महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-265, verse-6

स तस्यास्तनुमध्यायाः समीपे रजनीचरः ।
ददृशे रोहिणीमेत्य शनैश्चर इव ग्रहः ॥६॥

6. sa tasyāstanumadhyāyāḥ samīpe rajanīcaraḥ ,
dadṛśe rohiṇīmetya śanaiścara iva grahaḥ.

6. saḥ tasyāḥ tanumadhyāyāḥ samīpe rajanīcaraḥ
dadṛśe rohiṇīm etya śanaiścaraḥ iva grahaḥ

6. That night-wanderer (rajanīcara) was seen near the slender-waisted one, like the planet Saturn (Śanaiścara) approaching the star Rohiṇī.

6. הדמון שמשוטט בלילות נראה ליד האישה דקת המותן, כשבא אליה כמו כוכב הלכת שַׁנֵישְׁצ׳ַרַה (שבתאי) המתקרב אל רוֹהִינִי.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, her

• तनुमध्यायाः (tanumadhyāyāḥ) - of the slender-waisted one

• समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity

• रजनीचरः (rajanīcaraḥ) - the demon Rāvaṇa (night-wanderer, demon, rakṣasa)

• ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen

• रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm) - Rohiṇī (a star)

• एत्य (etya) - having approached, having gone to

• शनैश्चरः (śanaiścaraḥ) - Saturn (the planet)

• इव (iva) - like, as

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - planet, seizer

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तनुमध्यायाः (tanumadhyāyāḥ) - of the slender-waisted one

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tanumadhyā

tanumadhyā - slender-waisted (woman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanu+madhya)

• tanu – body, slender, delicate
  noun (feminine)
• madhya – middle, waist
  noun (neuter)

समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'near'.

रजनीचरः (rajanīcaraḥ) - the demon Rāvaṇa (night-wanderer, demon, rakṣasa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rajanīcara

rajanīcara - night-wanderer, demon, rakṣasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajanī+cara)

• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering, one who moves
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from the root 'car' (to move, to wander).
  Root: car (class 1)

ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm) - Rohiṇī (a star)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rohiṇī

rohiṇī - Rohiṇī (name of a star, the fourth lunar mansion; name of a wife of the moon-god; a red cow)

एत्य (etya) - having approached, having gone to

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from the root 'i' (to go) with the prefix 'ā-' and the suffix 'lyaP' (used for absolutives with prefixes).

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

शनैश्चरः (śanaiścaraḥ) - Saturn (the planet)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śanaiścara

śanaiścara - Saturn (lit. 'slow-moving')

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śanaiḥ+cara)

• śanaiḥ – slowly, gradually
  indeclinable
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from the root 'car' (to move, to wander).
  Root: car (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - planet, seizer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - planet, seizer, grasping, demon

Root: grah (class 9)

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