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.

96. (והיא) לא נמוכה מדי ולא גבוהה, ריחה כניחוח לוטוס כחול, עיניה ארוכות כעלי לוטוס, מותניה יפים ושערה שחור וארוך,

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'

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