महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-75, verse-20

ततः स्वोरसि विन्यस्य वक्त्रं तस्य शुभानना ।
परीता तेन दुःखेन निशश्वासायतेक्षणा ॥२०॥

20. tataḥ svorasi vinyasya vaktraṁ tasya śubhānanā ,
parītā tena duḥkhena niśaśvāsāyatekṣaṇā.

20. tataḥ sva urasi vinyasya vaktram tasya śubhānanā
parītā tena duḥkhena niśaśvāsāyatekṣaṇā

20. Then, the beautiful-faced woman, overcome by that sorrow, placed his face upon her own chest, and with her long eyes expressing deep sighs.

20. אז היא, יפת הפנים ורחבת העיניים, הניחה את פניו על חזהּ, והתמלאה בצער הזה ונאנחה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

• स्व (sva) - own, one's own

• उरसि (urasi) - on the chest, in the bosom

• विन्यस्य (vinyasya) - having placed, having put down

• वक्त्रम् (vaktram) - face, mouth

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• शुभानना (śubhānanā) - Damayantī, who has a beautiful face (she of beautiful face, beautiful-faced woman)

• परीता (parītā) - overcome, enveloped, surrounded

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow, with pain

• निशश्वासायतेक्षणा (niśaśvāsāyatekṣaṇā) - Damayantī, whose long eyes express deep sighs of sorrow (she whose long eyes express deep sighs)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

स्व (sva) - own, one's own

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: Agreeing with urasi

उरसि (urasi) - on the chest, in the bosom

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of uras

uras - chest, breast, bosom

विन्यस्य (vinyasya) - having placed, having put down

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root nyas with prefix vi- + -ya suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: nyas (class 1)

वक्त्रम् (vaktram) - face, mouth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaktra

vaktra - face, mouth

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शुभानना (śubhānanā) - Damayantī, who has a beautiful face (she of beautiful face, beautiful-faced woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śubhānanā

śubhānanā - beautiful-faced

Bahuvrihi compound, feminine form

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śubha+ānana)

• śubha – beautiful, auspicious
  adjective (neuter)
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

परीता (parītā) - overcome, enveloped, surrounded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parīta

parīta - overcome, enveloped, surrounded

Past Passive Participle

pari-√i + kta suffix

Prefix: pari

Root: i (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agreeing with duḥkha

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow, with pain

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, misery

निशश्वासायतेक्षणा (niśaśvāsāyatekṣaṇā) - Damayantī, whose long eyes express deep sighs of sorrow (she whose long eyes express deep sighs)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niśaśvāsāyatekṣaṇā

niśaśvāsāyatekṣaṇā - she whose long eyes express deep sighs

Bahuvrihi compound, feminine form

Compound type : bahuvrihi (niśaśvāsa+āyatīkṣaṇā)

• niśaśvāsa – a deep sigh
  noun (masculine)
  from ni-√śvas (to breathe out, sigh)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• āyatīkṣaṇā – long-eyed woman
  adjective (feminine)
  Bahuvrihi compound āyata + īkṣaṇa, feminine form

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