महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-93, verse-20

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु सा देवी नृपोत्तम सुमध्यमा ।
तमुवाचानवद्याङ्गी भर्तारं दीप्ततेजसम् ॥२०॥

20. etacchrutvā tu sā devī nṛpottama sumadhyamā ,
tamuvācānavadyāṅgī bhartāraṁ dīptatejasam.

20. etat śrutvā tu sā devī nṛpottama sumadhyamā
tam uvāca anavadyāṅgī bhartāram dīptatejasam

20. O best of kings, having heard this, that goddess Sumadhyamā, whose body was faultless, then spoke to her husband, who possessed blazing splendor.

20. כששמעה זאת האלה, הו מלך מעולה, היא, יפת המותניים וחסרת כל דופי, אמרה לבעלה זוהר העוצמה.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• सा (sā) - she, that

• देवी (devī) - goddess, queen, lady

• नृपोत्तम (nṛpottama) - Addressed by the narrator to the listener (likely the king). (O best of kings)

• सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - The name or specific epithet of the queen. (the slender-waisted one, beautiful-waisted (woman))

• तम् (tam) - Her husband (him, that)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• अनवद्याङ्गी (anavadyāṅgī) - An epithet for Sumadhyamā (with faultless limbs, faultless-bodied)

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, maintainer, supporter

• दीप्ततेजसम् (dīptatejasam) - of blazing splendor, resplendent

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to the previous statement.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with the suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Gerund (absolutive) verb form.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the queen.

देवी (devī) - goddess, queen, lady

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen

feminine form of deva

नृपोत्तम (nṛpottama) - Addressed by the narrator to the listener (likely the king). (O best of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpottama

nṛpottama - best of kings

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛpa+uttama)

• nṛpa – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  from nṛ (man) + pā (to protect)
• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine, feminine, neuter)
  Root: ud

सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - The name or specific epithet of the queen. (the slender-waisted one, beautiful-waisted (woman))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - beautiful-waisted woman, slender-waisted

feminine form of sumadhyama

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+madhyamā)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  adjective (masculine, feminine, neuter)
• madhyamā – middle, waist
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of madhyama

तम् (tam) - Her husband (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to her husband.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect active of root vac (2nd class)

Root: vac (class 2)

अनवद्याङ्गी (anavadyāṅgī) - An epithet for Sumadhyamā (with faultless limbs, faultless-bodied)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anavadyāṅgī

anavadyāṅgī - having faultless limbs, faultless-bodied

feminine form of anavadyāṅga

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anavadya+aṅga)

• anavadya – faultless, blameless, irreproachable
  adjective (masculine, feminine, neuter)
  a (negation) + navadya (blameworthy)
  Prefix: a
  Root: vad
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'sā devī Sumadhyamā'.

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, maintainer, supporter

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, master, supporter

agent noun

from root bhṛ (to bear, support)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of 'uvāca'.

दीप्ततेजसम् (dīptatejasam) - of blazing splendor, resplendent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīptatejas

dīptatejas - having blazing splendor, refulgent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīpta+tejas)

• dīpta – blazing, shining, splendid
  adjective (masculine, feminine, neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root dīp (to shine) with suffix -ta
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• tejas – splendor, energy, spiritual power
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tij

Note: Agrees with 'bhartāram'.

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