महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-197, verse-17

व्रीडिता साभवत्साध्वी तदा भरतसत्तम ।
भिक्षामादाय विप्राय निर्जगाम यशस्विनी ॥१७॥

17. vrīḍitā sābhavatsādhvī tadā bharatasattama ,
bhikṣāmādāya viprāya nirjagāma yaśasvinī.

17. vrīḍitā sā abhavat sādhvī tadā bharatasattama
bhikṣām ādāya viprāya nirjagāma yaśasvinī

17. O best of Bharatas, that chaste and renowned woman, having become embarrassed, then took the alms and went out to the brahmin.

17. האישה הצדקנית והמהוללת התביישה אז, הו מיטב בני בְּהַרַטַה, ולקחה נדבה ויצאה אל הבְּרַהְמִין.

Words meanings summery:

• व्रीडिता (vrīḍitā) - ashamed, embarrassed

• सा (sā) - she, that (woman)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

• साध्वी (sādhvī) - chaste woman, virtuous woman

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of Bharatas

• भिक्षाम् (bhikṣām) - alms, food received as alms

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having received

• विप्राय (viprāya) - to the brahmin, for the brahmin

• निर्जगाम (nirjagāma) - went out, departed

• यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - renowned, glorious, famous

Words meanings and morphology

व्रीडिता (vrīḍitā) - ashamed, embarrassed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vrīḍita

vrīḍita - ashamed, embarrassed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vrīḍ (to be ashamed) with suffix -ta

Root: vrīḍ (class 1)

सा (sā) - she, that (woman)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

साध्वी (sādhvī) - chaste woman, virtuous woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sādhvī

sādhvī - chaste woman, virtuous woman, faithful wife

Feminine form of sādhu

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From tad + dā (time suffix)

भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatasattama

bharatasattama - best of Bharatas

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+sattama)

• bharata – Bharata (name of a legendary king, or descendent of Bharata)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama added to sat (good)

भिक्षाम् (bhikṣām) - alms, food received as alms

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhikṣā

bhikṣā - alms, begging, food received as alms

From root bhikṣ (to beg)

Root: bhikṣ (class 1)

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having received

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root dā (to give) with upasarga ā- (towards) and suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

विप्राय (viprāya) - to the brahmin, for the brahmin

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, priest

निर्जगाम (nirjagāma) - went out, departed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of nirgam

Conjugated form of root gam (to go) with prefix nis-

Prefix: nis

Root: gam (class 1)

यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - renowned, glorious, famous

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yaśasvin

yaśasvin - glorious, famous, renowned

From yaśas (fame) + -vin (possessive suffix)

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