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?

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)