महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-36

मन्दारपुष्पैः संकीर्णा तथा मन्दाकिनी नदी ।
स्वयंप्रभाश्च मणयो वज्रैर्भूमिश्च भूषिता ॥३६॥

36. mandārapuṣpaiḥ saṁkīrṇā tathā mandākinī nadī ,
svayaṁprabhāśca maṇayo vajrairbhūmiśca bhūṣitā.

36. mandārapuṣpaiḥ saṃkīrṇā tathā mandākinī nadī
svayaṃprabhāḥ ca maṇayaḥ vajraiḥ bhūmiḥ ca bhūṣitā

36. mandākinī nadī mandārapuṣpaiḥ saṃkīrṇā tathā ca
bhūmiḥ svayaṃprabhāḥ maṇayaḥ vajraiḥ ca bhūṣitā

36. The Mandakini river was covered with Mandara flowers, and the ground was adorned with self-luminous jewels and diamonds.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्दारपुष्पैः (mandārapuṣpaiḥ) - with Mandara flowers

• संकीर्णा (saṁkīrṇā) - strewn, scattered, filled, mixed

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and, also

• मन्दाकिनी (mandākinī) - Mandakini (name of a sacred river)

• नदी (nadī) - river

• स्वयंप्रभाः (svayaṁprabhāḥ) - self-radiant, self-luminous

• च (ca) - and

• मणयः (maṇayaḥ) - jewels, gems

• वज्रैः (vajraiḥ) - with diamonds (referring to precious stones) (with diamonds, with thunderbolts)

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground, land

• च (ca) - and

• भूषिता (bhūṣitā) - adorned, decorated, embellished

Words meanings and morphology

मन्दारपुष्पैः (mandārapuṣpaiḥ) - with Mandara flowers

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of mandārapuṣpa

mandārapuṣpa - Mandara flower (a mythical flower from the celestial tree Mandara)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mandāra+puṣpa)

• mandāra – Mandara (a mythical mountain, a celestial tree)
  noun (masculine)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)

संकीर्णा (saṁkīrṇā) - strewn, scattered, filled, mixed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃkīrṇa

saṁkīrṇa - strewn, mixed, covered, polluted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kīr (to scatter) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: kīr

Note: Agrees with 'nadī'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

मन्दाकिनी (mandākinī) - Mandakini (name of a sacred river)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mandākinī

mandākinī - Mandakini (the celestial Ganges river, also a specific river near Chitrakuta)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

स्वयंप्रभाः (svayaṁprabhāḥ) - self-radiant, self-luminous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svayaṃprabha

svayaṁprabha - self-radiant, self-luminous, shining by itself

Compound type : bahuvrihi (svayam+prabhā)

• svayam – self, by oneself
  indeclinable
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'maṇayaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Enclitic conjunction.

मणयः (maṇayaḥ) - jewels, gems

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maṇi

maṇi - jewel, gem, pearl

वज्रैः (vajraiḥ) - with diamonds (referring to precious stones) (with diamonds, with thunderbolts)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vajra

vajra - diamond, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Enclitic conjunction.

भूषिता (bhūṣitā) - adorned, decorated, embellished

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūṣita

bhūṣita - adorned, decorated, embellished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhūṣ (to adorn).

Root: bhūṣ (class 0)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūmiḥ'.