महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-66, verse-2

अथापश्यद्वरारोहा तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषम् ।
विश्वामित्रं तपस्यन्तं मेनका भीरुराश्रमे ॥२॥

2. athāpaśyadvarārohā tapasā dagdhakilbiṣam ,
viśvāmitraṁ tapasyantaṁ menakā bhīrurāśrame.

2. atha apaśyat varārohā tapasā dagdhakilbiṣam |
viśvāmitram tapasyantam menakā bhīruḥ āśrame

2. Then, the beautiful-hipped Menaka, feeling fearful, saw Vishvamitra in the hermitage, who had burned away his sins through tapas and was engaged in performing more tapas.

2. אז ראתה מֵנַקָה יפת הירכיים, בפחד, את וִישְׁוָאמִיטְרַה, שחטאיו נשרפו בתרגולו, מתרגל במשכן.

Words meanings summery:

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

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw (he/she saw)

• वरारोहा (varārohā) - the beautiful-hipped one (Menaka) (beautiful-hipped, well-proportioned)

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

• दग्धकिल्बिषम् (dagdhakilbiṣam) - whose sins had been burnt away (whose sins are burnt, purified from sin)

• विश्वामित्रम् (viśvāmitram) - Vishvamitra (Vishvamitra (proper name))

• तपस्यन्तम् (tapasyantam) - performing tapas (performing tapas, practicing austerity)

• मेनका (menakā) - Menaka (Menaka (proper name))

• भीरुः (bhīruḥ) - fearful (fearful, timid)

• आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage (in the hermitage, in the āśrama)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw (he/she saw)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

from dṛś (to see), root changes to paś in present/imperfect

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वरारोहा (varārohā) - the beautiful-hipped one (Menaka) (beautiful-hipped, well-proportioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varārohā

varārohā - having beautiful hips, well-proportioned, an elegant woman

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vara+ārohā)

• vara – excellent, best, choicest, boon
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)
• ārohā – hips, buttock, ascending
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Menaka, the implied subject.

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

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, religious devotion

Root: tap (class 1)

दग्धकिल्बिषम् (dagdhakilbiṣam) - whose sins had been burnt away (whose sins are burnt, purified from sin)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dagdhakilbiṣa

dagdhakilbiṣa - whose sins are burnt, purified from sin

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dagdha+kilbiṣa)

• dagdha – burnt, consumed by fire
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from dah (to burn)
  Root: dah (class 1)
• kilbiṣa – sin, fault, crime
  noun (neuter)

विश्वामित्रम् (viśvāmitram) - Vishvamitra (Vishvamitra (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśvāmitra

viśvāmitra - Vishvamitra (a great sage)

तपस्यन्तम् (tapasyantam) - performing tapas (performing tapas, practicing austerity)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tapasyant

tapasyant - performing tapas, practicing austerity

Present Active Participle

from the denominative verb tapasyā (to practice tapas)

Root: tap (class 1)

मेनका (menakā) - Menaka (Menaka (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of menakā

menakā - Menaka (an apsaras)

भीरुः (bhīruḥ) - fearful (fearful, timid)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - fearful, timid, afraid

Root: bhī (class 3)

आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage (in the hermitage, in the āśrama)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, ascetic's abode, āśrama (stage of life)

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

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