महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-74, verse-8

ततः काषायवसना जटिला मलपङ्किनी ।
दमयन्ती महाराज बाहुकं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥८॥

8. tataḥ kāṣāyavasanā jaṭilā malapaṅkinī ,
damayantī mahārāja bāhukaṁ vākyamabravīt.

8. tataḥ kāṣāyavasanā jaṭilā malapaṅkinī
damayantī mahārāja bāhukaṃ vākyam abravīt

8. Then, O great king, Damayantī, clad in saffron robes, with matted hair, and covered in dirt and mud, spoke these words to Bāhuka.

8. אז, הו מלך גדול, דַמַיַנְטִי, לבושה בגדים בצבע אוכרה, שערה סבוך והיא מכוסה בבוץ ובלכלוך, אמרה לבָּאהוּקַה את הדברים הבאים.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to the sequence of events) (then, thereafter, from that)

• काषायवसना (kāṣāyavasanā) - clad in saffron robes (describing Damayantī) (clad in saffron robes)

• जटिला (jaṭilā) - with matted hair (describing Damayantī) (with matted hair, ascetic)

• मलपङ्किनी (malapaṅkinī) - covered in dirt and mud (describing Damayantī) (covered in dirt and mud)

• दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī (proper noun) (Damayantī)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (address by the narrator) (O great king)

• बाहुकं (bāhukaṁ) - to Bāhuka (the charioteer, Nala in disguise) (to Bāhuka)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (that Damayantī spoke) (speech, words, statement)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (Damayantī) (spoke, said)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to the sequence of events) (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

काषायवसना (kāṣāyavasanā) - clad in saffron robes (describing Damayantī) (clad in saffron robes)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāṣāyavasana

kāṣāyavasana - clad in saffron robes, wearing an orange garment

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṣāya+vasana)

• kāṣāya – saffron, reddish-brown, an orange garment
  noun (neuter)
• vasana – garment, clothes, attire
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 2)

Note: Refers to Damayantī

जटिला (jaṭilā) - with matted hair (describing Damayantī) (with matted hair, ascetic)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jaṭila

jaṭila - having matted hair, ascetic

Note: Refers to Damayantī

मलपङ्किनी (malapaṅkinī) - covered in dirt and mud (describing Damayantī) (covered in dirt and mud)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of malapaṅkin

malapaṅkin - covered with dirt and mud, stained with dirt

Note: Refers to Damayantī

दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī (proper noun) (Damayantī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (wife of Nala)

Note: Subject of the sentence

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (address by the narrator) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Address to the listener/reader by the narrator

बाहुकं (bāhukaṁ) - to Bāhuka (the charioteer, Nala in disguise) (to Bāhuka)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhuka

bāhuka - Bāhuka (name of Nala in disguise)

Note: Object of `abravīt`

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (that Damayantī spoke) (speech, words, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of `abravīt`

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (Damayantī) (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Third person singular, imperfect past tense, active voice

Root: brū (class 2)

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