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.

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