महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-92, verse-31
यक्षी वा पन्नगी वापि मानुषी वा सुमध्यमे ।
या वा त्वं सुरगर्भाभे भार्या मे भव शोभने ॥३१॥
या वा त्वं सुरगर्भाभे भार्या मे भव शोभने ॥३१॥
31. yakṣī vā pannagī vāpi mānuṣī vā sumadhyame ,
yā vā tvaṁ suragarbhābhe bhāryā me bhava śobhane.
yā vā tvaṁ suragarbhābhe bhāryā me bhava śobhane.
31.
yakṣī vā pannagī vā api mānuṣī vā sumadhyame yā
vā tvam suragarbhābhe bhāryā me bhava śobhane
vā tvam suragarbhābhe bhāryā me bhava śobhane
31.
"Or are you a Yakṣī, or a Pannagī, or even a human woman, O slender-waisted one? Whoever you are, O radiant one (with a divine aura), be my wife, O beautiful one."
Words meanings summery:
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- यक्षी (yakṣī) - female Yakṣa
- वा (vā) - or
- पन्नगी (pannagī) - female serpent, female Nāga
- वा (vā) - or
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- मानुषी (mānuṣī) - human woman
- वा (vā) - or
- सुमध्यमे (sumadhyame) - O slender-waisted one, O beautiful-waisted one
- या (yā) - who, whichever (feminine)
- वा (vā) - or, even if
- त्वम् (tvam) - you
- सुरगर्भाभे (suragarbhābhe) - O radiant one (implying divine beauty or origin). (O one with divine splendor, O one resembling a divine womb)
- भार्या (bhāryā) - wife
- मे (me) - my, to me, for me
- भव (bhava) - be, become
- शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one, O lovely one
Words meanings and morphology
यक्षी (yakṣī) - female Yakṣa
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yakṣī
yakṣī - female Yakṣa (a class of benevolent nature spirits)
Note: Null copula.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
पन्नगी (pannagī) - female serpent, female Nāga
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of pannagī
pannagī - female serpent, female Nāga (mythical serpent being)
Note: Null copula.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
मानुषी (mānuṣī) - human woman
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mānuṣī
mānuṣī - human woman
Note: Null copula.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
सुमध्यमे (sumadhyame) - O slender-waisted one, O beautiful-waisted one
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā
sumadhyamā - beautiful-waisted woman, slender-waisted woman
Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+madhyamā)
- su – good, well, excellent
indeclinable - madhyamā – middle, middlemost; waist
noun (feminine)
Note: Vocative addressing the woman.
या (yā) - who, whichever (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what
Note: Relative pronoun.
वा (vā) - or, even if
(indeclinable)
Note: Used idiomatically with yā to mean 'whoever'.
त्वम् (tvam) - you
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Null copula, yā...tvam means 'whoever you are'.
सुरगर्भाभे (suragarbhābhe) - O radiant one (implying divine beauty or origin). (O one with divine splendor, O one resembling a divine womb)
(adjective)
Vocative, feminine, singular of suragarbhābhā
suragarbhābhā - having the radiance of a divine womb (or divine origin), of divine splendor
Compound type : bahuvrihi (sura+garbha+ābhā)
- sura – god, divine being
noun (masculine) - garbha – womb, embryo, interior, offspring
noun (masculine) - ābhā – splendor, light, radiance, resemblance
noun (feminine)
Note: Vocative addressing the woman.
भार्या (bhāryā) - wife
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā
bhāryā - wife
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
Note: Predicative nominative with bhava.
मे (me) - my, to me, for me
(pronoun)
singular of asmad
asmad - I, we
Note: Ethic dative or genitive of possession ("my wife").
भव (bhava) - be, become
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Command.
शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one, O lovely one
(adjective)
Vocative, feminine, singular of śobhanā
śobhanā - beautiful, brilliant, excellent, lovely woman
Note: Vocative addressing the woman.