महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-8, verse-23

राजा विराटः सुश्रोणि दृष्ट्वा वपुरमानुषम् ।
विहाय मां वरारोहे त्वां गच्छेत्सर्वचेतसा ॥२३॥

23. rājā virāṭaḥ suśroṇi dṛṣṭvā vapuramānuṣam ,
vihāya māṁ varārohe tvāṁ gacchetsarvacetasā.

23. rājā virāṭaḥ suśroṇi dṛṣṭvā vapuḥ amānuṣam |
vihāya mām varārohe tvām gacchet sarvacetasā

23. O lovely-hipped one, King Virata, upon seeing your superhuman form, would abandon me, O excellent-hipped woman, and go to you with his whole heart.

23. המלך וִירָאתַה, הו בעלת מותניים יפים, כשיראה את דמותך שאינה אנושית, יעזוב אותי, הו יפהפייה, וילך אליך בכל לבו.

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - king

• विराटः (virāṭaḥ) - Virata (a king's name)

• सुश्रोणि (suśroṇi) - Addressing Draupadi (in the disguise of Sairandhri) (O beautiful-hipped one, O woman with beautiful hips)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having beheld

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

• अमानुषम् (amānuṣam) - referring to Draupadi's divine or extraordinary beauty/form (superhuman, divine, not human)

• विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

• माम् (mām) - me

• वरारोहे (varārohe) - Addressing Draupadi (in the disguise of Sairandhri) (O woman with excellent hips/thighs)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - he would go, he should go, he would seek

• सर्वचेतसा (sarvacetasā) - with the whole mind, wholeheartedly

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj

विराटः (virāṭaḥ) - Virata (a king's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virāṭa

virāṭa - King Virata (name of a king, host of the Pandavas during their exile)

सुश्रोणि (suśroṇi) - Addressing Draupadi (in the disguise of Sairandhri) (O beautiful-hipped one, O woman with beautiful hips)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of suśroṇī

suśroṇī - having beautiful hips or loins, a beautiful-hipped woman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+śroṇi)

• su – good, beautiful, well
  indeclinable
• śroṇi – hip, loin, buttock
  noun (feminine)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having beheld

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, shape

Root: vap

Note: Can also be nominative singular. Context indicates accusative.

अमानुषम् (amānuṣam) - referring to Draupadi's divine or extraordinary beauty/form (superhuman, divine, not human)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amānuṣa

amānuṣa - not human, superhuman, divine, unmanly

From a- (negation) + mānuṣa (human)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mānuṣa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• mānuṣa – human, pertaining to man
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: man

Note: Agrees with 'vapuḥ'.

विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Formed with suffix -ya after prefix vi- + √hā (to abandon)

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

वरारोहे (varārohe) - Addressing Draupadi (in the disguise of Sairandhri) (O woman with excellent hips/thighs)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of varārohā

varārohā - a woman with excellent hips/thighs, a beautiful woman

From vara (excellent) + āroha (hips/thighs)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vara+āroha)

• vara – excellent, best, noble, a boon
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vṛ
• āroha – hip, thigh, posterior
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ruh

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - he would go, he should go, he would seek

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of gam

Root gam forms gacchat- in present tense

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वचेतसा (sarvacetasā) - with the whole mind, wholeheartedly

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sarvacetas

sarvacetas - with the whole mind, wholeheartedly

From sarva (all) + cetas (mind)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+cetas)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit

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