महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-94, verse-26

सा तु सत्यवती कन्या रूपेणाप्सरसोऽप्यति ।
तोषयामास पितरं शीलेन स्वजनं तथा ॥२६॥

26. sā tu satyavatī kanyā rūpeṇāpsaraso'pyati ,
toṣayāmāsa pitaraṁ śīlena svajanaṁ tathā.

26. sā tu satyavatī kanyā rūpeṇa apsarasaḥ api
ati toṣayāmāsa pitaram śīlena svajanam tathā

26. But that girl, Satyavati, was superior even to an Apsaras in beauty. She pleased her father and her relatives with her good conduct.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati

• कन्या (kanyā) - girl, maiden, daughter

• रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by means of beauty, in appearance

• अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - of an Apsaras, than an Apsaras

• अपि (api) - even, also

• अति (ati) - exceedingly, very, superior

• तोषयामास (toṣayāmāsa) - she pleased

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• शीलेन (śīlena) - by good conduct, by character

• स्वजनम् (svajanam) - her own people, relatives

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, in that way

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.

सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyavatī

satyavatī - Satyavati

कन्या (kanyā) - girl, maiden, daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter

रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by means of beauty, in appearance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, beauty, appearance

अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - of an Apsaras, than an Apsaras

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of apsaras

apsaras - Apsaras (celestial nymph)

Note: Used in comparative sense with 'ati'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

अति (ati) - exceedingly, very, superior

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here, conveying superiority or exceeding a limit.

तोषयामास (toṣayāmāsa) - she pleased

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of toṣ

Periphrastic perfect (intensive/causative)

Derived from root tuṣ (to be pleased) with causative suffix -i, forming the stem toṣaya, then conjugated with the auxiliary āmāsa.

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

शीलेन (śīlena) - by good conduct, by character

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śīla

śīla - conduct, character, nature

स्वजनम् (svajanam) - her own people, relatives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svajana

svajana - one's own people, relatives, kinsfolk

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)