महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-30, verse-12

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एकैव मम कन्यैषा युवां परिचरिष्यति ।
दर्शनीयानवद्याङ्गी शीलवृत्तसमन्विता ।
सुकुमारी कुमारी च पद्मकिञ्जल्कसंनिभा ॥१२॥

12. ekaiva mama kanyaiṣā yuvāṁ paricariṣyati ,
darśanīyānavadyāṅgī śīlavṛttasamanvitā ,
sukumārī kumārī ca padmakiñjalkasaṁnibhā.

12. ekā eva mama kanyā eṣā yuvām
paricariṣyati darśanīyā anavadyāṅgī
śīlavṛttasamantitā sukumārī
kumārī ca padmakiñjalkasaṃnibhā

12. eṣā mama ekā eva kanyā yuvām
paricariṣyati darśanīyā anavadyāṅgī
śīlavṛttasamantitā sukumārī
kumārī ca padmakiñjalkasaṃnibhā

12. This one daughter of mine will serve you two. She is beautiful to behold, with flawless limbs, endowed with good character and conduct, very delicate, a maiden, and resembles the filaments of a lotus.

Words meanings summery:

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एका (ekā) - one, single

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

मम (mama) - my, of me

कन्या (kanyā) - daughter, young girl, maiden

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

युवाम् (yuvām) - you two

परिचरिष्यति (paricariṣyati) - she will serve, she will attend upon

दर्शनीया (darśanīyā) - beautiful, charming, worth seeing

अनवद्याङ्गी (anavadyāṅgī) - having flawless limbs, with unblemished body

शीलवृत्तसमन्तिता (śīlavṛttasamantitā) - endowed with good conduct and character

सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - very delicate, tender, exceedingly soft

कुमारी (kumārī) - young girl, maiden

च (ca) - and

पद्मकिञ्जल्कसंनिभा (padmakiñjalkasaṁnibhā) - resembling the filaments of a lotus

Words meanings and morphology

एका (ekā) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

कन्या (kanyā) - daughter, young girl, maiden

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - daughter, young girl, maiden, virgin

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

युवाम् (yuvām) - you two

(pronoun)

Accusative, dual of yuşmad

yuşmad - you (singular/dual/plural)

परिचरिष्यति (paricariṣyati) - she will serve, she will attend upon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of paricar

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

दर्शनीया (darśanīyā) - beautiful, charming, worth seeing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of darśanīya

darśanīya - to be seen, visible, beautiful, charming

Gerundive

Gerundive (future passive participle) from root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अनवद्याङ्गी (anavadyāṅgī) - having flawless limbs, with unblemished body

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anavadyāṅgī

anavadyāṅgī - having faultless limbs (feminine of anavadyāṅga)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (anavadya+aṅga)

anavadya – faultless, blameless, irreproachable
adjective
aṅga – limb, body, part
noun (neuter)

शीलवृत्तसमन्तिता (śīlavṛttasamantitā) - endowed with good conduct and character

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śīlavṛttasamantitā

śīlavṛttasamantitā - endowed with good conduct and character (feminine of śīlavṛttasamantita)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śīlavṛtta+samantitā)

śīla – character, moral conduct, disposition
noun (neuter)
vṛtta – conduct, behavior, course of action
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Root: vṛt (class 1)
samantitā – endowed with, possessed of, furnished with
adjective (feminine)
Past Passive Participle
Feminine of samantita, PPP of man with sam.
Prefix: sam
Root: man (class 4)

सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - very delicate, tender, exceedingly soft

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukumārī

sukumārī - very delicate, tender (feminine of sukumāra)

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+kumārī)