महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-65, verse-8

तां समीक्ष्य विशालाक्षीमधिकं मलिनां कृशाम् ।
तर्कयामास भैमीति कारणैरुपपादयन् ॥८॥

8. tāṁ samīkṣya viśālākṣīmadhikaṁ malināṁ kṛśām ,
tarkayāmāsa bhaimīti kāraṇairupapādayan.

8. tām samīkṣya viśālākṣīm adhikam malinām kṛśām
tarkayāmāsa bhaimī iti kāraṇaiḥ upapādayan

8. Observing that wide-eyed (viśālākṣī) woman, who was extremely dirty and thin, he concluded, "This is Bhaimī (Damayantī)," confirming it with various signs.

8. כשהביט בה, ברחבת העיניים, מלוכלכת מאוד ורזה, הסיק מנימוקים שונים שזאת בְּהַימִי.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - Damayantī (her)

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, observing carefully

• विशालाक्षीम् (viśālākṣīm) - wide-eyed (woman) (wide-eyed)

• अधिकम् (adhikam) - very, greatly, exceedingly

• मलिनाम् (malinām) - dirty, soiled, stained

• कृशाम् (kṛśām) - thin, emaciated

• तर्कयामास (tarkayāmāsa) - he considered, he reasoned, he conjectured

• भैमी (bhaimī) - Bhaimi (Damayanti)

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• कारणैः (kāraṇaiḥ) - by reasons, by causes, by signs

• उपपादयन् (upapādayan) - confirming, proving, bringing forward

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - Damayantī (her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to Vaidarbhī

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, observing carefully

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root īkṣ (to see) with sam- prefix, and ya suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

विशालाक्षीम् (viśālākṣīm) - wide-eyed (woman) (wide-eyed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśālākṣī

viśālākṣī - wide-eyed, large-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśāla+akṣi)

• viśāla – large, broad, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with tām

अधिकम् (adhikam) - very, greatly, exceedingly

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb modifying malinām and kṛśām

मलिनाम् (malinām) - dirty, soiled, stained

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of malina

malina - dirty, soiled, dark, impure

Note: Agrees with tām

कृशाम् (kṛśām) - thin, emaciated

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, emaciated, lean, slender

Note: Agrees with tām

तर्कयामास (tarkayāmāsa) - he considered, he reasoned, he conjectured

(verb)

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

Periphrastic Perfect

root tark + ām + āsa (periphrastic perfect auxiliary from as)

Root: tark (class 10)

भैमी (bhaimī) - Bhaimi (Damayanti)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhaimī

bhaimī - Damayantī, daughter of Bhīma

feminine derivative of bhīma

Note: Direct speech component

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates the preceding word is a quote or thought

कारणैः (kāraṇaiḥ) - by reasons, by causes, by signs

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - reason, cause, motive, instrument

उपपादयन् (upapādayan) - confirming, proving, bringing forward

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upapādayat

upapādayat - confirming, proving, establishing, bringing about

Present Active Participle (Parasmaipada)

root pad (to go) with upa- prefix, in causative form (pādaya)

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with (implied) Sudevaḥ

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