महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-67, verse-5

अथ प्राह यमः कंचित्पुरुषं कृष्णवाससम् ।
रक्ताक्षमूर्ध्वरोमाणं काकजङ्घाक्षिनासिकम् ॥५॥

5. atha prāha yamaḥ kaṁcitpuruṣaṁ kṛṣṇavāsasam ,
raktākṣamūrdhvaromāṇaṁ kākajaṅghākṣināsikam.

5. atha prāha yamaḥ kañcit puruṣam kṛṣṇavāsasam
raktākṣamūrdhvaromāṇam kākajaṅghākṣināsikam

5. atha yamaḥ kṛṣṇavāsasam raktākṣamūrdhvaromāṇam
kākajaṅghākṣināsikam kañcit puruṣam prāha

5. Then Yama addressed a certain man who was dressed in black. He had red eyes, his hair stood on end, and his shanks, eyes, and nose were like those of a crow.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, next, now

• प्राह (prāha) - spoke, said, told

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama (the lord of death)

• कञ्चित् (kañcit) - a certain, someone

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - man, person, male

• कृष्णवाससम् (kṛṣṇavāsasam) - dark-robed, dressed in black

• रक्ताक्षमूर्ध्वरोमाणम् (raktākṣamūrdhvaromāṇam) - with red eyes and raised hair

• काकजङ्घाक्षिनासिकम् (kākajaṅghākṣināsikam) - with crow-like shanks, eyes, and nose

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, next, now

(indeclinable)

प्राह (prāha) - spoke, said, told

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pra-ah

Perfect active

Compound verb formed with prefix pra- and root ah

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama (the lord of death)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (the deity of death and justice), restraint, self-control

कञ्चित् (kañcit) - a certain, someone

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - a certain, someone, something

Formed from kim (who/what) and cid (an enclitic particle)

Note: Accusative singular masculine form of 'kimcid'

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - man, person, male

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, male, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

कृष्णवाससम् (kṛṣṇavāsasam) - dark-robed, dressed in black

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇavāsas

kṛṣṇavāsas - dressed in black, having black garments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛṣṇa+vāsas)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark, dark-colored
  adjective (masculine)
• vāsas – garment, clothing, apparel
  noun (neuter)

रक्ताक्षमूर्ध्वरोमाणम् (raktākṣamūrdhvaromāṇam) - with red eyes and raised hair

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of raktākṣamūrdhvaroman

raktākṣamūrdhvaroman - having red eyes and hair standing on end/raised

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+akṣa+ūrdhva+roman)

• rakta – red, colored, dyed, attached, passionate
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rañj (to color, dye)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• akṣa – eye, sense organ
  noun (neuter)
• ūrdhva – upwards, raised, high, elevated
  adjective (masculine)
• roman – hair (on the body), body hair
  noun (neuter)

काकजङ्घाक्षिनासिकम् (kākajaṅghākṣināsikam) - with crow-like shanks, eyes, and nose

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākajaṅghākṣināsika

kākajaṅghākṣināsika - having shanks, eyes, and nose like a crow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāka+jaṅghā+akṣi+nāsikā)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• jaṅghā – shank, leg, lower leg
  noun (feminine)
• akṣi – eye, sense organ
  noun (neuter)
• nāsikā – nose
  noun (feminine)

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