महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-128, verse-3

यतो यतः सा सुदती मामुपाधावदन्तिके ।
ततस्ततो मुखं चारु मम देवि विनिर्गतम् ॥३॥

3. yato yataḥ sā sudatī māmupādhāvadantike ,
tatastato mukhaṁ cāru mama devi vinirgatam.

3. yataḥ yataḥ sā sudatī mām upādhāvat antike
tataḥ tataḥ mukham cāru mama devi vinirgatam

3. O goddess, wherever that beautiful-toothed one ran near me, from that direction a lovely face of mine emerged.

Words meanings summery:

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, wherever, whence

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, wherever, whence

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• सुदती (sudatī) - beautiful-toothed, having beautiful teeth

• माम् (mām) - me, to me

• उपाधावत् (upādhāvat) - ran towards, approached quickly

• अन्तिके (antike) - near, close by

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, from that

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, from that

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

• चारु (cāru) - lovely, beautiful, charming

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• देवि (devi) - O goddess, O divine one

• विनिर्गतम् (vinirgatam) - emerged, issued forth, came out

Words meanings and morphology

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, wherever, whence

(indeclinable)

Ablative of 'yat' (relative pronoun), often used adverbially.

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, wherever, whence

(indeclinable)

Ablative of 'yat' (relative pronoun), often used adverbially.

Note: Repetition indicates 'wherever'.

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

सुदती (sudatī) - beautiful-toothed, having beautiful teeth

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sudatī

sudatī - beautiful-toothed (feminine)

Compound formed from 'su' (good, beautiful) and 'datī' (having teeth).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+datī)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
• datī – having teeth, toothed
  adjective (feminine)
  From 'dat' (tooth), with suffix indicating possession.

माम् (mām) - me, to me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

उपाधावत् (upādhāvat) - ran towards, approached quickly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of upādhāv

Imperfect

Root 'dhāv' with prefixes 'upa-' and 'ā-'. Implies running near or towards.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dhāv (class 1)

अन्तिके (antike) - near, close by

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative singular form used adverbially.

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative of 'tad' (demonstrative pronoun), often used adverbially.

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative of 'tad' (demonstrative pronoun), often used adverbially.

Note: Repetition indicates 'from that direction'.

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, chief

चारु (cāru) - lovely, beautiful, charming

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cāru

cāru - lovely, beautiful, pleasing, charming

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

देवि (devi) - O goddess, O divine one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman

विनिर्गतम् (vinirgatam) - emerged, issued forth, came out

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vinirgata

gam - to go, move

Past Passive Participle

Root 'gam' with prefixes 'vi-' and 'nir-'.

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective, agreeing with 'mukham'.