महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-43

रुक्मवेदिनिभास्तास्तु चन्द्रलेखा इवामलाः ।
हुताशनार्चिप्रतिमाः सर्वास्तारा इवाद्भुताः ॥४३॥

43. rukmavedinibhāstāstu candralekhā ivāmalāḥ ,
hutāśanārcipratimāḥ sarvāstārā ivādbhutāḥ.

43. rukmavedinibhāḥ tāḥ tu candralekhāḥ iva amalāḥ
hutāśanārcipratimāḥ sarvāḥ tārāḥ iva adbhutāḥ

43. Those wives, resembling golden altars (rukmavedinibhāḥ), were like spotless moon crescents (candralekhā). All of them were wonderful (adbhutāḥ), like stars and like the flames of fire (hutāśanārcipratimāḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• रुक्मवेदिनिभाः (rukmavedinibhāḥ) - resplendent like golden altars (resembling golden altars)

• ताः (tāḥ) - They (the wives of the sages) (they, those)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• चन्द्रलेखाः (candralekhāḥ) - moon crescents, streaks of moonlight

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अमलाः (amalāḥ) - spotless, pure, clean

• हुताशनार्चिप्रतिमाः (hutāśanārcipratimāḥ) - resembling fire flames, like fire sparks

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• ताराः (tārāḥ) - stars

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अद्भुताः (adbhutāḥ) - wonderful, amazing, extraordinary

Words meanings and morphology

रुक्मवेदिनिभाः (rukmavedinibhāḥ) - resplendent like golden altars (resembling golden altars)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rukmavedinibhā

rukmavedinibhā - resembling golden altars (vedī), shining like golden sacrificial beds

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rukma+vedinī+bhā)

• rukma – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• vedinī – sacrificial altar, sacred ground
  noun (feminine)
• bhā – splendor, light, resemblance
  noun (feminine)
  From root √bhā (to shine).
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `tāḥ` (the wives).

ताः (tāḥ) - They (the wives of the sages) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'were'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रलेखाः (candralekhāḥ) - moon crescents, streaks of moonlight

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of candralekhā

candralekhā - moon crescent, digit of the moon, streak of moonlight

Compound type : tatpurusha (candra+lekhā)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, digit, crescent
  noun (feminine)

Note: Part of a simile for the wives.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अमलाः (amalāḥ) - spotless, pure, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of amala

amala - spotless, pure, clean, stainless

Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'mala' (dirt).

Compound type : pradi (a+mala)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies `tāḥ` or `candralekhāḥ`.

हुताशनार्चिप्रतिमाः (hutāśanārcipratimāḥ) - resembling fire flames, like fire sparks

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hutāśanārcipratimā

hutāśanārcipratimā - resembling flames of fire, having the appearance of fire sparks

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hutāśana+arci+pratimā)

• hutāśana – fire, fire god
  noun (masculine)
• arci – flame, ray of light
  noun (feminine)
• pratimā – image, likeness, resemblance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies `tāḥ` (the wives).

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Qualifies `tāḥ` (the wives).

ताराः (tārāḥ) - stars

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tārā

tārā - star, pupil of the eye

Note: Part of a simile for the wives.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अद्भुताः (adbhutāḥ) - wonderful, amazing, extraordinary

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, amazing, miraculous, extraordinary

Note: Qualifies `tāḥ` (the wives) and `tārāḥ`.