महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-63, verse-12

स गच्छन्ददृशे धीमान्नन्दनप्रतिमं वनम् ।
बिल्वार्कखदिराकीर्णं कपित्थधवसंकुलम् ॥१२॥

12. sa gacchandadṛśe dhīmānnandanapratimaṁ vanam ,
bilvārkakhadirākīrṇaṁ kapitthadhavasaṁkulam.

12. saḥ gacchan dadṛśe dhīmān nandanapratimam vanam
bilvārkakhadirākīrṇam kapitthadhavasaṃkulam

12. As he proceeded, the sagacious king beheld a forest, resembling the Nandanavana, densely covered with Bilva, Arka, and Khadira trees, and teeming with Kapittha and Dhava trees.

12. בדרכו ראה המלך החכם יער הדומה לגן נַנְדַנַה, מלא עצי בִּילְוַה, אַרְקַה וקְהַדִירַה, ועצי קַפִּטְּהַא ודְהַוַה.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• गच्छन् (gacchan) - as he proceeded (going, while going)

• ददृशे (dadṛśe) - he beheld (he saw, he beheld)

• धीमान् (dhīmān) - the sagacious (king) (intelligent, wise, sagacious)

• नन्दनप्रतिमम् (nandanapratimam) - resembling the Nandanavana (resembling Nandanavana (Indra's garden))

• वनम् (vanam) - a forest (forest)

• बिल्वार्कखदिराकीर्णम् (bilvārkakhadirākīrṇam) - densely covered with Bilva, Arka, and Khadira trees (covered with bilva, arka, and khadira trees)

• कपित्थधवसंकुलम् (kapitthadhavasaṁkulam) - teeming with Kapittha and Dhava trees (crowded with kapittha and dhava trees)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गच्छन् (gacchan) - as he proceeded (going, while going)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving

Present Active Participle

Root √gam (1st class, 'to go') + śatṛ

Root: gam (class 1)

ददृशे (dadṛśe) - he beheld (he saw, he beheld)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect tense form, middle voice

Root √dṛś (1st class, 'to see')

Root: dṛś (class 1)

धीमान् (dhīmān) - the sagacious (king) (intelligent, wise, sagacious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, sagacious, discerning

From dhī ('intellect') + matup suffix

नन्दनप्रतिमम् (nandanapratimam) - resembling the Nandanavana (resembling Nandanavana (Indra's garden))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nandanapratima

nandanapratima - resembling Nandanavana

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nandana+pratima)

• nandana – joy, delight, Nandanavana (Indra's grove)
  proper noun (neuter)
• pratima – image, likeness, resembling
  adjective (neuter)

वनम् (vanam) - a forest (forest)

(common noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

बिल्वार्कखदिराकीर्णम् (bilvārkakhadirākīrṇam) - densely covered with Bilva, Arka, and Khadira trees (covered with bilva, arka, and khadira trees)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bilvārkakhadirākīrṇa

bilvārkakhadirākīrṇa - covered with Bilva, Arka, and Khadira trees

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (bilva+arka+khadira+ākīrṇa)

• bilva – Aegle marmelos tree (wood apple tree)
  common noun (masculine)
• arka – Calotropis gigantea tree (giant milkweed), sun
  common noun (masculine)
• khadira – Acacia catechu tree (cutch tree)
  common noun (masculine)
• ākīrṇa – covered, filled, crowded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root √kīr (to scatter) with upasarga 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kīr (class 6)

कपित्थधवसंकुलम् (kapitthadhavasaṁkulam) - teeming with Kapittha and Dhava trees (crowded with kapittha and dhava trees)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kapitthadhavasaṃkula

kapitthadhavasaṁkula - crowded with Kapittha and Dhava trees

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (kapittha+dhava+saṃkula)

• kapittha – Feronia elephantum tree (wood apple tree)
  common noun (masculine)
• dhava – Anogeissus latifolia tree, husband
  common noun (masculine)
• saṃkula – crowded, filled, mixed, confused
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

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