महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-62, verse-26

सैरन्ध्रीं जातिसंपन्नां भुजिष्यां कामवासिनीम् ।
फलमूलाशनामेकां यत्रसायंप्रतिश्रयाम् ॥२६॥

26. sairandhrīṁ jātisaṁpannāṁ bhujiṣyāṁ kāmavāsinīm ,
phalamūlāśanāmekāṁ yatrasāyaṁpratiśrayām.

26. sairandhrīm jātisampannām bhujiṣyām kāmavāsinīm
| phalamūlāśanām ekām yatrasāyaṃpratiśrayām

26. Know me as a noble-born female attendant, a free servant (bhujiṣyā) who resides where she wishes, subsisting solely on fruits and roots, alone, and seeking shelter wherever night falls.

26. (אני) משרתת מבית טוב, שירותי חופשי, חיה כרצוני, ניזונה מפירות ושורשים, יחידה, ושוכנת במקום שבו הערב מוצא אותי.

Words meanings summery:

• सैरन्ध्रीम् (sairandhrīm) - a female attendant, a hairdresser

• जातिसम्पन्नाम् (jātisampannām) - endowed with good birth, high-born

• भुजिष्याम् (bhujiṣyām) - a free female servant, a free woman

• कामवासिनीम् (kāmavāsinīm) - one who resides as she desires, one whose residence is by her will

• फलमूलाशनाम् (phalamūlāśanām) - one who eats fruits and roots, subsisting on fruits and roots

• एकाम् (ekām) - alone, single

• यत्रसायंप्रतिश्रयाम् (yatrasāyaṁpratiśrayām) - one whose shelter is wherever evening comes, one who takes refuge wherever evening falls

Words meanings and morphology

सैरन्ध्रीम् (sairandhrīm) - a female attendant, a hairdresser

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sairandhrī

sairandhrī - a female attendant (often of noble birth, but in service), a hairdresser, a queen's maid

जातिसम्पन्नाम् (jātisampannām) - endowed with good birth, high-born

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jātisampannā

jātisampannā - endowed with good birth, high-born, of noble lineage

Compound: jāti (birth, lineage) + sampanna (endowed with)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jāti+sampanna)

• jāti – birth, lineage, caste, species
  noun (feminine)
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• sampanna – endowed with, furnished with, accomplished, prosperous
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pad (to go) with upasarga sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

भुजिष्याम् (bhujiṣyām) - a free female servant, a free woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhujiṣyā

bhujiṣyā - a free female servant, a free woman (who may render service but is not bound)

कामवासिनीम् (kāmavāsinīm) - one who resides as she desires, one whose residence is by her will

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāmavāsinī

kāmavāsinī - one who dwells as she pleases, free to reside where one wishes

Compound: kāma (desire, will) + vāsinī (resident, dwelling - feminine of vāsin)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāma+vāsinī)

• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)
  From root kam (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• vāsinī – female resident, dwelling (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun (feminine)
  Feminine of vāsin, from root vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

फलमूलाशनाम् (phalamūlāśanām) - one who eats fruits and roots, subsisting on fruits and roots

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of phalamūlāśanā

phalamūlāśanā - one who eats fruits and roots, subsisting on fruits and roots

Compound: phala (fruit) + mūla (root) + aśanā (eating, female eater)

Compound type : tatpurusha (phala+mūla+aśanā)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin, base
  noun (neuter)
• aśanā – eating, food, female eater
  noun (feminine)
  From root aś (to eat) + ana (suffix for agent/action)
  Root: aś (class 9)

एकाम् (ekām) - alone, single

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ekā

ekā - one, alone, single

यत्रसायंप्रतिश्रयाम् (yatrasāyaṁpratiśrayām) - one whose shelter is wherever evening comes, one who takes refuge wherever evening falls

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yatrasāyaṃpratiśrayā

yatrasāyaṁpratiśrayā - one whose shelter is wherever evening comes, one who takes refuge wherever evening falls

Compound: yatra (wherever) + sāyam (evening) + pratiśrayā (shelter, refuge)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yatra+sāyam+pratiśrayā)

• yatra – where, wherever
  indeclinable
• sāyam – evening, at evening
  indeclinable
• pratiśrayā – shelter, refuge, dwelling
  noun (feminine)
  From prati (towards, against) + śrī (to resort, lean on)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: śrī (class 1)

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