महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-187, verse-18

सा तु कन्या महाराज प्रविश्याश्रममण्डलम् ।
यमुनातीरमाश्रित्य तपस्तेपेऽतिमानुषम् ॥१८॥

18. sā tu kanyā mahārāja praviśyāśramamaṇḍalam ,
yamunātīramāśritya tapastepe'timānuṣam.

18. sā tu kanyā mahārāja praviśya āśramamaṇḍalam
yamunātīram āśritya tapas tepe atimānuṣam

18. mahārāja,
tu,
sā kanyā,
āśramamaṇḍalam praviśya,
yamunātīram āśritya,
atimānuṣam tapas,
tepe.

18. But that maiden, O great king, after entering a hermitage (āśrama) community and taking refuge on the bank of the Yamunā, performed superhuman asceticism (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• कन्या (kanyā) - girl, maiden, princess

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

• आश्रममण्डलम् (āśramamaṇḍalam) - a hermitage region, an ascetic community

• यमुनातीरम् (yamunātīram) - the bank of the Yamunā

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge at, having taken support from

• तपस् (tapas) - asceticism, penance, spiritual austerity

• तेपे (tepe) - she performed, she practiced

• अतिमानुषम् (atimānuṣam) - superhuman

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that (pronoun or adjective)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

कन्या (kanyā) - girl, maiden, princess

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter, virgin, princess

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound: mahā (great) + rāja (king)

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √viś (class 6) 'to enter' with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

आश्रममण्डलम् (āśramamaṇḍalam) - a hermitage region, an ascetic community

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āśramamaṇḍala

āśramamaṇḍala - region of hermitages, hermitage community, ascetic precinct

Compound: āśrama (hermitage) + maṇḍala (region, circle)

Compound type : tatpurusha (āśrama+maṇḍala)

• āśrama – hermitage, retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, region, district, community
  noun (neuter)

यमुनातीरम् (yamunātīram) - the bank of the Yamunā

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yamunātīra

yamunātīra - bank of the Yamunā river

Compound: yamunā (proper noun) + tīra (bank)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yamunā+tīra)

• yamunā – Yamunā (a sacred river in India)
  proper noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore, edge
  noun (neuter)

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge at, having taken support from

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √śri (class 1) 'to resort to' with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

तपस् (tapas) - asceticism, penance, spiritual austerity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism (tapas), penance, spiritual austerity, heat, fervor

तेपे (tepe) - she performed, she practiced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of tap

Perfect tense, Ātmanepada

Third person singular perfect middle of root √tap (class 1 Ātmanepada) 'to perform penance'

Root: tap (class 1)

अतिमानुषम् (atimānuṣam) - superhuman

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of atimānuṣa

atimānuṣa - superhuman, more than human, extraordinary

Compound: ati (beyond) + mānuṣa (human)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ati+mānuṣa)

• ati – beyond, excessively, exceedingly
  indeclinable
• mānuṣa – human, pertaining to man
  adjective (neuter)
  From manu (man) + ṣa (taddhita suffix)

Note: Agrees with tapas.