महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-73, verse-4

क्रीडन्तीनां तु कन्यानां वने चैत्ररथोपमे ।
वायुभूतः स वस्त्राणि सर्वाण्येव व्यमिश्रयत् ॥४॥

4. krīḍantīnāṁ tu kanyānāṁ vane caitrarathopame ,
vāyubhūtaḥ sa vastrāṇi sarvāṇyeva vyamiśrayat.

4. krīḍantīnām tu kanyānām vane caitrarathopame
vāyubhūtaḥ saḥ vastrāṇi sarvāṇi eva vyamiśrayat

4. In a forest similar to Caitraratha, while girls were playing, he transformed into wind and mixed up all their garments.

4. (נשים) צעירות ששיחקו ביער הדומה לגן צ׳ַיטְרַרַטְהַא, ואִינְדְרַה, שהפך לרוח, ערבב את כל בגדיהן.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रीडन्तीनाम् (krīḍantīnām) - of the playing

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• कन्यानाम् (kanyānām) - of the girls, of the maidens

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• चैत्ररथोपमे (caitrarathopame) - resembling Caitraratha (a mythical garden)

• वायुभूतः (vāyubhūtaḥ) - having become wind, transformed into wind

• सः (saḥ) - he

• वस्त्राणि (vastrāṇi) - clothes, garments

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• व्यमिश्रयत् (vyamiśrayat) - he mingled, he confused, he mixed up

Words meanings and morphology

क्रीडन्तीनाम् (krīḍantīnām) - of the playing

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of krīḍantī

krīḍant - playing, frolicking

Present Active Participle

from √krīḍ (to play), feminine form

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kanyānām'.

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

कन्यानाम् (kanyānām) - of the girls, of the maidens

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter

Note: Possessive for context.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Location where girls are playing.

चैत्ररथोपमे (caitrarathopame) - resembling Caitraratha (a mythical garden)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of caitrarathopama

caitrarathopama - resembling the Caitraratha garden

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caitraratha+upama)

• caitraratha – name of Kubera's garden
  proper noun (neuter)
• upama – resembling, like, comparison
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'vane'.

वायुभूतः (vāyubhūtaḥ) - having become wind, transformed into wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyubhūta

vāyubhūta - having become wind, wind-like

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāyu+bhūta)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, been
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'saḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Indra.

वस्त्राणि (vastrāṇi) - clothes, garments

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vastra

vastra - cloth, garment, dress

Note: Object of 'vyamiśrayat'.

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies 'vastrāṇi'.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

व्यमिश्रयत् (vyamiśrayat) - he mingled, he confused, he mixed up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √miśr

Imperfect Active (causative)

3rd person singular, Imperfect active, from vi-√miśr (to mix up, confuse)

Prefix: vi

Root: miśr (class 10)

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