'she'

असितायतमूर्धजा (asitāyatamūrdhajā) - having hair that is long and dark (black) (with long, dark hair)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asitāyatamūrdhaja

asitāyatamūrdhaja - having long dark hair

Compound adjective describing hair

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asita+āyata+mūrdhaja)

• asita – dark, black, untied (not white)
  adjective (masculine)
  negation of sita (white, tied)
  Prefix: a
• āyata – long, extended, stretched
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from √yam, prefixed with ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• mūrdhaja – hair (lit. 'born on the head')
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from mūrdhan + √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with implied 'she'