महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-20

सहसाभ्यागतां भैमीमभ्याशपरिवर्तिनीम् ।
जग्राहाजगरो ग्राहो महाकायः क्षुधान्वितः ॥२०॥

20. sahasābhyāgatāṁ bhaimīmabhyāśaparivartinīm ,
jagrāhājagaro grāho mahākāyaḥ kṣudhānvitaḥ.

20. sahasā abhyāgatām bhaimīm abhyāśaparivartinīm
jagrāha ajagaraḥ grāhaḥ mahākāyaḥ kṣudhānvitah

20. Suddenly, a huge-bodied, hunger-stricken python (ajagara), a seizing creature (grāha), seized Damayantī (bhaimī), who had recently approached and was moving about nearby.

20. וכשהיא נעה פתאום בקרבת המקום, תפס אותה בְּהַימִי פיתון ענק, גדול גוף ורעב.

Words meanings summery:

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcibly, quickly

• अभ्यागताम् (abhyāgatām) - who had approached, arrived, come

• भैमीम् (bhaimīm) - Damayantī

• अभ्याशपरिवर्तिनीम् (abhyāśaparivartinīm) - moving about close by, dwelling nearby

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized, caught, grasped

• अजगरः (ajagaraḥ) - a python, boa constrictor

• ग्राहः (grāhaḥ) - an epithet or descriptor for the python, indicating its predatory nature. (seizing creature, crocodile, shark, an attacker)

• महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

• क्षुधान्वितह् (kṣudhānvitah) - hunger-stricken, hungry

Words meanings and morphology

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcibly, quickly

(indeclinable)

Instrumental singular of sahas (force, power) used adverbially

अभ्यागताम् (abhyāgatām) - who had approached, arrived, come

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - approached, arrived, come

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with upasargas abhi- and ā-

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhaimīm'.

भैमीम् (bhaimīm) - Damayantī

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhaimī

bhaimī - Damayantī (daughter of Bhīma)

Feminine derivative of Bhīma

Note: Object of the verb 'jagrāha'.

अभ्याशपरिवर्तिनीम् (abhyāśaparivartinīm) - moving about close by, dwelling nearby

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhyāśaparivartinī

abhyāśaparivartinī - moving about close by, dwelling nearby

Present Active Participle

From abhyāśaparivartin (moving around close by) with feminine ending

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhyāśa+parivartin)

• abhyāśa – proximity, vicinity, near
  noun (masculine)
• parivartin – turning around, moving about, dwelling
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Participle
  From root vṛt (to turn) with upasarga pari- and -in suffix
  Prefix: pari
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhaimīm'.

जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized, caught, grasped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

अजगरः (ajagaraḥ) - a python, boa constrictor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajagara

ajagara - a python, boa constrictor

Note: Subject of 'jagrāha'.

ग्राहः (grāhaḥ) - an epithet or descriptor for the python, indicating its predatory nature. (seizing creature, crocodile, shark, an attacker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grāha

grāha - seizing, grasping; a crocodile, shark, planetary seizure (eclipse)

From root grah (to seize)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Appositive to 'ajagaraḥ'.

महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a huge body, gigantic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+kāya)

• mahat – great, large, huge
  adjective (masculine)
• kāya – body, collection
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'ajagaraḥ'.

क्षुधान्वितह् (kṣudhānvitah) - hunger-stricken, hungry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudhānvita

kṣudhānvita - accompanied by hunger, hunger-stricken, hungry

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣudhā+anvita)

• kṣudhā – hunger
  noun (feminine)
• anvita – accompanied by, connected with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root i (to go) with upasargas anu- and ā-
  Prefixes: anu+ā
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'ajagaraḥ'.

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