महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-16

तं समासाद्य वित्रस्ता कृष्णा कमललोचना ।
अदृष्टपूर्वं संत्रासान्न्यमीलयत लोचने ॥१६॥

16. taṁ samāsādya vitrastā kṛṣṇā kamalalocanā ,
adṛṣṭapūrvaṁ saṁtrāsānnyamīlayata locane.

16. tam samāsādya vitrastā kṛṣṇā kamalalocanā
adṛṣṭapūrvam saṃtrāsāt nyamīlayata locane

16. Kṛṣṇā (Draupadi), with her lotus-like eyes, was terrified upon approaching him. Out of fear of what she had never seen before, she closed her eyes.

16. קְרְשְׁנָה בעלת עיני הלוטוס נבהלה כשהתקרב אליה, ומרוב פחד עצמה את עיניה מול מראה שלא ראתה כמוהו מעולם.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that (one)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having reached, having met

• वित्रस्ता (vitrastā) - terrified, frightened, alarmed

• कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā, i.e., Draupadi (Draupadi (wife of the Pāṇḍavas))

• कमललोचना (kamalalocanā) - lotus-eyed, having eyes like a lotus

• अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - never seen before, unprecedented

• संत्रासात् (saṁtrāsāt) - from terror, due to fear, out of alarm

• न्यमीलयत (nyamīlayata) - she closed (her eyes)

• लोचने (locane) - two eyes

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that (one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having reached, having met

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Formed with suffix -ya (lyap) after prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

वित्रस्ता (vitrastā) - terrified, frightened, alarmed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vitrasta

vitrasta - terrified, frightened, alarmed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tras with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: tras (class 4)

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā, i.e., Draupadi (Draupadi (wife of the Pāṇḍavas))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇā

kṛṣṇā - Kṛṣṇā (name of Draupadi); black, dark (feminine form)

कमललोचना (kamalalocanā) - lotus-eyed, having eyes like a lotus

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kamalalocanā

kamalalocana - lotus-eyed, having beautiful eyes like a lotus

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kamala+locana)

• kamala – lotus, water-lily
  noun (neuter)
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)

अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - never seen before, unprecedented

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adṛṣṭapūrva

adṛṣṭapūrva - never seen before, not seen previously, unprecedented

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+dṛṣṭa+pūrva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, observed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pūrva – before, prior, former, preceding
  adjective (neuter)

संत्रासात् (saṁtrāsāt) - from terror, due to fear, out of alarm

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃtrāsa

saṁtrāsa - terror, fear, alarm, dread

न्यमीलयत (nyamīlayata) - she closed (her eyes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of nimīl

Prefix: ni

Root: mīl (class 10)

लोचने (locane) - two eyes

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of locana

locana - eye, seeing, looking

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