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16,8

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-8, verse-17

प्रकीर्णमूर्धजाः सर्वा विमुक्ताभरणस्रजः ।
उरांसि पाणिभिर्घ्नन्त्यो व्यलपन्करुणं स्त्रियः ॥१७॥
17. prakīrṇamūrdhajāḥ sarvā vimuktābharaṇasrajaḥ ,
urāṁsi pāṇibhirghnantyo vyalapankaruṇaṁ striyaḥ.
17. prakīrṇamūrdhajāḥ sarvāḥ vimuktābharaṇasrajaḥ
urāṃsi pāṇibhiḥ ghnantyaḥ vyalapan karuṇam striyaḥ
17. prakīrṇamūrdhajāḥ sarvāḥ vimuktābharaṇasrajaḥ
striyaḥ urāṃsi pāṇibhiḥ ghnantyaḥ karuṇam vyalapan
17. All the women, with dishevelled hair and loosened ornaments and garlands, lamented piteously while striking their chests with their hands.

Words meanings summery:

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  • प्रकीर्णमूर्धजाः (prakīrṇamūrdhajāḥ) - with dishevelled hair
  • सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all
  • विमुक्ताभरणस्रजः (vimuktābharaṇasrajaḥ) - with loosened ornaments and garlands, whose ornaments and garlands were cast off
  • उरांसि (urāṁsi) - chests, breasts
  • पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - with hands
  • घ्नन्त्यः (ghnantyaḥ) - striking, beating
  • व्यलपन् (vyalapan) - lamented, wailed
  • करुणम् (karuṇam) - piteously, mournfully, sadly
  • स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

Words meanings and morphology

प्रकीर्णमूर्धजाः (prakīrṇamūrdhajāḥ) - with dishevelled hair
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of prakīrṇamūrdhaja
prakīrṇamūrdhaja - with dishevelled hair
Compound type : bahuvrihi (prakīrṇa+mūrdhaja)
  • prakīrṇa – scattered, dishevelled, strewn
    adjective (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    from pra-√kṛ (to scatter)
    Prefix: pra
    Root: kṛ (class 6)
  • mūrdhaja – hair (lit. born from the head)
    noun (masculine)
    from mūrdhan (head) + √jan (to be born)
    Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Qualifies striyaḥ.
सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Qualifies striyaḥ.
विमुक्ताभरणस्रजः (vimuktābharaṇasrajaḥ) - with loosened ornaments and garlands, whose ornaments and garlands were cast off
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of vimuktābharaṇasraj
vimuktābharaṇasraj - with loosened ornaments and garlands
Compound type : bahuvrihi (vimukta+ābharaṇa+sraj)
  • vimukta – loosened, cast off, released
    adjective (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    from vi-√muc (to release, to loosen)
    Prefix: vi
    Root: muc (class 6)
  • ābharaṇa – ornament, decoration
    noun (neuter)
    from ā-√bhṛ (to bear, to wear)
    Prefix: ā
    Root: bhṛ (class 3)
  • sraj – garland, wreath
    noun (feminine)
Note: Qualifies striyaḥ.
उरांसि (urāṁsi) - chests, breasts
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of uras
uras - chest, breast, heart
Note: Object of ghnantyaḥ.
पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - with hands
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇi
pāṇi - hand
Note: Instrument of ghnantyaḥ.
घ्नन्त्यः (ghnantyaḥ) - striking, beating
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of ghnantī
ghnant - striking, beating, killing
Present Active Participle
Feminine stem from √han (to strike, to kill) + -at suffix. The root han undergoes various changes, including ghn- in the present.
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Qualifies striyaḥ, acting as a participle.
व्यलपन् (vyalapan) - lamented, wailed
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, Imperfect (Laṅ) of vi-√lap
Prefix: vi
Root: lap (class 1)
Note: Finite verb for striyaḥ.
करुणम् (karuṇam) - piteously, mournfully, sadly
(indeclinable)
स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of strī
strī - woman, female
Note: Subject of vyalapan.