महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-11, verse-7

बभूव वदनं तस्याः सहसा शोककर्शितम् ।
फुल्लपद्मपलाशाक्ष्यास्तमोध्वस्त इवांशुमान् ॥७॥

7. babhūva vadanaṁ tasyāḥ sahasā śokakarśitam ,
phullapadmapalāśākṣyāstamodhvasta ivāṁśumān.

7. babhūva vadanam tasyāḥ sahasā śokakarśitam
phullapadmapalāśākṣyāḥ tamaḥ dhvastaḥ iva aṃśumān

7. phullapadmapalāśākṣyāḥ tasyāḥ vadanam sahasā śokakarśitam babhūva,
tamaḥ dhvastaḥ aṃśumān iva.

7. Her face, belonging to one with eyes like full-blown lotus petals, suddenly became emaciated by grief, resembling the sun eclipsed by darkness.

Words meanings summery:

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

• वदनम् (vadanam) - face, mouth

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, of her

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, immediately, forcibly

• शोककर्शितम् (śokakarśitam) - emaciated by grief, wasted by sorrow

• फुल्लपद्मपलाशाक्ष्याः (phullapadmapalāśākṣyāḥ) - of her whose eyes are like the petals of a blooming lotus

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness

• ध्वस्तः (dhvastaḥ) - destroyed, ruined, obscured

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अंशुमान् (aṁśumān) - the sun, radiant one

Words meanings and morphology

बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect Active, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

वदनम् (vadanam) - face, mouth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vadana

vadana - face, mouth, speech

Derived from root vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'babhūva'.

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, of her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Possessive, "her face".

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, immediately, forcibly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form

Root: sahas

Note: Modifies 'babhūva' and 'śokakarśitam'.

शोककर्शितम् (śokakarśitam) - emaciated by grief, wasted by sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śokakarśita

śokakarśita - emaciated by grief, wasted by sorrow

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+karśita)

• śoka – grief, sorrow
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root śuc (to grieve)
  Root: śuc (class 6)
• karśita – emaciated, wasted, thinned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛś (to become thin)
  Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vadanam'.

फुल्लपद्मपलाशाक्ष्याः (phullapadmapalāśākṣyāḥ) - of her whose eyes are like the petals of a blooming lotus

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of phullapadmapalāśākṣī

phullapadmapalāśākṣī - (feminine) whose eyes are like the petals of a blooming lotus

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (phulla+padma+palāśa+akṣi)

• phulla – blooming, expanded, open
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root phul (to open)
  Root: phul (class 1)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• palāśa – petal, leaf
  noun (neuter)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'tasyāḥ'.

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance

Root: tam (class 4)

Note: First part of the compound tamodhvasta.

ध्वस्तः (dhvastaḥ) - destroyed, ruined, obscured

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhvasta

dhvasta - destroyed, ruined, obscured, annihilated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhvaṃs (to fall, destroy)

Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

Note: Qualifies aṃśumān.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

अंशुमान् (aṁśumān) - the sun, radiant one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṃśumat

aṁśumat - having rays, radiant, the sun

Derived from aṃśu (ray) + -mat (possessive suffix)

Note: Subject of comparison.

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