महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-30, verse-38

श्रीसमृद्धं तदा दृष्ट्वा नारदं देवरूपिणम् ।
सुकुमारी प्रदुद्राव परपत्यभिशङ्कया ॥३८॥

38. śrīsamṛddhaṁ tadā dṛṣṭvā nāradaṁ devarūpiṇam ,
sukumārī pradudrāva parapatyabhiśaṅkayā.

38. śrīsamṛddhaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ devarūpiṇam
sukumārī pradudrāva parapatyabhiśaṅkayā

38. tadā sukumārī śrīsamṛddhaṃ devarūpiṇam
nāradaṃ dṛṣṭvā parapatyabhiśaṅkayā pradudrāva

38. Then, seeing Nārada endowed with majesty and in his divine form, the delicate maiden ran away, fearing he might be another man.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीसमृद्धम् (śrīsamṛddham) - endowed with majesty, prosperous, opulent

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• नारदम् (nāradam) - Nārada

• देवरूपिणम् (devarūpiṇam) - having a divine form

• सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - delicate maiden, young girl

• प्रदुद्राव (pradudrāva) - ran away, fled

• परपत्यभिशङ्कया (parapatyabhiśaṅkayā) - out of fear that he might be another man

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीसमृद्धम् (śrīsamṛddham) - endowed with majesty, prosperous, opulent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śrīsamṛddha

śrīsamṛddha - endowed with majesty, prosperous, opulent

Compound of śrī and samṛddha

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrī+samṛddha)

• śrī – majesty, splendor, wealth
  noun (feminine)
• samṛddha – prosperous, abundant, endowed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  sam + ṛdh
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ṛdh (class 4)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(verb)

active, absolutive of dṛṣṭvā

absolutive

root dṛś with suffix tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नारदम् (nāradam) - Nārada

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (proper name of a sage)

देवरूपिणम् (devarūpiṇam) - having a divine form

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devarūpin

devarūpin - having a divine form

Compound of deva and rūpin

Compound type : bahuvrihi (deva+rūpin)

• deva – god, divine being
  noun (masculine)
• rūpin – having the form of, embodied
  adjective (masculine)
  from rūpa

सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - delicate maiden, young girl

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukumārī

sukumārī - delicate girl, maiden

feminine of sukumāra

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+kumāra)

• su – good, very
  adjective
• kumāra – boy, youth, tender
  noun (masculine)

प्रदुद्राव (pradudrāva) - ran away, fled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pru

perfect tense of pra + dru

Prefix: pra

Root: dru (class 1)

परपत्यभिशङ्कया (parapatyabhiśaṅkayā) - out of fear that he might be another man

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of parapatyabhiśaṅkā

parapatyabhiśaṅkā - suspicion or fear of another husband/man

Compound of parapati and abhiśaṅkā

Compound type : tatpurusha (parapati+abhiśaṅkā)

• parapati – another man, another husband
  noun (masculine)
  para + pati
• abhiśaṅkā – fear, suspicion, apprehension
  noun (feminine)
  abhi + śaṅkā
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: śaṅk (class 1)

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