महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-65, verse-3

श्रुत्वाथ तस्य तं शब्दं कन्या श्रीरिव रूपिणी ।
निश्चक्रामाश्रमात्तस्मात्तापसीवेषधारिणी ॥३॥

3. śrutvātha tasya taṁ śabdaṁ kanyā śrīriva rūpiṇī ,
niścakrāmāśramāttasmāttāpasīveṣadhāriṇī.

3. śrutvā atha tasya tam śabdam kanyā śrīḥ iva rūpiṇī
niścakrāma āśramāt tasmāt tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī

3. Then, hearing his sound, a maiden, beautiful like the goddess Śrī and dressed as an ascetic woman, emerged from that hermitage.

3. כששמעה את קולו, יצאה מהמשכן ההוא נערה יפה כמו אלת היופי והמזל שְׁרִי בעצמה, לבושה כמתרגלת רוחנית.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, having listened)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of that)

• तम् (tam) - that (sound) (him, that)

• शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound (sound, noise, word)

• कन्या (kanyā) - a maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)

• श्रीः (śrīḥ) - goddess Śrī (Lakshmi) (prosperity, beauty, glory, goddess Śrī)

• इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

• रूपिणी (rūpiṇī) - beautiful (beautiful, having form, embodied, handsome)

• निश्चक्राम (niścakrāma) - emerged (came out, emerged, went forth)

• आश्रमात् (āśramāt) - from the hermitage (from the hermitage, from the āśrama)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (from that, therefore)

• तापसीवेषधारिणी (tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī) - dressed as an ascetic woman (wearing the dress of an ascetic woman, dressed as a female ascetic)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, having listened)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'śru' with ktvā suffix

Root: śru (class 5)

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - that (sound) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound (sound, noise, word)

(common noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

कन्या (kanyā) - a maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)

(common noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter

श्रीः (śrīḥ) - goddess Śrī (Lakshmi) (prosperity, beauty, glory, goddess Śrī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, beauty, glory, goddess Śrī (Lakshmi)

इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

रूपिणी (rūpiṇī) - beautiful (beautiful, having form, embodied, handsome)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūpiṇ

rūpiṇ - beautiful, having form, embodied

निश्चक्राम (niścakrāma) - emerged (came out, emerged, went forth)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of niś-kram

Prefix: nis

Root: kram (class 1)

आश्रमात् (āśramāt) - from the hermitage (from the hermitage, from the āśrama)

(common noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, āśrama, sacred abode

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

तापसीवेषधारिणी (tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī) - dressed as an ascetic woman (wearing the dress of an ascetic woman, dressed as a female ascetic)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāpasīveṣadhāriṇ

tāpasīveṣadhāriṇ - wearing the dress of an ascetic woman

Compound type : tatpurusha (tāpasī+veṣa+dhāriṇ)

• tāpasī – an ascetic woman, female ascetic
  common noun (feminine)
• veṣa – dress, attire, guise
  common noun (masculine)
• dhāriṇ – wearing, holding, bearing
  adjective (masculine)

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