महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-94, verse-42

तस्य प्रभवमन्विच्छन्विचचार समन्ततः ।
स ददर्श तदा कन्यां दाशानां देवरूपिणीम् ॥४२॥

42. tasya prabhavamanvicchanvicacāra samantataḥ ,
sa dadarśa tadā kanyāṁ dāśānāṁ devarūpiṇīm.

42. tasya prabhavam anvicchan vicacāra samantataḥ
sa dadarśa tadā kanyāṃ dāśānāṃ devarūpiṇīm

42. Seeking its origin, he wandered everywhere. Then he saw a maiden of the fishermen, who was divine in form.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (smell) (its, of that)

• प्रभवम् (prabhavam) - origin, source (of the smell) (origin, source, power, might)

• अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - seeking, searching, pursuing

• विचचार (vicacāra) - he wandered, roamed, moved about

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

• स (sa) - The king (Dushyanta) (he, that)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• कन्यां (kanyāṁ) - a young maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)

• दाशानां (dāśānāṁ) - of the fishermen

• देवरूपिणीम् (devarūpiṇīm) - divine in form, god-like, beautiful as a goddess

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of that (smell) (its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, genitive singular.

प्रभवम् (prabhavam) - origin, source (of the smell) (origin, source, power, might)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, birth, power, might

From prefix pra and root bhū (to be, to arise).

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of anvicchan.

अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - seeking, searching, pursuing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anviṣ

anviṣ - to seek, search for, investigate, pursue

Present Active Participle

From root √iṣ with prefix anu-. Present participle, active voice, nominative singular masculine.

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

विचचार (vicacāra) - he wandered, roamed, moved about

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vi-car

Perfect tense

Third person singular active. From root √car with upasarga vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

Adverb

स (sa) - The king (Dushyanta) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of dadarśa.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect tense

Third person singular active. Reduplicated root.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time

कन्यां (kanyāṁ) - a young maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter, virgin

Note: Object of dadarśa.

दाशानां (dāśānāṁ) - of the fishermen

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dāśa

dāśa - fisherman, fowler, a low caste

Note: Possessive, 'of the fishermen'.

देवरूपिणीम् (devarūpiṇīm) - divine in form, god-like, beautiful as a goddess

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devarūpiṇī

devarūpiṇī - having the form of a god, divine in appearance, goddess-like

Compound of deva (god) and rūpiṇī (feminine form of 'having form').

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+rūpiṇī)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• rūpiṇī – having a form or appearance, beautiful
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of rūpin, from rūpa (form, beauty) + -inī suffix.

Note: Agrees with kanyāṃ.