महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-144, verse-5

तां पतन्तीं वरारोहां सज्जमानां लतामिव ।
नकुलः समभिद्रुत्य परिजग्राह वीर्यवान् ॥५॥

5. tāṁ patantīṁ varārohāṁ sajjamānāṁ latāmiva ,
nakulaḥ samabhidrutya parijagrāha vīryavān.

5. tām patantīm varārohām sajjamānām latām iva
nakulaḥ samabhidrutya parijagāha vīryavān

5. The valorous Nakula rushed towards her, and caught her as she was falling, a woman with excellent thighs, clinging like a creeper.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - Draupadi (her, that (feminine))

• पतन्तीम् (patantīm) - falling, descending

• वरारोहाम् (varārohām) - having excellent hips/thighs, a beautiful woman

• सज्जमानाम् (sajjamānām) - clinging, getting entangled, preparing oneself

• लताम् (latām) - creeper, vine

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - one of the Pandava brothers (Nakula)

• समभिद्रुत्य (samabhidrutya) - having rushed towards, having approached

• परिजगाह (parijagāha) - Nakula caught or embraced Draupadi. (embraced, seized, caught)

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - valorous, mighty, strong

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - Draupadi (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to Draupadi.

पतन्तीम् (patantīm) - falling, descending

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of patant

patant - falling, descending

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √pat (to fall) with present active participle suffix -at. Feminine form.

Root: √pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies `tām`.

वरारोहाम् (varārohām) - having excellent hips/thighs, a beautiful woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of varārohā

varārohā - woman with excellent hips/thighs

Bahuvrihi compound `vara` (excellent) + `āroha` (hip/buttock) -> 'she whose hips are excellent'. Used as an adjective.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vara+āroha)

• vara – excellent, best, boon, suitor
  adjective (masculine)
• āroha – rising, ascent, buttock, hip
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies `tām`.

सज्जमानाम् (sajjamānām) - clinging, getting entangled, preparing oneself

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sajjamāna

sajjamāna - clinging, getting entangled, preparing oneself

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root √sajj (to cling, to be attached, to prepare) with present middle participle suffix -māna. Feminine form.

Root: √sajj (class 1)

Note: Modifies `tām`.

लताम् (latām) - creeper, vine

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of latā

latā - creeper, vine, tendril

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - one of the Pandava brothers (Nakula)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula (name of one of the Pandavas), mongoose

Note: Subject of the sentence.

समभिद्रुत्य (samabhidrutya) - having rushed towards, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root √dru (to run) with prefixes sam- and abhi-, and suffix -tya.

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: √dru (class 1)

परिजगाह (parijagāha) - Nakula caught or embraced Draupadi. (embraced, seized, caught)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √grah

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, from √grah with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: √grah (class 9)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - valorous, mighty, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - valorous, mighty, strong, powerful, heroic

Possessive adjective formed with suffix -mat.