महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-65, verse-37

तादृशं तपसा युक्तं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम् ।
कथमस्मद्विधा बाला जितेन्द्रियमभिस्पृशेत् ॥३७॥

37. tādṛśaṁ tapasā yuktaṁ pradīptamiva pāvakam ,
kathamasmadvidhā bālā jitendriyamabhispṛśet.

37. tādṛśam tapasā yuktam pradīptam iva pāvakam
katham asmadvidhā bālā jitendriyam abhisspṛśet

37. How can a young girl like me touch such a one, who is endowed with tapas, blazing like fire, and has mastered his senses?

37. אדם כזה, שמלא תרגול עוצמה ונראה כאש בוערת, ובעל חושים כבושים, איך תעז נערה כמוני לגעת בו?

Words meanings summery:

• तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - such a one (masculine) (such, like that, of that kind)

• तपसा (tapasā) - by tapas (austerity) (by austerity, by heat, by penance)

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with (endowed with, joined, connected, engaged in)

• प्रदीप्तम् (pradīptam) - blazing (blazing, radiant, highly lit, resplendent)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (fire, purifier)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, in what manner?)

• अस्मद्विधा (asmadvidhā) - one like me (one like us, one of our kind)

• बाला (bālā) - a young girl (young girl, maiden, woman)

• जितेन्द्रियम् (jitendriyam) - one who has mastered his senses (one who has controlled senses, self-controlled)

• अभिस्स्पृशेत् (abhisspṛśet) - would touch (would touch, should touch, would approach)

Words meanings and morphology

तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - such a one (masculine) (such, like that, of that kind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, like that, of that kind, similar

तपसा (tapasā) - by tapas (austerity) (by austerity, by heat, by penance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, religious meditation

युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with (endowed with, joined, connected, engaged in)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, endowed with, fit, proper, engaged, absorbed (Past Passive Participle of yuj)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (class 7)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'tādṛśam'.

प्रदीप्तम् (pradīptam) - blazing (blazing, radiant, highly lit, resplendent)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pradīpta

pradīpta - blazing, radiant, brilliant, inflamed (Past Passive Participle of pra-dīp)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dīp (class 4) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'tādṛśam'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (fire, purifier)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, clean, pure

कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

अस्मद्विधा (asmadvidhā) - one like me (one like us, one of our kind)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asmadvidhā

asmadvidhā - one like us, one of our kind (feminine nominative singular)

Compound 'asmad-vidhā', formed from asmad (we) and vidhā (kind)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asmad+vidhā)

• asmad – we, us
  pronoun
  Stem for first person plural pronoun
• vidhā – kind, sort, manner, way
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the speaker.

बाला (bālā) - a young girl (young girl, maiden, woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young girl, maiden, woman, female child

जितेन्द्रियम् (jitendriyam) - one who has mastered his senses (one who has controlled senses, self-controlled)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - one who has conquered or controlled his senses, self-controlled

Bahuvrīhi compound: jita (conquered) + indriya (senses)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, subdued, won (PPP of ji)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ji (class 1)
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with the implied object, referring to the sage.

अभिस्स्पृशेत् (abhisspṛśet) - would touch (would touch, should touch, would approach)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of abhi-spṛś

root verb

Prefix: abhi

Root: spṛś (class 6)

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