महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-251, verse-3

एतां दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियो मेऽन्या यथा शाखामृगस्त्रियः ।
प्रतिभान्ति महाबाहो सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥३॥

3. etāṁ dṛṣṭvā striyo me'nyā yathā śākhāmṛgastriyaḥ ,
pratibhānti mahābāho satyametadbravīmi te.

3. etām dṛṣṭvā striyaḥ me anyāḥ yathā śākhāmṛgastriyaḥ
pratibhānti mahābāho satyam etat bravīmi te

3. After seeing her, other women appear to me like female monkeys, O mighty-armed one (mahābāhu)! I speak this truth to you.

Words meanings summery:

• एताम् (etām) - her, this one

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• शाखामृगस्त्रियः (śākhāmṛgastriyaḥ) - female monkeys

• प्रतिभान्ति (pratibhānti) - they appear, they shine

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Koṭikaśya! (O mighty-armed one!)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• एतत् (etat) - this

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

• ते (te) - to you, for you

Words meanings and morphology

एताम् (etām) - her, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife

Note: Subject of pratibhānti.

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Denotes recipient of the perception.

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Qualifies striyaḥ.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

शाखामृगस्त्रियः (śākhāmṛgastriyaḥ) - female monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śākhāmṛgastriyā

śākhāmṛgastriyā - female monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śākhāmṛga+strī)

• śākhāmṛga – monkey (lit. branch-animal)
  noun (masculine)
• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

Note: Predicate nominative for striyaḥ.

प्रतिभान्ति (pratibhānti) - they appear, they shine

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Koṭikaśya! (O mighty-armed one!)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+bāhu)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Koṭikaśya (the charioteer).

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truth, reality

Note: Object of bravīmi.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Qualifies satyam.

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Null subject aham (I).

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Recipient of the statement.