महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-222, verse-3

अथाब्रवीत्सत्यभामा कृष्णस्य महिषी प्रिया ।
सात्राजिती याज्ञसेनीं रहसीदं सुमध्यमा ॥३॥

3. athābravītsatyabhāmā kṛṣṇasya mahiṣī priyā ,
sātrājitī yājñasenīṁ rahasīdaṁ sumadhyamā.

3. atha abravīt satyabhāmā kṛṣṇasya mahiṣī priyā
| sātrājitī yājñasenīm rahasi idam sumadhyamā

3. Then Satyabhama, Krishna's beloved queen, the daughter of Satrājit and one with a beautiful waist, said this in private to Draupadi, the daughter of Drupada (Yājñasenī).

3. ואז סַטְיַבְּהָאמָה, בת סָאטְרָאג׳ִית, אשתו האהובה של קְרְשְׁנַה, דקת המותן, אמרה בסתר לדְרַאוּפַּדִי (יָאגְיַסֵנִי).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, next, thereupon

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he/she/it said, spoke

• सत्यभामा (satyabhāmā) - Satyabhama

• कृष्णस्य (kṛṣṇasya) - of Krishna

• महिषी (mahiṣī) - queen, chief wife

• प्रिया (priyā) - beloved, dear

• सात्राजिती (sātrājitī) - Another name for Satyabhama (Sātrājitī (daughter of Satrājit))

• याज्ञसेनीम् (yājñasenīm) - Draupadi (Yājñasenī (daughter of Yajñasena/Drupada))

• रहसि (rahasi) - in private, in secret

• इदम् (idam) - this (what she is about to say) (this)

• सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - Referring to Satyabhama (fair-waisted, slender-waisted)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, next, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he/she/it said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

सत्यभामा (satyabhāmā) - Satyabhama

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyabhāmā

satyabhāmā - Satyabhama (name of one of Krishna's wives)

कृष्णस्य (kṛṣṇasya) - of Krishna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna (name of a deity and hero)

महिषी (mahiṣī) - queen, chief wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahiṣī

mahiṣī - a queen, chief wife (especially of a king)

प्रिया (priyā) - beloved, dear

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, favorite, pleasing

सात्राजिती (sātrājitī) - Another name for Satyabhama (Sātrājitī (daughter of Satrājit))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sātrājitī

sātrājitī - daughter of Satrājit

याज्ञसेनीम् (yājñasenīm) - Draupadi (Yājñasenī (daughter of Yajñasena/Drupada))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yājñasenī

yājñasenī - daughter of Yajñasena or Drupada

रहसि (rahasi) - in private, in secret

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rahas

rahas - secrecy, privacy, a secret place

इदम् (idam) - this (what she is about to say) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - Referring to Satyabhama (fair-waisted, slender-waisted)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - beautiful-waisted, slender-waisted

Compound type : praadi-samāsa (su+madhyamā)

• su – well, good, beautiful
  indeclinable
• madhyamā – middle, waist
  noun (feminine)

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