महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-326, verse-5

नीलवैडूर्यसदृश इन्द्रनीलनिभः क्वचित् ।
मयूरग्रीववर्णाभो मुक्ताहारनिभः क्वचित् ॥५॥

5. nīlavaiḍūryasadṛśa indranīlanibhaḥ kvacit ,
mayūragrīvavarṇābho muktāhāranibhaḥ kvacit.

5. nīlavaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ indranīlanibhaḥ kvacit
mayūragrīvavarṇābhaḥ muktāhāranibhaḥ kvacit

5. kvacit nīlavaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ kvacit indranīlanibhaḥ
kvacit mayūragrīvavarṇābhaḥ kvacit muktāhāranibhaḥ

5. Sometimes it resembled a blue cat's eye gem, sometimes it was like a sapphire. Sometimes it had the hue of a peacock's neck, and sometimes it resembled a pearl necklace.

Words meanings summery:

• नीलवैडूर्यसदृशः (nīlavaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ) - resembling a blue cat's eye gem

• इन्द्रनीलनिभः (indranīlanibhaḥ) - like a sapphire (resembling a sapphire)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

• मयूरग्रीववर्णाभः (mayūragrīvavarṇābhaḥ) - having the hue of a peacock's neck

• मुक्ताहारनिभः (muktāhāranibhaḥ) - resembling a pearl necklace

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

Words meanings and morphology

नीलवैडूर्यसदृशः (nīlavaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ) - resembling a blue cat's eye gem

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīlavaiḍūryasadṛśa

nīlavaiḍūryasadṛśa - resembling a blue cat's eye gem

Compound: nīlavaiḍūryeṇa sadṛśaḥ (3rd tatpuruṣa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nīlavaiḍūrya+sadṛśa)

• nīlavaiḍūrya – blue cat's eye gem
  noun (neuter)
  Compound: nīlaṃ ca tat vaiḍūryaṃ ca (karmadhāraya)
• sadṛśa – similar, resembling, like
  adjective
  sa (with) + dṛś (appearance)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

इन्द्रनीलनिभः (indranīlanibhaḥ) - like a sapphire (resembling a sapphire)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indranīlanibha

indranīlanibha - resembling a sapphire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indranīla+nibha)

• indranīla – sapphire (lit. Indra's gem)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: indrasya nīlaḥ (6th tatpuruṣa)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar
  adjective
  From ni + bhā (to shine/appear)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

(indeclinable)

From kva (where) + cit (particle)

मयूरग्रीववर्णाभः (mayūragrīvavarṇābhaḥ) - having the hue of a peacock's neck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mayūragrīvavarṇābha

mayūragrīvavarṇābha - having the hue of a peacock's neck

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mayūragrīvavarṇa+ābhā)

• mayūragrīvavarṇa – color of a peacock's neck
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: mayūragrīvāyāḥ varṇaḥ (6th tatpuruṣa)
• ābhā – light, luster, splendor, beauty
  noun (feminine)
  From ā + bhā (to shine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

मुक्ताहारनिभः (muktāhāranibhaḥ) - resembling a pearl necklace

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muktāhāranibha

muktāhāranibha - resembling a pearl necklace

Compound: muktāhāreṇa nibhaḥ (3rd tatpuruṣa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muktāhāra+nibha)

• muktāhāra – pearl necklace
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: muktānām hāraḥ (6th tatpuruṣa)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar
  adjective
  From ni + bhā (to shine/appear)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

(indeclinable)

From kva (where) + cit (particle)