महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-105

कन्दरांश्च नितम्बांश्च नदांश्चाद्भुतदर्शनान् ।
ददर्श सा भीमसुता पतिमन्वेषती तदा ॥१०५॥

105. kandarāṁśca nitambāṁśca nadāṁścādbhutadarśanān ,
dadarśa sā bhīmasutā patimanveṣatī tadā.

105. kandarān ca nitambān ca nadān ca adbhutadarśanān
dadarśa sā bhīmasutā patim anveṣatī tadā

105. Then, Bhīma's daughter, Damayantī, searching for her husband, saw caves, mountain slopes, and rivers, all of wondrous appearance.

Words meanings summery:

• कन्दरान् (kandarān) - caves

• च (ca) - and

• नितम्बान् (nitambān) - mountain slopes, hips

• च (ca) - and

• नदान् (nadān) - rivers

• च (ca) - and

• अद्भुतदर्शनान् (adbhutadarśanān) - wondrous in appearance (referring to caves, slopes, and rivers) (of wondrous sight, beautiful to behold)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw

• सा (sā) - she

• भीमसुता (bhīmasutā) - Damayantī (daughter of Bhīma)

• पतिम् (patim) - husband, lord

• अन्वेषती (anveṣatī) - searching, seeking

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

कन्दरान् (kandarān) - caves

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kandarā

kandarā - a cave, a grotto, a cavern

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नितम्बान् (nitambān) - mountain slopes, hips

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nitamba

nitamba - the hips, buttocks; the side or slope of a mountain

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नदान् (nadān) - rivers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nada

nada - a river (especially a large one, usually masculine or neuter); a cloud

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अद्भुतदर्शनान् (adbhutadarśanān) - wondrous in appearance (referring to caves, slopes, and rivers) (of wondrous sight, beautiful to behold)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of adbhutadarśana

adbhutadarśana - of wonderful appearance, wondrous to behold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adbhuta+darśana)

• adbhuta – wonderful, astonishing, prodigious; a wonder, a prodigy
  adjective (neuter)
• darśana – seeing, looking; sight, vision; appearance; doctrine, philosophy
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kandarān', 'nitambān', and 'nadān'.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect Tense

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular active

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

भीमसुता (bhīmasutā) - Damayantī (daughter of Bhīma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhīmasutā

bhīmasutā - daughter of Bhīma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhīma+sutā)

• bhīma – terrible, formidable; Bhīma (name of a king, Damayantī's father)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sū (class 2)

पतिम् (patim) - husband, lord

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - master, lord, owner, husband

अन्वेषती (anveṣatī) - searching, seeking

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anveṣat

anveṣat - seeking, searching for, investigating

Present Active Participle

Present active participle, feminine nominative singular, from root iṣ (to seek) with upasarga anu

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'bhīmasutā' and 'sā'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)