महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-67, verse-30

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वर्णोपपन्नास्ता नार्यो रूपवत्यः स्वलंकृताः ।
सर्वाश्चाभ्यभवत्कृष्णा रूपेण यशसा श्रिया ॥३०॥

30. varṇopapannāstā nāryo rūpavatyaḥ svalaṁkṛtāḥ ,
sarvāścābhyabhavatkṛṣṇā rūpeṇa yaśasā śriyā.

30. varṇopapannāḥ tāḥ nāryaḥ rūpavatyāḥ sualaṃkṛtāḥ
| sarvāḥ ca abhyabhavat kṛṣṇā rūpeṇa yaśasā śriyā

30. Those women, endowed with good qualities (or caste), beautiful, and well-adorned, were all surpassed by Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) in terms of beauty, fame, and splendor.

Words meanings summery:

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वर्णोपपन्नाः (varṇopapannāḥ) - endowed with good qualities/caste/color

ताः (tāḥ) - those women (those)

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

रूपवत्याः (rūpavatyāḥ) - beautiful, endowed with beauty

सुअलंकृताः (sualaṁkṛtāḥ) - well-adorned, beautifully decorated

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all of them (the women) (all, every)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

अभ्यभवत् (abhyabhavat) - she surpassed, overcame, overwhelmed

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Draupadī, wife of the Pāṇḍavas (Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī))

रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by beauty, in form/appearance

यशसा (yaśasā) - by fame, by glory, by reputation

श्रिया (śriyā) - by splendor, by grace, by prosperity, by fortune

Words meanings and morphology

वर्णोपपन्नाः (varṇopapannāḥ) - endowed with good qualities/caste/color

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of varṇopapannā

varṇopapannā - endowed with good qualities, possessing good caste, having proper color

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṇa+upapanna)

varṇa – color, caste, quality, description, class
noun (masculine)
upapanna – endowed with, furnished with, fit, proper, suitable
adjective
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of upa-√pad (to happen, to be produced, to be endowed).
Prefix: upa
Root: pad (class 4)

ताः (tāḥ) - those women (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, wife, female

रूपवत्याः (rūpavatyāḥ) - beautiful, endowed with beauty

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rūpavatī

rūpavatī - beautiful, possessing beauty, handsome (feminine form of rūpavat)

Feminine form of 'rūpavat' (possessing form or beauty), derived with suffix '-vat'.

सुअलंकृताः (sualaṁkṛtāḥ) - well-adorned, beautifully decorated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sualaṃkṛtā

sualaṁkṛtā - well-adorned, beautifully decorated, properly ornamented

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+alaṃkṛta)

su – well, good, thoroughly, easily
indeclinable
Prefix indicating 'good' or 'well'.
alaṃkṛta – adorned, decorated, embellished
adjective
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of alaṃ-√kṛ (to adorn, decorate).
Prefix: alam
Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all of them (the women) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अभ्यभवत् (abhyabhavat) - she surpassed, overcame, overwhelmed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Imperfect 3rd singular of abhi-√bhū.