महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-50, verse-26

दमयन्ति नलो नाम निषधेषु महीपतिः ।
अश्विनोः सदृशो रूपे न समास्तस्य मानुषाः ॥२६॥

26. damayanti nalo nāma niṣadheṣu mahīpatiḥ ,
aśvinoḥ sadṛśo rūpe na samāstasya mānuṣāḥ.

26. damayanti nalaḥ nāma niṣadheṣu mahīpatiḥ
aśvinoḥ sadṛśaḥ rūpe na samāḥ tasya mānuṣāḥ

26. O Damayanti, there is a king named Nala who rules the Niṣadhas, and he is comparable to the two Aśvins in beauty. No mortals are equal to him.

26. הו דַמַיַנְטִי, נַלַה הוא מלך בני נִישַׁדְהַא, ביופיו הוא דומה לתאומים האלוהיים אַשְׁוִין, ואין בין בני האדם מי שישתווה לו.

Words meanings summery:

• दमयन्ति (damayanti) - O Damayanti

• नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala (proper noun)

• नाम (nāma) - named (by name, named, indeed)

• निषधेषु (niṣadheṣu) - in/among the Niṣadhas (a country or people)

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

• अश्विनोः (aśvinoḥ) - of the two Aśvins

• सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - similar, like, resembling

• रूपे (rūpe) - in form, in beauty, in appearance

• न (na) - not, no

• समाः (samāḥ) - equal, similar

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• मानुषाः (mānuṣāḥ) - humans, mortals

Words meanings and morphology

दमयन्ति (damayanti) - O Damayanti

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayanti (name of a princess, heroine of Nala's story)

नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king, husband of Damayanti)

नाम (nāma) - named (by name, named, indeed)

(indeclinable)

निषधेषु (niṣadheṣu) - in/among the Niṣadhas (a country or people)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of niṣadha

niṣadha - Niṣadha (name of a country, people, or mountain range)

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth, sovereign

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

अश्विनोः (aśvinoḥ) - of the two Aśvins

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of aśvin

aśvin - Aśvins (twin Vedic deities, physicians of the gods)

सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - similar, like, resembling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, like, resembling, equal

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रूपे (rūpe) - in form, in beauty, in appearance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, beauty

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

समाः (samāḥ) - equal, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sama

sama - equal, same, like, even

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

मानुषाः (mānuṣāḥ) - humans, mortals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, relating to mankind

Root: manu

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