महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-12

भगिन्या दुहिता मेऽसि पिप्लुनानेन सूचिता ।
अहं च तव माता च राजन्यस्य महात्मनः ।
सुते दशार्णाधिपतेः सुदाम्नश्चारुदर्शने ॥१२॥

12. bhaginyā duhitā me'si piplunānena sūcitā ,
ahaṁ ca tava mātā ca rājanyasya mahātmanaḥ ,
sute daśārṇādhipateḥ sudāmnaścārudarśane.

12. bhaginyāḥ duhitā me asi piplunā
anena sūcitā | aham ca tava mātā ca
rājanyasya mahātmanaḥ | sute
daśārṇādhipateḥ sudāmnaḥ cāradarśane

12. O fair-visaged daughter, you are my sister's daughter, identified by this bodily mark (piplu). I am your mother, and you are the daughter of the great-souled (mahātman) king (rājanya), Sudāman, the lord of Daśārṇa.

12. את בת אחותי, השומה הזאת העידה על כך. הו יפת מראה, אני ואמך הרי בנות של סוּדָאמַן, שליט דַשַׁארְנַה, מלך לוחם בעל נפש גדולה.

Words meanings summery:

• भगिन्याः (bhaginyāḥ) - of my sister (of a sister)

• दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

• मे (me) - my (sister) (my, to me)

• असि (asi) - you are

• पिप्लुना (piplunā) - by this bodily mark (piplu) (by a spot, by a mole, by a mark)

• अनेन (anena) - by this (mark) (by this (masculine/neuter instrumental))

• सूचिता (sūcitā) - identified, revealed (indicated, revealed, shown)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• राजन्यस्य (rājanyasya) - of the king (of the king, of the kṣatriya)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled (mahātman) (of the great-souled, of the noble)

• सुते (sute) - O daughter

• दशार्णाधिपतेः (daśārṇādhipateḥ) - of the lord of Daśārṇa

• सुदाम्नः (sudāmnaḥ) - of Sudāman

• चारदर्शने (cāradarśane) - O fair-visaged one (O beautiful-visaged one, O charming to behold)

Words meanings and morphology

भगिन्याः (bhaginyāḥ) - of my sister (of a sister)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhaginī

bhaginī - sister

Note: Possessive, qualifying 'duhitā'.

दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

Note: Predicate nominative for the implied 'you'.

मे (me) - my (sister) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Possessive, referring to the speaker (queen mother).

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पिप्लुना (piplunā) - by this bodily mark (piplu) (by a spot, by a mole, by a mark)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of piplu

piplu - a spot, mole, mark on the body

Note: Instrument of 'sūcitā'.

अनेन (anena) - by this (mark) (by this (masculine/neuter instrumental))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agreeing with 'piplunā'.

सूचिता (sūcitā) - identified, revealed (indicated, revealed, shown)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūcita

sūcita - indicated, revealed, shown

past passive participle

Root sūc- 'to indicate, point out'.

Root: sūc (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective describing Damayantī (implied 'you').

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'am'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, referring to Damayantī.

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Predicate nominative for 'I'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

राजन्यस्य (rājanyasya) - of the king (of the king, of the kṣatriya)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājanya

rājanya - king, of royal family, kṣatriya

Note: Possessive, qualifying Sudāman.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled (mahātman) (of the great-souled, of the noble)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'rājanyasya' and 'sudāmnaḥ'.

सुते (sute) - O daughter

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

Derived from root sū- 'to beget, produce'.

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Direct address to Damayantī.

दशार्णाधिपतेः (daśārṇādhipateḥ) - of the lord of Daśārṇa

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of daśārṇādhipati

daśārṇādhipati - lord/ruler of Daśārṇa (a country)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśārṇa+adhipati)

• daśārṇa – Daśārṇa (name of a country/region)
  proper noun (masculine)
• adhipati – lord, ruler, master
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive, qualifying Sudāman.

सुदाम्नः (sudāmnaḥ) - of Sudāman

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sudāman

sudāman - Sudāman (a proper name)

Note: Possessive, indicating Damayantī's father.

चारदर्शने (cāradarśane) - O fair-visaged one (O beautiful-visaged one, O charming to behold)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of cāradarśanā

cāradarśanā - beautiful to behold, fair-visaged

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cāru+darśana)

• cāru – beautiful, charming, lovely
  adjective
• darśana – seeing, appearance, sight
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dṛś- 'to see'.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying Damayantī, in vocative case.

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