महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-25

कुलशीलोपसंपन्नं चारुसर्वाङ्गशोभनम् ।
नाद्य त्वामनुपश्यामि गिरावस्मिन्नरोत्तम ।
वने चास्मिन्महाघोरे सिंहव्याघ्रनिषेविते ॥२५॥

25. kulaśīlopasaṁpannaṁ cārusarvāṅgaśobhanam ,
nādya tvāmanupaśyāmi girāvasminnarottama ,
vane cāsminmahāghore siṁhavyāghraniṣevite.

25. kulaśīlopasampannam cārusarvāṅgaśobhanam
na adya tvām anupaśyāmi
girau asmin narottama vane ca
asmin mahāghore siṃhavyāghraniṣevite

25. O best of men, you who are endowed with noble birth and excellent character, and whose entire body is beautifully adorned – I do not see you today on this mountain or in this exceedingly dreadful forest frequented by lions and tigers.

25. (אתה) בעל מוצא טוב ואופי אציל, יפה ומהודר בכל איבריך. היום אני לא רואה אותך על ההר הזה, הו מעולה בין גברים, וביער הנורא הזה שבו שוכנים אריות ונמרים,

Words meanings summery:

• कुलशीलोपसम्पन्नम् (kulaśīlopasampannam) - Nala, who possesses noble birth and character (endowed with noble birth and character, possessing good lineage and conduct)

• चारुसर्वाङ्गशोभनम् (cārusarvāṅgaśobhanam) - Nala, whose entire body is splendidly beautiful (beautifully adorned in all limbs, splendid in every part of the body)

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Nala) (you)

• अनुपश्यामि (anupaśyāmi) - I see (I see, I perceive)

• गिरौ (girau) - on this mountain (on the mountain)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - on this (mountain) (in this, on this)

• नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best of men (referring to Nala) (O best of men, O foremost man)

• वने (vane) - in this forest (in the forest)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (forest) (in this)

• महाघोरे (mahāghore) - in this exceedingly dreadful (forest) (in the very dreadful, in the exceedingly terrible)

• सिंहव्याघ्रनिषेविते (siṁhavyāghraniṣevite) - in this (forest) frequented by lions and tigers (frequented by lions and tigers)

Words meanings and morphology

कुलशीलोपसम्पन्नम् (kulaśīlopasampannam) - Nala, who possesses noble birth and character (endowed with noble birth and character, possessing good lineage and conduct)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kulaśīlopasampanna

kulaśīlopasampanna - endowed with good family and character

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kulaśīla+upasampanna)

• kulaśīla – lineage and character, noble birth and conduct
  noun (neuter)
• upasampanna – endowed, furnished, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pad with upa and sam prefixes.
  Prefixes: upa+sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

चारुसर्वाङ्गशोभनम् (cārusarvāṅgaśobhanam) - Nala, whose entire body is splendidly beautiful (beautifully adorned in all limbs, splendid in every part of the body)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cārusarvāṅgaśobhana

cārusarvāṅgaśobhana - beautifully adorned in all limbs

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (cāru+sarvāṅga+śobhana)

• cāru – beautiful, lovely, charming
  adjective
  Root: car (class 1)
• sarvāṅga – all limbs, entire body
  noun (neuter)
• śobhana – shining, splendid, beautiful, auspicious
  adjective
  From root śubh.
  Root: śubh (class 1)

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Nala) (you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to Nala.

अनुपश्यामि (anupaśyāmi) - I see (I see, I perceive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anupaśya

anu prefix, present tense stem paśya of root dṛś.

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

गिरौ (girau) - on this mountain (on the mountain)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

अस्मिन् (asmin) - on this (mountain) (in this, on this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with girau.

नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best of men (referring to Nala) (O best of men, O foremost man)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narottama

narottama - best of men, foremost man

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• uttama – best, highest, foremost
  adjective
  Superlative of ud.

वने (vane) - in this forest (in the forest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (forest) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with vane.

महाघोरे (mahāghore) - in this exceedingly dreadful (forest) (in the very dreadful, in the exceedingly terrible)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very dreadful, exceedingly terrible, highly formidable

Compound type : Karmadharaya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Feminine form of mahat, here used as a prefix.
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, formidable, fierce
  adjective
  Root: ghṛ

Note: Agrees with vane.

सिंहव्याघ्रनिषेविते (siṁhavyāghraniṣevite) - in this (forest) frequented by lions and tigers (frequented by lions and tigers)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of siṃhavyāghraniṣevita

siṁhavyāghraniṣevita - frequented by lions and tigers, resorted to by lions and tigers

Compound type : Tatpurusha (siṃhavyāghra+niṣevita)

• siṃhavyāghra – lions and tigers
  noun (masculine)
• niṣevita – frequented, resorted to, inhabited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sev with ni prefix.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vane.

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