महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-13

अपकृष्टोत्तरासङ्गः कृशो धमनिसंततः ।
आसीः कृष्ण सरस्वत्यां सत्रे द्वादशवार्षिके ॥१३॥

13. apakṛṣṭottarāsaṅgaḥ kṛśo dhamanisaṁtataḥ ,
āsīḥ kṛṣṇa sarasvatyāṁ satre dvādaśavārṣike.

13. apakṛṣṭottarāsaṅgaḥ kṛśaḥ dhamanisaṃtataḥ
āsīḥ kṛṣṇa sarasvatyāṃ satre dvādaśavārṣike

13. O Krishna, you performed a twelve-year ritual sacrifice (sattra) on the Sarasvatī, (during which you were) emaciated, with your upper garment pulled back, and your body covered with prominent veins.

13. הו קְרְשְׁנַה, השלכת את הבגד העליון, רזית עד שגידיך נראו, וישבת על גדת הסַרַסְוַטִי בטקס וודי ארוך בן שתים עשרה שנה.

Words meanings summery:

• अपकृष्टोत्तरासङ्गः (apakṛṣṭottarāsaṅgaḥ) - with the upper garment pulled back/removed

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - emaciated, lean, thin

• धमनिसंततः (dhamanisaṁtataḥ) - visible veins due to extreme emaciation (covered with veins, spread with veins, having prominent veins)

• आसीः (āsīḥ) - you were

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna

• सरस्वत्यां (sarasvatyāṁ) - on the Sarasvatī (river)

• सत्रे (satre) - during a specific long-term Vedic ritual sacrifice (in a ritual sacrifice (sattra))

• द्वादशवार्षिके (dvādaśavārṣike) - lasting twelve years, twelve-yearly

Words meanings and morphology

अपकृष्टोत्तरासङ्गः (apakṛṣṭottarāsaṅgaḥ) - with the upper garment pulled back/removed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apakṛṣṭottarāsaṅga

apakṛṣṭottarāsaṅga - having the upper garment drawn back or removed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (apakṛṣṭa+uttarāsaṅga)

• apakṛṣṭa – pulled back, drawn away, removed
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛṣ with prefix apa-
  Prefix: apa
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)
• uttarāsaṅga – upper garment, mantle
  noun (masculine)

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - emaciated, lean, thin

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - emaciated, thin, lean, slender

धमनिसंततः (dhamanisaṁtataḥ) - visible veins due to extreme emaciation (covered with veins, spread with veins, having prominent veins)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhamanisaṃtata

dhamanisaṁtata - covered with veins, having veins spread out

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhamani+saṃtata)

• dhamani – vein, artery, nerve
  noun (feminine)
• saṃtata – spread, extended, covered, diffused
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root tan with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tan (class 8)

आसीः (āsīḥ) - you were

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna (a divine name); dark, black

सरस्वत्यां (sarasvatyāṁ) - on the Sarasvatī (river)

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (name of a sacred river and goddess of knowledge)

सत्रे (satre) - during a specific long-term Vedic ritual sacrifice (in a ritual sacrifice (sattra))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sattra

sattra - a long sacrificial session, a ritual sacrifice, an asylum

द्वादशवार्षिके (dvādaśavārṣike) - lasting twelve years, twelve-yearly

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dvādaśavārṣika

dvādaśavārṣika - lasting twelve years, twelve-yearly

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvādaśa+vārṣika)

• dvādaśa – twelve
  numeral
• vārṣika – yearly, annual, pertaining to a year
  adjective
  Derived from varṣa ('year') with -ika suffix

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