महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-248, verse-10

अप्सरा देवकन्या वा माया वा देवनिर्मिता ।
इति कृत्वाञ्जलिं सर्वे ददृशुस्तामनिन्दिताम् ॥१०॥

10. apsarā devakanyā vā māyā vā devanirmitā ,
iti kṛtvāñjaliṁ sarve dadṛśustāmaninditām.

10. apsarā devakanyā vā māyā vā devanirmitā iti
kṛtvā añjalim sarve dadṛśuḥ tām aninditām

10. "Is she an Apsara, or a divine maiden, or an illusion (māyā) created by the gods?" Thinking thus, all of them, with joined hands (añjali), gazed at that blameless woman.

Words meanings summery:

• अप्सरा (apsarā) - celestial nymph, Apsara

• देवकन्या (devakanyā) - divine maiden, daughter of a god

• वा (vā) - or

• माया (māyā) - illusion, magical power

• वा (vā) - or

• देवनिर्मिता (devanirmitā) - created by gods, divinely created

• इति (iti) - Used to introduce or conclude a quotation or thought. (thus, in this manner)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

• अञ्जलिम् (añjalim) - a reverence, homage (gesture of folded hands)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - blameless, faultless, irreproachable

Words meanings and morphology

अप्सरा (apsarā) - celestial nymph, Apsara

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apsarā

apsarā - Apsara, celestial nymph, heavenly courtesan

देवकन्या (devakanyā) - divine maiden, daughter of a god

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devakanyā

devakanyā - daughter of a god, divine maiden

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+kanyā)

• deva – god, divine being, celestial
  noun (masculine)
• kanyā – maiden, girl, daughter, virgin
  noun (feminine)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

माया (māyā) - illusion, magical power

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magical power, artifice, trick, delusion

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

देवनिर्मिता (devanirmitā) - created by gods, divinely created

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devanirmita

devanirmita - made by gods, divinely created, fashioned by deities

Past Passive Participle

Formed from deva (god) and nirmita (made, created), which is past passive participle of nirmā (to create).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+nirmita)

• deva – god, divine being
  noun (masculine)
• nirmita – made, created, formed, constructed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From nir + mā (to measure, make, create).
  Prefix: nir
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with māyā.

इति (iti) - Used to introduce or conclude a quotation or thought. (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root kṛ (to do, make) with ktvā suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अञ्जलिम् (añjalim) - a reverence, homage (gesture of folded hands)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of añjali

añjali - reverence, homage (gesture of folded hands), cupped hands

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect (Liṭ)

3rd person plural perfect active indicative of root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it, that one

Note: Refers to the woman being described.

अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - blameless, faultless, irreproachable

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anindita

anindita - not blamed, blameless, faultless, irreproachable

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negated form (a-) of nindita (blamed), which is the past passive participle of nind (to blame).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• nindita – blamed, censured, reproached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From nind (to blame).
  Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tām.