महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-282, verse-5

यादृशेन हि वर्णेन भाव्यते शुक्लमम्बरम् ।
तादृशं कुरुते रूपमेतदेवमवैहि मे ॥५॥

5. yādṛśena hi varṇena bhāvyate śuklamambaram ,
tādṛśaṁ kurute rūpametadevamavaihi me.

5. yādṛśena hi varṇena bhāvyate śuklam ambaram
tādṛśam kurute rūpam etat evam avaihi me

5. hi śuklam ambaram yādṛśena varṇena bhāvyate
tādṛśam rūpam kurute me etat evam avaihi

5. Indeed, just as a white cloth truly takes on the color with which it is dyed, so too does it assume that appearance. Understand this to be my instruction.

Words meanings summery:

• यादृशेन (yādṛśena) - by which kind of, of what sort, by such a color

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• वर्णेन (varṇena) - by color, by caste, by appearance

• भाव्यते (bhāvyate) - is imbued, is colored, is dyed, is felt

• शुक्लम् (śuklam) - white, bright, pure

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - cloth (cloth, garment, sky, atmosphere)

• तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - that kind of, such, of that sort

• कुरुते (kurute) - makes, does, performs, takes on

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance, beauty, color

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• अवैहि (avaihi) - understand my instruction (know, understand, realize)

• मे (me) - my, of me; to me

Words meanings and morphology

यादृशेन (yādṛśena) - by which kind of, of what sort, by such a color

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, of what sort, such as

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

वर्णेन (varṇena) - by color, by caste, by appearance

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of varṇa

varṇa - color, outward appearance, social class, caste, letter

Derived from root 'vṛ' (to cover, choose)

Root: vṛ (class 9)

भाव्यते (bhāvyate) - is imbued, is colored, is dyed, is felt

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bhū

Causative passive

Passive form of the causative verb 'bhāvayati' (to cause to be, to impregnate, to dye)

Root: bhū (class 1)

शुक्लम् (śuklam) - white, bright, pure

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śukla

śukla - white, bright, pure, clean

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - cloth (cloth, garment, sky, atmosphere)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - cloth, garment, sky, atmosphere

तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - that kind of, such, of that sort

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - of that kind, such, similar to that

कुरुते (kurute) - makes, does, performs, takes on

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance, beauty, color

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, image, color

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

अवैहि (avaihi) - understand my instruction (know, understand, realize)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ava-i

Prefix: ava

Root: i (class 2)

मे (me) - my, of me; to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we