महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-13, verse-11

इदं च रूपं प्रथमं च ते वयो निरर्थकं केवलमद्य भामिनि ।
अधार्यमाणा स्रगिवोत्तमा यथा न शोभसे सुन्दरि शोभना सती ॥११॥

11. idaṁ ca rūpaṁ prathamaṁ ca te vayo; nirarthakaṁ kevalamadya bhāmini ,
adhāryamāṇā sragivottamā yathā; na śobhase sundari śobhanā satī.

11. idam ca rūpam prathamam ca te vayaḥ
nirarthakam kevalam adya bhāmini
adhāryamāṇā srak iva uttamā
yathā na śobhase sundari śobhanā satī

11. O beautiful woman (bhāminī), this beauty and your youthful age are utterly useless today. Just like a most excellent garland that is not worn, you do not shine, O beautiful one (sundari), even though you are inherently beautiful.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this

• च (ca) - and, also

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, beauty, appearance

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - youthful (in reference to age) (first, primary, initial)

• च (ca) - and, also

• ते (te) - your, to you

• वयः (vayaḥ) - age, youth

• निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - useless, meaningless, fruitless

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, utterly

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful woman, O passionate woman

• अधार्यमाणा (adhāryamāṇā) - not being worn, not being held

• स्रक् (srak) - garland, wreath

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - most excellent, best, highest

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in which way

• न (na) - not, no

• शोभसे (śobhase) - you shine, you look beautiful

• सुन्दरि (sundari) - O beautiful one

• शोभना (śobhanā) - beautiful, brilliant, auspicious

• सती (satī) - being (beautiful) (being, existing, virtuous woman)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, beauty, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, beauty, shape, appearance, nature

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - youthful (in reference to age) (first, primary, initial)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, principal, initial

Note: Agrees with 'vayaḥ' (implied neuter).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

वयः (vayaḥ) - age, youth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vayas

vayas - age, youth, vigor, strength

निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - useless, meaningless, fruitless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirarthaka

nirarthaka - useless, meaningless, vain

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+artha)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'rūpam' and 'vayaḥ'.

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, utterly

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - only, mere, pure, exclusive

Note: Agrees with 'rūpam' and 'vayaḥ', intensifying 'nirarthakam'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful woman, O passionate woman

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - beautiful woman, passionate woman, angry woman

Root: bhā (class 2)

अधार्यमाणा (adhāryamāṇā) - not being worn, not being held

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adhāryamāṇa

adhāryamāṇa - not being held, not being worn, not being supported

Present Passive Participle

Derived from √dhṛ (to hold, wear) with prefix 'a-' (negation) and suffix '-yamāṇa' for passive present participle.

Compound type : pradīsamasāsa (a+dhāryamāṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• dhāryamāṇa – being held, being worn
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Passive Participle
  Derived from √dhṛ (to hold, wear) with suffix '-yamāṇa'.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'srak'.

स्रक् (srak) - garland, wreath

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sraj

sraj - garland, wreath, chaplet

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्तमा (uttamā) - most excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, highest, most excellent, supreme

Note: Agrees with 'srak'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in which way

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शोभसे (śobhase) - you shine, you look beautiful

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śubh

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada form.

सुन्दरि (sundari) - O beautiful one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sundarī

sundarī - beautiful woman, pretty woman

शोभना (śobhanā) - beautiful, brilliant, auspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śobhana

śobhana - beautiful, handsome, brilliant, auspicious

Derived from √śubh (to shine, be beautiful).

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'satī' (implied feminine singular).

सती (satī) - being (beautiful) (being, existing, virtuous woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Derived from √as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Feminine form of the present participle 'sat'.