महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-144, verse-11

सुकुमारौ कथं पादौ मुखं च कमलप्रभम् ।
मत्कृतेऽद्य वरार्हायाः श्यामतां समुपागतम् ॥११॥

11. sukumārau kathaṁ pādau mukhaṁ ca kamalaprabham ,
matkṛte'dya varārhāyāḥ śyāmatāṁ samupāgatam.

11. sukumārau katham pādau mukham ca kamalaprabham
matkṛte adya varārhāyāḥ śyāmatām samupāgatam

11. How can her delicate feet and her lotus-like face, which are worthy of excellence, have become dark today because of me?

Words meanings summery:

• सुकुमारौ (sukumārau) - very delicate, very tender (dual)

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• पादौ (pādau) - feet (dual)

• मुखम् (mukham) - face

• च (ca) - and

• कमलप्रभम् (kamalaprabham) - lotus-like, shining like a lotus

• मत्कृते (matkṛte) - for my sake, because of me

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• वरार्हायाः (varārhāyāḥ) - of her who is worthy of excellence, of the best-deserving woman

• श्यामताम् (śyāmatām) - darkness, dark complexion, blackness

• समुपागतम् (samupāgatam) - has become, has attained, has reached

Words meanings and morphology

सुकुमारौ (sukumārau) - very delicate, very tender (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sukumāra

sukumāra - very tender, delicate, soft

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+kumāra)

• su – good, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• kumāra – young, tender, prince
  adjective (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

पादौ (pādau) - feet (dual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg

मुखम् (mukham) - face

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कमलप्रभम् (kamalaprabham) - lotus-like, shining like a lotus

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kamalaprabha

kamalaprabha - having the luster of a lotus, lotus-like

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kamala+prabhā)

• kamala – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

मत्कृते (matkṛte) - for my sake, because of me

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of matkṛta

matkṛta - done by me, for my sake

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+kṛta)

• mad – my, me (genitive/ablative of aham)
  pronoun
• kṛta – done, made; purpose (often used in locative for 'for the sake of')
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of √kṛ (to do, to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for my sake'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

वरार्हायाः (varārhāyāḥ) - of her who is worthy of excellence, of the best-deserving woman

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of varārha

varārha - deserving of a boon, worthy of the best

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vara+arha)

• vara – excellent, best, desirable; a boon
  adjective (masculine)
• arha – deserving, worthy
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: arh (class 1)

श्यामताम् (śyāmatām) - darkness, dark complexion, blackness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śyāmatā

śyāmatā - darkness, blackness, dark color

Derived from śyāma (dark, black) with suffix -tā (feminine noun forming suffix)

समुपागतम् (samupāgatam) - has become, has attained, has reached

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samupāgata

samupāgata - approached, arrived, attained, become

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √gam (to go) with upasargas sam, upa, and ā

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mukham' (neuter singular) as a predicate adjective, meaning 'having become dark' or 'having attained darkness'.