महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-186, verse-66

केचिन्नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित्कुमुदसंनिभाः ।
केचित्किञ्जल्कसंकाशाः केचित्पीताः पयोधराः ॥६६॥

66. kecinnīlotpalaśyāmāḥ kecitkumudasaṁnibhāḥ ,
kecitkiñjalkasaṁkāśāḥ kecitpītāḥ payodharāḥ.

66. kecit nīlotpalaśyāmāḥ kecit kumudasaṃnibhāḥ
kecit kiñjalkasaṃkāśāḥ kecit pītāḥ payodharāḥ

66. Some of these clouds are dark like blue lotuses, some resemble white water lilies, some appear like lotus filaments, and some clouds are yellow.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some (clouds) (some (people/things))

• नीलोत्पलश्यामाः (nīlotpalaśyāmāḥ) - dark like blue lotuses (dark like blue lotuses, blue-lotus-dark)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (clouds) (some (people/things))

• कुमुदसंनिभाः (kumudasaṁnibhāḥ) - resembling white water lilies (resembling water lilies)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (clouds) (some (people/things))

• किञ्जल्कसंकाशाः (kiñjalkasaṁkāśāḥ) - shining like lotus filaments (resembling lotus filaments, shining like lotus filaments)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (clouds) (some (people/things))

• पीताः (pītāḥ) - yellow (yellow, pale, tawny)

• पयोधराः (payodharāḥ) - clouds (clouds (literally "water-bearers"), breasts)

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some (clouds) (some (people/things))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some

indefinite pronoun, masculine nominative plural of kaścid (kim + cid)

Note: Refers to 'payodharāḥ' (clouds) in the verse.

नीलोत्पलश्यामाः (nīlotpalaśyāmāḥ) - dark like blue lotuses (dark like blue lotuses, blue-lotus-dark)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nīlotpalaśyāma

nīlotpalaśyāma - dark like blue lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nīla+utpala+śyāma)

• nīla – blue, dark blue, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• utpala – lotus (blue lotus, water lily)
  noun (neuter)
• śyāma – dark, black, dark-blue, dark-brown
  adjective (masculine)

केचित् (kecit) - some (clouds) (some (people/things))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some

indefinite pronoun, masculine nominative plural of kaścid (kim + cid)

Note: Refers to 'payodharāḥ' (clouds) in the verse.

कुमुदसंनिभाः (kumudasaṁnibhāḥ) - resembling white water lilies (resembling water lilies)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kumudasaṃnibha

kumudasaṁnibha - resembling a water lily

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kumuda+saṃnibha)

• kumuda – water lily (white variety)
  noun (neuter)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  from sam-nibhā (to resemble)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nibhā (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some (clouds) (some (people/things))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some

indefinite pronoun, masculine nominative plural of kaścid (kim + cid)

Note: Refers to 'payodharāḥ' (clouds) in the verse.

किञ्जल्कसंकाशाः (kiñjalkasaṁkāśāḥ) - shining like lotus filaments (resembling lotus filaments, shining like lotus filaments)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kiñjalkasaṃkāśa

kiñjalkasaṁkāśa - resembling lotus filaments

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kiñjalka+saṃkāśa)

• kiñjalka – filament of a lotus, pollen
  noun (neuter)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, appearing similar
  adjective (masculine)
  from sam-kāś (to appear, shine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some (clouds) (some (people/things))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some

indefinite pronoun, masculine nominative plural of kaścid (kim + cid)

Note: Refers to 'payodharāḥ' (clouds) in the verse.

पीताः (pītāḥ) - yellow (yellow, pale, tawny)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pīta

pīta - yellow, pale, tawny

पयोधराः (payodharāḥ) - clouds (clouds (literally "water-bearers"), breasts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of payodhara

payodhara - cloud, breast

from payas (water) + dhara (holding)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (payas+dhara)

• payas – water, milk
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – holding, bearing, supporting
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)