महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-10

स मलेनापकृष्टेन पिप्लुस्तस्या व्यरोचत ।
दमयन्त्यास्तदा व्यभ्रे नभसीव निशाकरः ॥१०॥

10. sa malenāpakṛṣṭena piplustasyā vyarocata ,
damayantyāstadā vyabhre nabhasīva niśākaraḥ.

10. sa malena apakṛṣṭena pipluḥ tasyāḥ vyarocata |
damayantyāḥ tadā vyabhre nabhasī iva niśākaraḥ

10. With the dirt (mala) removed, that bodily mark (piplu) of hers shone brightly for Damayantī, just as the moon (niśākara) shines in a cloudless sky.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - that (mark) (he, that)

• मलेन (malena) - by the dirt (by dirt, with dirt, by impurity)

• अपकृष्टेन (apakṛṣṭena) - removed, cleansed away (removed, drawn off, degraded)

• पिप्लुः (pipluḥ) - the bodily mark (piplu) (a spot, mole, mark)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her (Damayantī) (of her, her)

• व्यरोचत (vyarocata) - shone brightly, appeared beautiful (shone, appeared, was brilliant)

• दमयन्त्याः (damayantyāḥ) - of Damayantī

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• व्यभ्रे (vyabhre) - in a cloudless (sky) (in a cloudless (sky), clear)

• नभसी (nabhasī) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

• निशाकरः (niśākaraḥ) - the moon (the moon (lit. 'night-maker'))

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - that (mark) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it, she

Note: Qualifies 'pipluḥ'.

मलेन (malena) - by the dirt (by dirt, with dirt, by impurity)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, stain, blemish

Note: Instrument of 'apakṛṣṭena'.

अपकृष्टेन (apakṛṣṭena) - removed, cleansed away (removed, drawn off, degraded)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of apakṛṣṭa

apakṛṣṭa - removed, drawn off, degraded

past passive participle

Prefix apa- + root kṛṣ- 'to pull, draw'.

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

पिप्लुः (pipluḥ) - the bodily mark (piplu) (a spot, mole, mark)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of piplu

piplu - a spot, mole, mark on the body

Note: Subject of 'vyarocata'.

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her (Damayantī) (of her, her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Possessive, referring to Damayantī.

व्यरोचत (vyarocata) - shone brightly, appeared beautiful (shone, appeared, was brilliant)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of ruc

Prefix vi- + root ruc-.

Prefix: vi

Root: ruc (class 1)

दमयन्त्याः (damayantyāḥ) - of Damayantī

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (a proper name, heroine of the Nala-Damayantī epic)

Note: Specifies whose 'pipluḥ' is shining, clarifying 'tasyāḥ'.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

व्यभ्रे (vyabhre) - in a cloudless (sky) (in a cloudless (sky), clear)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyabhra

vyabhra - cloudless, clear (sky)

Prefix vi- + abhra 'cloud'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+abhra)

• vi – apart, without, away
  indeclinable
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'nabhasī'.

नभसी (nabhasī) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud

Note: Location for the moon's shining.

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

निशाकरः (niśākaraḥ) - the moon (the moon (lit. 'night-maker'))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niśākara

niśākara - moon (lit. 'night-maker')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+kara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• kara – maker, doing, causing
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ- 'to do, make'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the implied verb of shining in the comparison.