महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-265, verse-13

गन्धर्वाप्सरसो भद्रे मामापानगतं सदा ।
उपतिष्ठन्ति वामोरु यथैव भ्रातरं मम ॥१३॥

13. gandharvāpsaraso bhadre māmāpānagataṁ sadā ,
upatiṣṭhanti vāmoru yathaiva bhrātaraṁ mama.

13. gandharvāpsarasaḥ bhadre mām āpānagatam sadā
upatiṣṭhanti vāmorū yatha eva bhrātaram mama

13. O auspicious one, O beautiful-thighed one, Gandharvas and Apsaras always attend to me when I am at a drinking assembly, just as they attend to my brother.

13. הו נעימה, הגַנְדְהַרְוַה והאַפְּסַרוֹת משרתים אותי תמיד כשאני במשתה היין, הו יפת ירכיים, בדיוק כפי שהם משרתים את אחי.

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धर्वाप्सरसः (gandharvāpsarasaḥ) - Gandharvas and Apsaras (celestial musicians and dancers)

• भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one, O graceful one

• माम् (mām) - me

• आपानगतम् (āpānagatam) - one who has gone to a drinking party, present at a drinking assembly

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• उपतिष्ठन्ति (upatiṣṭhanti) - they attend, they serve, they stand near

• वामोरू (vāmorū) - O beautiful-thighed one, O one with lovely thighs

• यथ (yatha) - as, just as

• एव (eva) - indeed, even, only

• भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धर्वाप्सरसः (gandharvāpsarasaḥ) - Gandharvas and Apsaras (celestial musicians and dancers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gandharvāpsaras

gandharvāpsaras - Gandharvas and Apsaras (celestial musicians and dancers)

Dvanda compound of Gandharva and Apsaras

Compound type : dvandva (gandharva+apsaras)

• gandharva – celestial musician, Gandharva
  noun (masculine)
• apsaras – celestial dancer, Apsaras
  noun (feminine)

भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one, O graceful one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - auspicious, blessed, good, graceful, prosperous

Root: bhad

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

First person pronoun

आपानगतम् (āpānagatam) - one who has gone to a drinking party, present at a drinking assembly

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpānagata

āpānagata - gone to a drinking party, present at a drinking assembly

Tatpurusha compound of āpāna (drinking party) and gata (gone)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āpāna+gata)

• āpāna – drinking, drinking party, assembly for drinking
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pā (class 1)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mām'

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

उपतिष्ठन्ति (upatiṣṭhanti) - they attend, they serve, they stand near

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of upa-sthā

Present Active Indicative

From root sthā (to stand), with upasarga upa. The root sthā changes to tiṣṭh in the present tense.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

वामोरू (vāmorū) - O beautiful-thighed one, O one with lovely thighs

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vāmorū

vāmorū - having beautiful thighs, O beautiful-thighed one (vocative)

Bahuvrihi compound of vāma (beautiful, lovely) and ūru (thigh)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāma+ūru)

• vāma – beautiful, lovely, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)
• ūru – thigh
  noun (masculine)

यथ (yatha) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

Note: Shortened from yathā before 'eva' due to sandhi.

एव (eva) - indeed, even, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

r-stem noun

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

First person pronoun

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