महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-17

मनःप्रीतिकरं भद्रे यद्ब्रवीषि सुमध्यमे ।
तन्मे प्रीणाति हृदयममृतप्राशनोपमम् ॥१७॥

17. manaḥprītikaraṁ bhadre yadbravīṣi sumadhyame ,
tanme prīṇāti hṛdayamamṛtaprāśanopamam.

17. manaḥprītikaram bhadre yat bravīṣi sumadhyame
tat me prīṇāti hṛdayam amṛtaprāśanopamam

17. O auspicious one, O slender-waisted one, what you say is pleasing to the mind, and it delights my heart as much as drinking nectar.

17. הו אצילה דקת מותניים, הדברים שאת אומרת משמחים את הלב, ולבי נהנה מהם כמו מטעימת צוף אלמוות.

Words meanings summery:

• मनःप्रीतिकरम् (manaḥprītikaram) - pleasing to the mind

• भद्रे (bhadre) - Draupadī (O auspicious one)

• यत् (yat) - what, that which

• ब्रवीषि (bravīṣi) - you say, you speak

• सुमध्यमे (sumadhyame) - Draupadī (O slender-waisted one)

• तत् (tat) - that

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• प्रीणाति (prīṇāti) - delights, pleases

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

• अमृतप्राशनोपमम् (amṛtaprāśanopamam) - like the drinking of nectar

Words meanings and morphology

मनःप्रीतिकरम् (manaḥprītikaram) - pleasing to the mind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manaḥprītikara

manaḥprītikara - pleasing to the mind, gratifying

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (manas+prīti+kara)

• manas – mind, intellect, heart
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• prīti – pleasure, delight, affection
  noun (feminine)
  from root prī (to please)
  Root: prī (class 9)
• kara – making, causing, doer
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: This adjective agrees with 'yat' (what you say).

भद्रे (bhadre) - Draupadī (O auspicious one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - auspicious, excellent, good lady

यत् (yat) - what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Subject of implied 'is'.

ब्रवीषि (bravīṣi) - you say, you speak

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

from root brū (to speak)

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'you' (Draupadī).

सुमध्यमे (sumadhyame) - Draupadī (O slender-waisted one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - slender-waisted, graceful woman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+madhyamā)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
  prefix
• madhyamā – middle, waist
  noun (feminine)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, him, her, it

Note: Subject of prīṇāti.

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्रीणाति (prīṇāti) - delights, pleases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prī

Present active indicative

from root prī (to please)

Root: prī (class 9)

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul

Note: Object of prīṇāti.

अमृतप्राशनोपमम् (amṛtaprāśanopamam) - like the drinking of nectar

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛtaprāśanopama

amṛtaprāśanopama - like the drinking of nectar, similar to drinking nectar

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (amṛta+prāśana+upama)

• amṛta – nectar, immortality
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• prāśana – eating, drinking, tasting
  noun (neuter)
  from root aś (to eat) with pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: aś (class 9)
• upama – like, similar, comparison
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: upa

Note: Agrees with tat (the subject of prīṇāti).

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