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4,16

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-16, verse-2

कृत्वा शौचं यथान्यायं कृष्णा वै तनुमध्यमा ।
गात्राणि वाससी चैव प्रक्षाल्य सलिलेन सा ॥२॥
2. kṛtvā śaucaṁ yathānyāyaṁ kṛṣṇā vai tanumadhyamā ,
gātrāṇi vāsasī caiva prakṣālya salilena sā.
2. kṛtvā śaucaṃ yathānyāyaṃ kṛṣṇā vai tanumadhyamā
gātrāṇi vāsasī ca eva prakṣālya salilena sā
2. Having performed the purification (śauca) ritual properly, Draupadi (Kṛṣṇā), the slender-waisted woman, then indeed washed her limbs and her two garments with water.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed
  • शौचं (śaucaṁ) - ritual purification (purification, cleanliness)
  • यथान्यायं (yathānyāyaṁ) - properly, according to rule or justice
  • कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Draupadi, whose name is Kṛṣṇā (the dark one) (Krishna, Draupadi)
  • वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily
  • तनुमध्यमा (tanumadhyamā) - slender-waisted (woman)
  • गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs, body parts
  • वाससी (vāsasī) - two garments, clothes
  • (ca) - and, also
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even
  • प्रक्षाल्य (prakṣālya) - having washed, having cleansed
  • सलिलेन (salilena) - with water
  • सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

Words meanings and morphology

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed
(indeclinable)
absolutive
absolutive form from root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
शौचं (śaucaṁ) - ritual purification (purification, cleanliness)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śauca
śauca - purity, cleanliness, ritual purification
यथान्यायं (yathānyāyaṁ) - properly, according to rule or justice
(indeclinable)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)
  • yathā – as, in which way, according to
    indeclinable
  • nyāya – rule, method, justice, correctness
    noun (masculine)
कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Draupadi, whose name is Kṛṣṇā (the dark one) (Krishna, Draupadi)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇā
kṛṣṇā - Krishna (Draupadi), the dark one, a dark cow, an intoxicating drink
वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily
(indeclinable)
तनुमध्यमा (tanumadhyamā) - slender-waisted (woman)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tanumadhyamā
tanumadhyamā - slender-waisted (woman)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanu+madhyamā)
  • tanu – slender, thin, delicate, body
    adjective (feminine)
  • madhyamā – middle, central, waist (feminine of madhyama)
    adjective (feminine)
गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs, body parts
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of gātra
gātra - limb, body, member
वाससी (vāsasī) - two garments, clothes
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, dual of vāsas
vāsas - garment, cloth, apparel
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even
(indeclinable)
प्रक्षाल्य (prakṣālya) - having washed, having cleansed
(indeclinable)
absolutive
absolutive form from root kṣal with prefix pra
Prefix: pra
Root: kṣal (class 1)
सलिलेन (salilena) - with water
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of salila
salila - water
सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it