महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-109

ककुदं तस्य चाभाति स्कन्धमापूर्य विष्ठितम् ।
तुषारगिरिकूटाभं सिताभ्रशिखरोपमम् ॥१०९॥

109. kakudaṁ tasya cābhāti skandhamāpūrya viṣṭhitam ,
tuṣāragirikūṭābhaṁ sitābhraśikharopamam.

109. kakudam tasya ca ābhāti skandham āpūrya
viṣṭhitam tuṣāragirikūṭābham sitābhraśikharopamam

109. And his hump shines, positioned to completely cover his shoulders, resembling the peak of a snowy mountain and the summit of a white cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• ककुदम् (kakudam) - the hump of the bull (Nandi) (hump)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Nandi) (his, its)

• च (ca) - and

• आभाति (ābhāti) - shines, appears

• स्कन्धम् (skandham) - shoulder

• आपूर्य (āpūrya) - having filled, covering completely

• विष्ठितम् (viṣṭhitam) - situated, spread, placed

• तुषारगिरिकूटाभम् (tuṣāragirikūṭābham) - resembling the peak of a snowy mountain

• सिताभ्रशिखरोपमम् (sitābhraśikharopamam) - resembling the summit of a white cloud

Words meanings and morphology

ककुदम् (kakudam) - the hump of the bull (Nandi) (hump)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kakud

kakud - hump (of a bull), peak, summit, eminence

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Nandi) (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आभाति (ābhāti) - shines, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ābhā

present active

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

स्कन्धम् (skandham) - shoulder

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of skandha

skandha - shoulder, trunk (of a tree)

आपूर्य (āpūrya) - having filled, covering completely

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerund of ā-pṝ (to fill)

Prefix: ā

Root: pṝ (class 9)

विष्ठितम् (viṣṭhitam) - situated, spread, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣṭhita

viṣṭhita - situated, standing, placed, spread, covered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā with prefix vi- (to stand, to be situated)

Prefix: vi

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kakudam'

तुषारगिरिकूटाभम् (tuṣāragirikūṭābham) - resembling the peak of a snowy mountain

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tuṣāragirikūṭābha

tuṣāragirikūṭābha - resembling the peak of a snowy mountain

Compound type : tatpurusha (tuṣāragiri+kūṭa+ābha)

• tuṣāra – frost, snow
  noun (masculine)
• giri – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• kūṭa – peak, summit, horn
  noun (neuter)
• ābha – resembling, shining, like
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'kakudam'

सिताभ्रशिखरोपमम् (sitābhraśikharopamam) - resembling the summit of a white cloud

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sitābhraśikharopama

sitābhraśikharopama - resembling the summit of a white cloud

Compound type : tatpurusha (sita+abhra+śikhara+upama)

• sita – white, bound
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root ṣi (to bind, whiten)
  Root: ṣi (class 5)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• śikhara – summit, peak, top
  noun (neuter)
• upama – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'kakudam'