महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-118, verse-8

वैडूर्याङ्कुरकल्पानि मृदूनि हरितानि च ।
चरन्ती शष्पमुख्यानि तिक्तानि मधुराणि च ॥८॥

8. vaiḍūryāṅkurakalpāni mṛdūni haritāni ca ,
carantī śaṣpamukhyāni tiktāni madhurāṇi ca.

8. vaiḍūrya-aṅkura-kalpāni mṛdūni haritāni ca
carantī śaṣpa-mukhyāni tiktāni madhurāṇi ca

8. Grazing on the foremost shoots of grass—tender, green, bitter, and sweet—which resembled emerald sprouts.

8. היא רעתה את הדשאים המשובחים, הרכים והירוקים כניצני אבן יקרה, המרירים והמתוקים,

Words meanings summery:

• वैडूर्य-अङ्कुर-कल्पानि (vaiḍūrya-aṅkura-kalpāni) - resembling emerald sprouts, like sapphire sprouts

• मृदूनि (mṛdūni) - tender, soft, delicate

• हरितानि (haritāni) - green, fresh

• च (ca) - and

• चरन्ती (carantī) - grazing, moving about

• शष्प-मुख्यानि (śaṣpa-mukhyāni) - chief sprouts of grass, foremost grass shoots

• तिक्तानि (tiktāni) - bitter

• मधुराणि (madhurāṇi) - sweet

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

वैडूर्य-अङ्कुर-कल्पानि (vaiḍūrya-aṅkura-kalpāni) - resembling emerald sprouts, like sapphire sprouts

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vaiḍūrya-aṅkura-kalpa

vaiḍūrya-aṅkura-kalpa - resembling emerald sprouts

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or karmadhāraya ending in kalpa (compound of compounds) (vaiḍūrya+aṅkura+kalpa)

• vaiḍūrya – emerald, cat's-eye gem, lapis lazuli
  noun (neuter)
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ, bud
  noun (masculine)
• kalpa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix used to indicate similarity.

Note: Qualifies 'śaṣpa-mukhyāni'.

मृदूनि (mṛdūni) - tender, soft, delicate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mṛdu

mṛdu - soft, tender, delicate, gentle

Note: Qualifies 'śaṣpa-mukhyāni'.

हरितानि (haritāni) - green, fresh

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of harita

harita - green, greenish-yellow, fresh

Note: Qualifies 'śaṣpa-mukhyāni'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects adjectives.

चरन्ती (carantī) - grazing, moving about

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of carant

carant - grazing, moving, wandering

Present Active Participle

Feminine nominative singular of present active participle of root 'car'

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (the female ascetic from 62081).

शष्प-मुख्यानि (śaṣpa-mukhyāni) - chief sprouts of grass, foremost grass shoots

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śaṣpa-mukhya

śaṣpa-mukhya - chief or foremost grass shoots

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaṣpa+mukhya)

• śaṣpa – young grass, sprout, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost, primary
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Object of the verb 'carantī'.

तिक्तानि (tiktāni) - bitter

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tikta

tikta - bitter, pungent

Note: Qualifies 'śaṣpa-mukhyāni'.

मधुराणि (madhurāṇi) - sweet

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming

Note: Qualifies 'śaṣpa-mukhyāni'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects adjectives.

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