महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-264, verse-72

इति सा मृगशावाक्षी तच्छ्रुत्वा त्रिजटावचः ।
बभूवाशावती बाला पुनर्भर्तृसमागमे ॥७२॥

72. iti sā mṛgaśāvākṣī tacchrutvā trijaṭāvacaḥ ,
babhūvāśāvatī bālā punarbhartṛsamāgame.

72. iti sā mṛgaśāvākṣī tat śrutvā trijaṭā vacaḥ
babhūva āśāvatī bālā punar bhartṛsamāgame

72. Thus, that doe-eyed young woman, having heard Trijaṭā's words, became hopeful again concerning reunion with her husband.

72. כך שמעה סִיטָה, הצעירה שעיניה כעיני גור צבי, את דברי טְרִיג׳ַתָה, והתמלאה תקווה לשוב ולהתאחד עם בעלה.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, saying this (thus, so, saying this, in this manner)

• सा (sā) - Sītā (she)

• मृगशावाक्षी (mṛgaśāvākṣī) - Sītā (who has eyes like a fawn's) (doe-eyed, faw-eyed)

• तत् (tat) - Trijaṭā's words (that)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• त्रिजटा (trijaṭā) - Trijaṭā

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech (word, speech)

• बभूव (babhūva) - she became

• आशावती (āśāvatī) - hopeful, full of hope

• बाला (bālā) - (Sītā as) a young woman (young woman, girl)

• पुनर् (punar) - again (again, once more, back)

• भर्तृसमागमे (bhartṛsamāgame) - regarding the reunion with her husband (at/in the reunion with husband)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, saying this (thus, so, saying this, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Particle

सा (sā) - Sītā (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to Sītā.

मृगशावाक्षी (mṛgaśāvākṣī) - Sītā (who has eyes like a fawn's) (doe-eyed, faw-eyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgaśāvākṣī

mṛgaśāvākṣī - having eyes like a young deer (fawn)

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛgaśāva+akṣi)

• mṛgaśāva – fawn, young deer
  noun (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Epithet for Sītā.

तत् (tat) - Trijaṭā's words (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to trijaṭā vacaḥ.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root śru (to hear) with ktvā suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

त्रिजटा (trijaṭā) - Trijaṭā

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of trijaṭā

trijaṭā - Trijaṭā (name of a female demoness in Rāmāyaṇa)

Note: First part of implied compound Trijaṭāvacas. vacaḥ is the nominative/accusative of vacas.

वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech (word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of śrutvā.

बभूव (babhūva) - she became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Perfect tense (Liṭ)

Reduplicated perfect form of root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

आशावती (āśāvatī) - hopeful, full of hope

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśāvat

āśāvat - hopeful, having hope

Possessive suffix mat/vat

Derived from āśā (hope) with suffix vat. Feminine form.

Note: Predicate adjective to babhūva.

बाला (bālā) - (Sītā as) a young woman (young woman, girl)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young woman, girl, child

Feminine form of bāla.

Note: Appositive to sā.

पुनर् (punar) - again (again, once more, back)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

Note: Modifies babhūva.

भर्तृसमागमे (bhartṛsamāgame) - regarding the reunion with her husband (at/in the reunion with husband)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhartṛsamāgama

bhartṛsamāgama - reunion with husband

Tatpurusha compound (bhartṛ + samāgama). samāgama is derived from ā-gam (to come together) with sam.

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhartṛ+samāgama)

• bhartṛ – husband, supporter
  noun (masculine)
• samāgama – meeting, reunion, coming together
  noun (masculine)
  Derived nominal
  From root gam with prefix sam and ā.
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Indicates the occasion or context for hope.

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