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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-8, verse-7

उत्सृज्य चैव तं गर्भं नद्यास्तीरे जगाम ह ।
कन्याममरगर्भाभां ज्वलन्तीमिव च श्रिया ॥७॥
7. utsṛjya caiva taṁ garbhaṁ nadyāstīre jagāma ha ,
kanyāmamaragarbhābhāṁ jvalantīmiva ca śriyā.
7. utsṛjya ca eva tam garbham nadyāḥ tīre jagāma ha
kanyām amaragarbhābhām jvalantīm iva ca śriyā
7. And indeed, having abandoned that child—a girl shining with splendor as if a divine offspring—on the bank of the river, she departed.

Words meanings summery:

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  • उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having cast off, having abandoned, having released)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)
  • तम् (tam) - that (that (masculine accusative singular))
  • गर्भम् (garbham) - child (embryo, fetus, womb, child)
  • नद्याः (nadyāḥ) - of the river (of the river (feminine genitive singular))
  • तीरे (tīre) - on the bank (on the bank, on the shore (locative singular))
  • जगाम (jagāma) - went away, departed (went, departed)
  • (ha) - indeed (narrative particle) (indeed, surely, as is well known (particle))
  • कन्याम् (kanyām) - a girl (a maiden, girl, daughter (accusative singular))
  • अमरगर्भाभाम् (amaragarbhābhām) - resembling a divine offspring (having the splendor/appearance of a divine child/embryo)
  • ज्वलन्तीम् (jvalantīm) - shining, radiant (shining, burning, radiant (present participle feminine accusative singular))
  • इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • श्रिया (śriyā) - with splendor (with splendor, beauty, prosperity (feminine instrumental singular))

Words meanings and morphology

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having cast off, having abandoned, having released)
(indeclinable)
gerund (lvap)
Derived from ut-sṛj with lvap suffix
Prefix: ut
Root: sṛj (class 6)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)
(indeclinable)
तम् (tam) - that (that (masculine accusative singular))
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, he, it
गर्भम् (garbham) - child (embryo, fetus, womb, child)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha
garbha - womb, embryo, fetus, child
Note: Refers to the child, which is kanyā (girl).
नद्याः (nadyāḥ) - of the river (of the river (feminine genitive singular))
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of nadī
nadī - river
तीरे (tīre) - on the bank (on the bank, on the shore (locative singular))
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of tīra
tīra - bank, shore
जगाम (jagāma) - went away, departed (went, departed)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of gam
Root: gam (class 1)
(ha) - indeed (narrative particle) (indeed, surely, as is well known (particle))
(indeclinable)
कन्याम् (kanyām) - a girl (a maiden, girl, daughter (accusative singular))
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter
Note: In apposition to garbham, clarifying it refers to a female child.
अमरगर्भाभाम् (amaragarbhābhām) - resembling a divine offspring (having the splendor/appearance of a divine child/embryo)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of amaragarbhābha
amaragarbhābha - resembling a divine offspring
Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa or bahuvrīhi (amara+garbha+ābhā)
  • amara – immortal, a god
    noun (masculine)
  • garbha – womb, embryo, child
    noun (masculine)
  • ābhā – splendor, light, resemblance
    noun (feminine)
    Prefix: ā
    Root: bhā (class 2)
Note: Adjective modifying kanyām.
ज्वलन्तीम् (jvalantīm) - shining, radiant (shining, burning, radiant (present participle feminine accusative singular))
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of jvalant
jvalant - shining, burning, blazing
present participle
Derived from root jval with śatṛ suffix
Root: jval (class 1)
Note: Adjective modifying kanyām.
इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
श्रिया (śriyā) - with splendor (with splendor, beauty, prosperity (feminine instrumental singular))
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of śrī
śrī - splendor, beauty, prosperity, wealth, Lakṣmī