महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-94, verse-24

सा स्म दासीशतवृता मध्ये कन्याशतस्य च ।
आस्ते तेजस्विनी कन्या रोहिणीव दिवि प्रभो ॥२४॥

24. sā sma dāsīśatavṛtā madhye kanyāśatasya ca ,
āste tejasvinī kanyā rohiṇīva divi prabho.

24. sā sma dāśīśatavṛtā madhye kanyāśatasya ca
āste tejasvinī kanyā rohiṇī iva divi prabho

24. O lord, she (the radiant maiden), surrounded by a hundred maidservants and amidst a hundred other maidens, used to dwell like Rohini in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• स्म (sma) - Used here with 'āste' (present tense) to indicate habitual past action. (indeed, truly, (with present tense verb) indicating past habit)

• दाशीशतवृता (dāśīśatavṛtā) - surrounded by a hundred maidservants

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

• कन्याशतस्य (kanyāśatasya) - of a hundred maidens

• च (ca) - and, also

• आस्ते (āste) - she sits, she dwells, she remains

• तेजस्विनी (tejasvinī) - brilliant, radiant, splendid, energetic

• कन्या (kanyā) - The princess (who is the subject 'sā'). (maiden, girl, daughter)

• रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohini (name of a star, wife of the Moon god)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दिवि (divi) - in the sky, in heaven

• प्रभो (prabho) - The vocative refers to King Janamejaya. (O lord, O master)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Feminine nominative singular of 'tad'.

स्म (sma) - Used here with 'āste' (present tense) to indicate habitual past action. (indeed, truly, (with present tense verb) indicating past habit)

(indeclinable)

Particle of emphasis or historical present.

दाशीशतवृता (dāśīśatavṛtā) - surrounded by a hundred maidservants

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dāśīśatavṛtā

dāśīśatavṛta - surrounded by a hundred maidservants

Past Passive Participle in a compound.

Feminine nominative singular. Compound of 'dāśīśata' (hundred female servants) and 'vṛta' (surrounded by).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dāśīśata+vṛta)

• dāśīśata – a hundred female servants
  noun (neuter)
• vṛta – covered, surrounded, chosen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vṛ (to cover, surround).
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'sā' (the princess).

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

(indeclinable)

Locative singular of 'madhya'. Used adverbially.

कन्याशतस्य (kanyāśatasya) - of a hundred maidens

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kanyāśata

kanyāśata - a hundred maidens

Genitive singular.

Compound type : tatpurusha (kanyā+śata)

• kanyā – girl, maiden, daughter
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Governed by 'madhye'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

आस्ते (āste) - she sits, she dwells, she remains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √ās

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: ās (class 2)

तेजस्विनी (tejasvinī) - brilliant, radiant, splendid, energetic

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tejasvinī

tejasvin - brilliant, radiant, energetic, powerful

Feminine nominative singular of 'tejasvin'.

कन्या (kanyā) - The princess (who is the subject 'sā'). (maiden, girl, daughter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter

रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohini (name of a star, wife of the Moon god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rohiṇī

rohiṇī - Rohini (a star, wife of Chandra), a cow

Feminine nominative singular.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

दिवि (divi) - in the sky, in heaven

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

Locative singular of 'div'.

प्रभो (prabho) - The vocative refers to King Janamejaya. (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty, powerful

Vocative singular of 'prabhu'.

Root: bhū (class 1)