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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-68, verse-73

मेनका निरनुक्रोशा बन्धकी जननी तव ।
यया हिमवतः पृष्ठे निर्माल्येव प्रवेरिता ॥७३॥
73. menakā niranukrośā bandhakī jananī tava ,
yayā himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe nirmālyeva praveritā.
73. menakā niranukrośā bandhakī jananī tava yayā
himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe nirmālya iva praveritā
73. Menaka, your mother, is heartless and a harlot. By her, you were cast away on the peak of the Himalayas like a discarded offering.

Words meanings summery:

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  • मेनका (menakā) - Menaka (proper name)
  • निरनुक्रोशा (niranukrośā) - pitiless, merciless, heartless (feminine singular)
  • बन्धकी (bandhakī) - harlot, prostitute, unchaste woman
  • जननी (jananī) - mother
  • तव (tava) - your, of you
  • यया (yayā) - by her (Menaka) (by whom (feminine singular))
  • हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of the Himalayas, of the snowy mountain
  • पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on the peak (on the back, on the surface, on the summit)
  • निर्माल्य (nirmālya) - discarded offering, withered flowers
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • प्रवेरिता (praveritā) - thrown away, cast off (feminine singular)

Words meanings and morphology

मेनका (menakā) - Menaka (proper name)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of menakā
menakā - Menaka (name of an Apsara)
निरनुक्रोशा (niranukrośā) - pitiless, merciless, heartless (feminine singular)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of niranukrośa
niranukrośa - without pity, merciless, heartless
Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (nis+anukrośa)
  • nis – out, forth, without, negation
    indeclinable
    Prefix indicating negation or absence, 'nir' is its form before vowels.
  • anukrośa – pity, compassion, sympathy
    noun (masculine)
बन्धकी (bandhakī) - harlot, prostitute, unchaste woman
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bandhakī
bandhakī - female slave, prostitute, harlot, unchaste woman
जननी (jananī) - mother
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī
jananī - mother, generatrix
Root: jan (class 4)
तव (tava) - your, of you
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of tvam
tvam - you
यया (yayā) - by her (Menaka) (by whom (feminine singular))
(pronoun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of yad
yad - that, which, who
हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of the Himalayas, of the snowy mountain
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of himavat
himavat - having snow, snowy mountain, Himalaya
पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on the peak (on the back, on the surface, on the summit)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha
pṛṣṭha - back, surface, top, peak, summit
निर्माल्य (nirmālya) - discarded offering, withered flowers
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nirmālya
nirmālya - withered flowers, remnants of an offering, anything discarded after use
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
प्रवेरिता (praveritā) - thrown away, cast off (feminine singular)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of praverita
praverita - thrown, cast forth, dispersed, abandoned
Past Passive Participle
Derived from prefix pra + root vṝ (to throw, cast) with suffix -ita.
Prefix: pra
Root: vṝ (class 10)