महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-54

कदा नु स्निग्धगम्भीरां जीमूतस्वनसंनिभाम् ।
श्रोष्यामि नैषधस्याहं वाचं ताममृतोपमाम् ॥५४॥

54. kadā nu snigdhagambhīrāṁ jīmūtasvanasaṁnibhām ,
śroṣyāmi naiṣadhasyāhaṁ vācaṁ tāmamṛtopamām.

54. kadā nu snigdhagambhīrām jīmūtasvanasaṃnibhām
śroṣyāmi naiṣadhasya aham vācam tām amṛtopamām

54. When, oh when, will I hear that soft and deep voice, resembling the thunder of a cloud and like nectar, the voice of Nala, the king of Niṣadha?

54. מתי אשמע אני את קולו של מלך נִישַׁדְהַא, קול רך ועמוק, הדומה לרעם בענן, וערב כצוף האלמוות,

Words meanings summery:

• कदा (kadā) - when

• नु (nu) - indeed, oh when (indeed, now, an emphatic particle, expressing question or entreaty)

• स्निग्धगम्भीराम् (snigdhagambhīrām) - soft and deep (voice) (soft and deep, smooth and profound)

• जीमूतस्वनसंनिभाम् (jīmūtasvanasaṁnibhām) - resembling the sound of a cloud (voice) (resembling the sound of a cloud/thunder)

• श्रोष्यामि (śroṣyāmi) - I will hear

• नैषधस्य (naiṣadhasya) - of Nala, the king of Niṣadha (of Nala, of the king of Niṣadha)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वाचम् (vācam) - voice (voice, word, speech)

• ताम् (tām) - that (that, her)

• अमृतोपमाम् (amṛtopamām) - nectar-like (voice) (nectar-like, resembling nectar)

Words meanings and morphology

कदा (kadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

नु (nu) - indeed, oh when (indeed, now, an emphatic particle, expressing question or entreaty)

(indeclinable)

स्निग्धगम्भीराम् (snigdhagambhīrām) - soft and deep (voice) (soft and deep, smooth and profound)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of snigdhagambhīra

snigdhagambhīra - soft and deep, smooth and profound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (snigdha+gambhīra)

• snigdha – smooth, soft, glossy
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from snih (to be sticky, love)
  Root: snih (class 4)
• gambhīra – deep, profound, serious
  adjective

Note: Compound adjective, describing 'vācam'.

जीमूतस्वनसंनिभाम् (jīmūtasvanasaṁnibhām) - resembling the sound of a cloud (voice) (resembling the sound of a cloud/thunder)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīmūtasvanasaṃnibha

jīmūtasvanasaṁnibha - resembling the sound of a cloud/thunder

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīmūta+svana+saṃnibha)

• jīmūta – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective

Note: Compound adjective, describing 'vācam'. 'jīmūtasvana' is a tatpuruṣa compound itself, meaning 'sound of a cloud'.

श्रोष्यामि (śroṣyāmi) - I will hear

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

नैषधस्य (naiṣadhasya) - of Nala, the king of Niṣadha (of Nala, of the king of Niṣadha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of naiṣadha

naiṣadha - king of Niṣadha, Nala

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

वाचम् (vācam) - voice (voice, word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - voice, word, speech

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śroṣyāmi'.

ताम् (tām) - that (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers to 'vācam'.

अमृतोपमाम् (amṛtopamām) - nectar-like (voice) (nectar-like, resembling nectar)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of amṛtopama

amṛtopama - nectar-like, resembling nectar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amṛta+upama)

• amṛta – nectar, immortality
  noun (neuter)
• upama – resembling, likeness
  adjective

Note: Compound adjective, describing 'vācam'.

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